Ok, so you love Amy Winehouse? You’ve been playing “Rehab” over and over again and trying to find something that equates with what she does in modern times and you’re lost. You’ve been asking friends and you’re lost to the core. Okay, brothers and sisters, it’s time to wake up because you’ve been sleeping.

If you don’t follow the dirty details about music, you might still not know about Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and how they’ve been tearing it up doing classic soul since like….forever. You want to see the best live soul review ever? If you guessed Amy Winehouse, you’d be wrong because well…she’s going to be on the DL for a little while from a reported OD. Besides which, her backing band for that tour has been…well, The Dap-Kings. Even if you love Amy Winehouse’s sweet soulful voice and style, you gotta know that she came by it honestly and, furthermore, the foundation is Miss Sharon Jones. Referred to as “The Female James Brown” and “Soul Sister #1″ (hailing from Augusta, Georgia just like the late Soul Brother #1), her music and performance can say things that I can’t. I love you Sharon Jones, and I can’t wait until I see you again.

The new Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings album, entitled 100 Days, 100 Nights drops on October 2nd. You’d better get in line and get ready to get down with the rest of us. Here’s a couple of numbers to tide you over, one from that forthcoming release and one from a 7″ vinyl release earlier this year entitled “I’m Not Gonna Cry”.

If you can’t wait, you can still pick up her 2005 album, Naturally, a peerless recording filled with classic soul barnburners.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I’m Not Gonna Cry

You can pre-order 100 Days, 100 Nights from Amazon by clicking here.