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At 12:16am on February 19, 2009, Edie Antoinette said…
Nice....you know you be jammin!!!
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At 7:13pm on February 15, 2009, Edie Antoinette said…
It's nice in here Hosserelish!!! Gone Man!!!!!!! *rockin in chair*
At 12:37am on February 10, 2009, Shelley "SoleMann" King said…
WHAT UP BROTHER HOSS, HANGING THERE EVEN THOUGH I'M ON A FORCED VACATION, LAID OFF FOR A WEEK, THANK GOD FOR UMEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
At 9:30pm on February 6, 2009, ~Cherished131~ said…
Aah...a little house music going on over here.
At 11:23am on February 1, 2009, Shelley "SoleMann" King said…
GOOD MORNING BROTHER HOSS
At 6:51pm on January 24, 2009, Edie Antoinette said…
Your latest gift is SUPERB! I am on my second play and loving it. Hoss, you are the MAN!!!!

Thank You!!!!!!!!! You have out-the-box skillz!!!!
At 12:56pm on January 23, 2009, Shelley "SoleMann" King said…
Dj Hosssssssssssss...What up G....LOL
At 12:34am on January 4, 2009, Edie Antoinette said…
*clapping thunderously* Thanks Again Hoss. I enjoyed the whole thing immensely!!!!
At 12:31am on January 4, 2009, Edie Antoinette said…
Your transitions are impeccable...and particularly tight is 18:29..going into Praful. *just plain sweeeeeet*
At 12:00pm on January 3, 2009, Edie Antoinette said…
This makes me cry!!!! *happy tears* It's like being home..driving down 95th St..JAMMIN!!! Goin to get some fish. Lawd it makes me cry. What a surprise when I came in and saw this....*sigh*

HOSS...just when I think you can't get any better--you bust out with something even betta!!! I'm totally humbled by this gift...and your profile pic is tight...too!!!! I could swear you and Harry are related. Man!!!! You look so much alike...no wonder Big Jim looks like you...roflmbo!!!

Jana told me you was in there being a mad scientist...little did we know... you just tore this off the chain..stepped all on it...picked it up...blew some Hoss Dust on it..and threw it onto the Meat Truck--crackin the windshield!!! haaaaaaaaaa haaaaa HAAA!!!

You can tell it's on blaze cause I'm babblin!!! I'm running in a circle!!!! And is that Lost Without You??? I remember when you said if you heard that...'one mo' time' cause they overplayed it on the radio...ROFLMBO!!! Awww this is on the moon tight!!!!

You are my all-time FAVORITE DJ in the universe!!!!!!! I'mma put this all UP in my Steppers Group at iseecolor and everywhere else. Again,

Muchos.....................GRACIAS!!!!
At 11:49am on January 3, 2009, Edie Antoinette said…
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Goodnesssssssssssssssssssss!!!

*chillbumps* Awwww Dear HOSS!!!!!!! Where...is....the....MEAT TRUCK AT!!!!!! Ohhh this is on...........................FIRE-PYRO-MASTA-BLASTA-BLAZE

You just made this little pillsbury doh girl the happiest in Cheeseland..♥
Thank you doctor...you done fixed me right UP!!!!!! ♥ *screamin* This is so tight!!!!!!!
At 1:27am on December 30, 2008, Jazz said…
Hello Bro Hoss...Jazz here. Edie just hooked me up with some of your sounds. # 4 on the Steppin Zone" playlist. I have to tell you this set is Tight; Bangin; & whateva other superlative adjectives applies. Thx for the marvelous creation. Keep it comming & I'll keep listening. Easy Bro & Take Care
At 10:16pm on December 3, 2008, Edie Antoinette said…
Hosserelish!!! You bet..NOT be getting sick. You are my favorite DJ of ALL time and a wonderful friend. They don't come better.

Take care of yourself...okay? Don't make me come there! LOL
At 10:00pm on December 3, 2008, ~Cherished131~ said…
Update this page dude!!
At 11:32am on August 31, 2008, Shelley "SoleMann" King said…
The Road To The White House Begins Here....


LOL
At 10:46pm on August 16, 2008, Shelley "SoleMann" King said…
I hope i wake up in time.....LOL
At 10:13pm on August 16, 2008, Edie Antoinette said…
I'm so glad to see you Hoss! Here's a better link:
The Mosaic By Evan Christian
At 10:03pm on August 16, 2008, Shelley "SoleMann" King said…
Brother Hoss, where you been hiding....LOL. You ready for the draft? i had my first draft as a Commish last weekend.....LOL
At 6:49pm on July 30, 2008, Edie Antoinette said…
Thinking about you..
At 6:05pm on June 25, 2008, E ♪♫♪ said…
Enjoy!

  1. play 01-the ojays-back stabbers
  2. play 02-the ojays-992 arguments
  3. play 03-the ojays-love train
  4. play 04-the ojays-time to get down
  5. play 05-the ojays-put your hands together
  6. play 06-the ojays-for the love of money
  7. play 07-the ojays-sunshine
  8. play 08-the ojays-give the people what they want
  9. play 09-the ojays-survival
  10. play 10-the ojays-i love music
  11. play 11-the ojays-livin for the weekend
  12. play 12-the ojays-stairway to heaven
  13. play 15-the ojays-the big gangster
  14. play 16-the ojays-message in our music
  15. play 14-the ojays-use ta be my girl
  16. play 13-the ojays-darlin darlin baby (sweet tender love)

Introspection

Entr'acte

  1. play Norman Brown — Night Drive
  2. play Norman Brown — Feeling
  3. play Norman Brown — Still
  4. play Miles Davis — miles 1
  5. play miles 2
  6. play miles 3
  7. play miles 4
  8. play miles 5
  9. play Marvin Gaye — I Met A Little Girl
  10. play Santana — 01 Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
  11. play Santana — 02 Black Magic Woman-Gypsy Queen
  12. play Mongo — 02. Afro Blue



The history of the Butlers/Raw Soul is dense, but for all of us music nerds, that's normal. It is not totally clear what year the Butlers actually formed but they released their first single in 1963 on Liberty Records. That single was "She Tried To Kiss Me" and another single followed on Guyden entitled "Lovable Girl." After the Guyden single the Butlers took a break not recording another record until the single "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" was released on the Phila label in 1966. The group also backed Charles Earland and Jean Wells on one Phila single ("I Know She Loves Me"). 


As you might be noticing, the Butlers were doing a fair amount of recording but not achieving much success. The group's recordings sold regionally but never had the promotion to make an impact on the national scene. After the single with Phila, the Butlers moved to the Fairmount label (part of the Cameo-Parkway family) and released a handful of singles, some being reissued singles of the past. The Butlers were with Fairmount for 1966-67 and then moved to Sassy Records. Sassy released the group's greatest single (in my opinion) "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" b/w "If That's What You Wanted." A copy of that 45 sold for just under $500 last summer on eBay. Even though that isn't that much in the world of record collecting--it's still a hefty sum. The Butlers released another single on Sassy ("She's Gone" b/w "Love Is Good") that appears to be even 
harder to come by then the "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" single.

 

The true history become a bit blurred here as the AMG biography states that the Butlers last record was released on C.R.S. in 1974 (". However, between 1971 and that single, Frankie Beverly formed a group called Raw Soul and released a number of singles. Some of the songs recorded by Beverly during this period are "While I'm Alone," "Open Up Your Heart," (both on the Gregor label) and "Color Blind." "Color Blind" was released by the Eldorado label and rerecorded by Maze. Beverly's big break came when Marvin Gaye asked Raw Soul to back him on a tour. Gaye helped Beverly/Raw Soul get a contract at Capitol. Beverly decided to take the group in a different direction, a name change occurred, and Maze was created. 

The above isn't the most complete history of Beverly but hopefully someone will know a way to get in touch with the man or his management because a comprehensive pre-Maze history needs to be done on Frankie Beverly (his real name is Howard, by the way). Below you'll find every Frankie Beverly (pre-Maze) song available to me right now ("Color Blind" will be up soon). 

If you have a song that is not included below, shoot it over to funkinsoulman (at) yahoo.com and it will go up in the next Frankie Beverly post (later this week--highlighting Maze). Also, if you have any more information please share your knowledge. The Butlers material has been comp-ed sporadically (usually imports) but the entire Maze catalog has been reissued and is available. 

Enjoy.  "She Kissed Me" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967) 
 
 "I Want To Feel I'm Wanted" (not sure which label or year) "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" (Phila, 1966) "Because Of My Heart" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)
   
 "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" (Sassy, 1967)
   
 "If That's What You Wanted" (Sassy, 1967)
 



Frankie Beverly is one of those cats that has lasting power. He started in the music business doing a tour with doo wop group the Silhouettes and then formed his own group called the Blenders. The Blenders never recorded a single, Beverly wouldn't appear on wax until forming the Butlers a few years later. Along with Beverly, the Butlers included Jack "Sonny" Nicholson, Joe Collins, John Fitch, and Talmadge Conway.

Beverly would later enjoy great success fronting Maze and Conway would become a
well-known penning Double Exposure's
"Ten Percent" and the Intruders' "Memories Are Here To Stay." 
 While Maze is a phenomenal group, Beverly's work before that group will always stand out as his best (imo).

The Butlers produced tunes that most Northern Soul fans would kill for and Raw Soul gave the funksters something to pursue. If, by chance, you know of a way to get in touch with Frankie Beverly or his management, please drop me an e-mail. It would be absolutely great to do an interview with him about his pre-Maze work. He's still playing out, most recently doing a New Year's Eve show in Atlanta.
:: Funkinsoulman ::

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