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Maestro Emmanuel Dwain Howard
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- I love people, photography, music, and art. I play bass a little in that I am not where I want to be with it, but I do have direction of some sort.. I think people in general take themselves and life to serious so I just move forward and relax in an a attempt to be creative. Bring the imagination forward by way of our gifts is what I think we all should do
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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. The Butlers recorded their first single in 1960 titled "Loveable Girl". Left to right John Fitch, T Conway, Frankie Beverly, Sonny Nicholson and Joe Collins.
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So upbuilding.... ♥ your words make me feel like Daddy's words use to. I would just beam and savor the love. I still do because of you. Thank you and may Jehovah embrace you kind brother.
How are you Dwain?
So upbuilding and grounding. I love you my brother. Thank you---and I'm taking your advice.
Thank you Dear Dwain ~
Hey hey hey!!!!
Not a chance. It's like a miracle because I have my first love back!
I rarely get online these days and am 'buying out the opportune time' to indulge myself in Jehovah's love and all the joy that comes with it. I almost feel as though I have awakened from a bad 34+ year dream. I can relate to your words very much about the times and how we really have to live what we have been taught. It is one thing to read the Bible---still another to live it. Our Father is guiding us to Paradise so wonderfully! Christ Jesus is indeed, the greatest teacher and redeemer imaginable---he being the image of his Father (and what a reflection of love).
I have my voracious spiritual appetite back!!! *clapping thunderously in my heart*
I have been researching and studying and am on the MOON with joy, thanks to Jehovah God! My health is *what can I say* but my spirit is soaring like when I first came into the Truth. Yay!!! *Doing James Brown MoonWalk and screaming like he use to do while going into a split...eeeeee-yowwwwww!!!!* Hahahahahahaha!
I'm going to try and make Saturday of the convention again since I went already in May. I want to hear that talk again--- "Are You Behaving As A Kingdom Citizen?" That talk blew me out of my skin!!!!! Powerful!!!
Anyway---I love you dear Brother. I can't wait to meet your Daddy when he awakes in Paradise and then you can meet mine too. I am a Daddy's girl and yearn to see him. He died a day after my baptism in 1975. Agape to you and family.
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