Editing Soul music (section)

=== Deep and Southern ===
[[File:Otis Redding.png|thumb|Soul singer [[Otis Redding]] was known to be an electrifying stage presence.]]
{{further|Southern soul}}
The terms "deep soul" and "Southern soul" generally refer to a driving, energetic soul style combining [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]'s energy with pulsating southern United States [[gospel music]] sounds. [[Memphis, Tennessee]], label [[Stax Records]] nurtured a distinctive sound, which included putting vocals further back in the mix than most contemporary R&B records, using vibrant horn parts in place of background vocals, and a focus on the low end of the frequency spectrum. The vast majority of Stax releases were backed by house bands [[Booker T & the MGs]] (with [[Booker T. Jones]], [[Steve Cropper]], [[Duck Dunn]], and [[Al Jackson Jr.|Al Jackson]]) and the Memphis Horns (the splinter horn section of [[the Mar-Keys]], trumpeter [[Wayne Jackson (musician)|Wayne Jackson]] and saxophonist [[Andrew Love (musician)|Andrew Love]]).