Soul Sister #52
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings: Got To Be the Way It Is and Make It Good to Me From: Dap Dippin' With Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings [Daptone, 2002] Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings: Stranded In Your Love and My Man Is a Mean Man From: Naturally [Daptone, 2005] Sharon Jones: When the Other Foot Drops Uncle and Humble Me From: 100 Days, 100 Nights [Daptone, 2007] For those of you who are perplexed about the title of this post, the "#52" refers to the age of the talented lead vocalist Sharon Jones from Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings are a ten-piece soul-funk band from Brooklyn who released a small pressing of their first album Dap Dippin' With Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings on Daptone Records in 2002. The band consists of Sharon Jones on vocals, Daptone label-head Gabriel Roth on bass, Neil Sugarman (formerly of the Sugarman Three) on sax, along with core members of The Mighty Imperials and the Soul Providers. Sharon Jones and the