I just watched a video of Sharon at the June 30, 2011 concert in France. She opened for Prince on the Welcome 2 America Euro Tour. It's the same show where people were wondering why the arena was half empty, and where Prince changes his shoes during the opening of "Musicology" while sitting in his piano.

During "When I Come Home", where Sharon is working harder than James Brown, Prince comes out and plays a few bars with the band. He's on stage about 90 seconds.

I love Daptone Records, and their whole perspective of being a revival label. When they started issuing Sharon Jones 45s, collectors started snapping them up, thinking they were some old, obscure record they didn't know about. The thing is, Daptone being a revival label, purposely designs their artwork to reflect imagery of the 1950s and 1960s. It was good enough that it inadvertently fooled vinyl aficionados.

This last Christmas, I bought Sharon's Christmas album on red vinyl right from Daptone It did not disappoint. I think though, that, I Learned The Hard Way is the album I gravitate toward most.

From wikipedia about her health:

It was announced on June 3, 2013, that Jones had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer and underwent surgery, which forced her to postpone the release of the group's fifth album, Give the People What They Want^] The diagnosis was later changed to stage II pancreatic cancer, for which Jones had surgery on her liver and underwent chemotherapy. The chemotherapy caused hair loss, and for a time she performed bald, refusing to wear wigs.

During the screening of her documentary at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, Jones revealed that her cancer had returned, and that she would be undergoing chemotherapy again.

From Give The People What They Want

Sharon also did a cover of "Take Me With You" in 2009, for the Spin magazine 25th anniversary edition for Purple Rain, that came with a covermount CD.

A well-received documentary, Miss Sharon Jones, debuted in theaters and critics and fans alike loved it.

I highly HIGHLY recommend seeing Sharon & The Dap-Kings live. They put on a fantastic high energy show. I saw Sharon on New Year's Eve two years ago and couldn't have brought in the new year in a better way. And Sharon was on fire that night... And this after she just announced that she had just had her last dose of chemotherapy treatment! How she can tour like that while undergoing chemo treatment is beyond me. That is one super woman who doesn't let anything stop her!

They are a fantastic live band. Sharon Jones is a dynamo!

I love their retro-fied cover of Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done for Me Lately."

scratchtasia said:

They are a fantastic live band. Sharon Jones is a dynamo!

I love their retro-fied cover of Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done for Me Lately."

YAAAAAS! I love that, too. It's from Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. I think I'm going to have to add 100 Days, 100 Nights to my favorite albums list, though. Frankly, they're all great.

Funny, I have known about Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (by name) since forever and always wondered what type of music it would be, but never got around to actually checking their music out. |

I do know Amy Winehouse use the Dap-Kings on her "Back to Black" album and they sound great on that album. Tonight I will dive into the Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings repertoire. Any suggestions?

funkaholic1972 said:

Funny, I have known about Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (by name) since forever and always wondered what type of music it would be, but never got around to actually checking their music out. |

I do know Amy Winehouse use the Dap-Kings on her "Back to Black" album and they sound great on that album. Tonight I will dive into the Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings repertoire. Any suggestions?

I found them on their second album, but definitely start with the first. It's all soulful, but you can hear the growth throughout the albums.

The Dap-Kings are the in-house band at Daptone Records, much like Motown and other record labels had. Daptone has a great array of artists. If you've not heard of Charles Bradley, DO SO. They call him the screamin' eagle, and not for nothin'. Some of them have also worked with Al Green, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, and Nas. Neil Sugarman formed The Dap-Kings with another guy, but he has his own band too (noted below).

Also on Daptone: The Budos Band is trippy soul group. Reminds me a bit if Genesis worked with Steely Dan - sort of. Lotta instrumental stuff in there, but singing too. The Sugarman 3 are great, too. They're more retro-funk, opposed to the straight ahead soul of Sharon.

It looks like Sharon had to postpone a Whitehouse performance due to pneumonia and that her cancer returned. I pray her health gets better soon...

thetimefan said:

Prefer the Alabama Shakes.

2freaky4church1 said:

Prefer the Alabama Shakes.

What does that have to do with Sharon Jones?

Gotta thing on my mind...Show nuff gon find it!!

I got better things to do! better things to do! Better things to do than remember you!

i love her. i have one of their albums and several singles. Got turned out by the track "I Learned The Hard Way". Prince was a big fan of theirs too.

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Nasty funk

leftcoast said:

I consider myself lucky to have seen Sharon Jones in 2012 at Bumbershoot in Seattle. Amazing performer. I am very sad about the pancreatic cancer. I hate to say this, but pancreatic cancer has a very low survival rate. I wish her the best.

It's especially sad because after her first round of chemo treatment her then-diagnosed cancer appeared to go into remission... I pray that she will overcome it this time...even if the odds are stacked against her.

purplethunder3121 said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Prefer the Alabama Shakes.

What does that have to do with Sharon Jones?

Don't mind him....he drinks.

I've see Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings live twice and they are the TRUTH!

I hope that she will beat the cancer.