Playing the finest rare and northern soul, acetates, exclusives, modern and R&B, from the spectrum of 60s and 70s black music.

On the 8th June, at the 100 club all-nighter, there will be djing two extra-ordinary Soulmen.  Both emanating from that disadvantaged backwater of Stoke-on-Trent, that seems to have produced more prominent individuals on the rare soul scene than anywhere else.

Johnny Beggs, in his late teens, was djing at the Torch all-nighters. A few years later, was a regular at the Blackpool Mecca and to some extent a part of the inner circle around the main djs of Ian Levine and Colin Curtis. Later on, he was part of the furniture at the Stafford and 100 club all-nighters. Obviously, a person who feels more at home at upfront venues and someone who doesn't shy away from pushing a new or underplayed sound.  Although John has been on the scene forever,…