It's 40 years this week since the tragic untimely death of Otis Redding. Here's how his widow, friends and extended family at Stax Records remembered him:…Featured Blog Posts (201)
The Dynamic Superiors
The Dynamic Superiors are a motown group from Washington, D.C., United States.
The group formed in 1963 with members Tony Washington (lead), George Spann (1st tenor), George Peterback, Jr. (2nd tenor), Michael McCalpin (baritone), and Maurice Washington (bass). After a ten year wait, they received their first recording contract in 1974. They recorded with moderate success throughout the 1970s.… Continue
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Remembering Otis Redding
It's 40 years this week since the tragic untimely death of Otis Redding. Here's how his widow, friends and extended family at Stax Records remembered him:…Added by Edie Antoinette on December 16, 2007 at 8:31pm — 1 Comment
The Bar-Kays: Then and Now
The Bar-Kays, 1978. Back row, from left to right:
Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Winston Stewart,
James Alexander, Michael Beard and Harvey Henderson.
Front row, left to right:
Lloyd…
Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Winston Stewart,
James Alexander, Michael Beard and Harvey Henderson.
Front row, left to right:
Lloyd…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 16, 2007 at 9:12pm — 8 Comments
Glad To Be Here!
I am glad to be part of the "Out of the Past" group, and look forward to getting to know you and share in this great music with you! Thanks to Edie for getting in touch with me! I run a near-daily soul/jazz/blues/funk/gospel blog, "Get on Down With the Stepfather of Soul," at http://stepfatherofsoul.blogspot.com, so please stop by and check out what I'm trying to do over there. I occasionally DJ at a…
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An E'Funk-P'Funk Production
George Clinton, (born July 22, 1940) principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funk artist as of 1981. He has been hailed as "The Prime Minister of Funk" as the leader of Parliament, as well as "The King of Interplanetary…
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2007 Shepherd Express Award "Best Acoustic Guitar Player"
My Son..Evan Christian!!!!
Guitar Aficionado…
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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 6, 2007 at 5:58pm — 9 Comments
The Miracles...Renaissance Album 1973
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Out Of The Past-Art In Motion
Lord if this isn't one of the BEST collaborations that mine eyes have EVAH seen!
The inimitable Nicholas Bros and The Contours -First I Look At The PurseThe rest of the menu is great too! Enjoy!
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 6, 2007 at 2:52am — 4 Comments
Abdul Wadud
..father of Raheem DeVaughn
An outstanding cellist, Abdul Wadud has concentrated solely on the instrument since the age of nine, and never decided to double on bass. His plucking and bowed solos have been featured in jazz and symphonic/classical settings, and Wadud's easily the finest cellist to emerge from the '60s and '70s generation. He studied at Youngstown State and Oberlin in the late…
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Car Wash - 1976
CAR WASH FACTS
Director Michael Schultz follows up his critically acclaimed and commercially successful COOLEY HIGH with this hilarious day-in-the-life tale set in modern day Los Angeles. At Sully Boyar's car wash, a juvenile, motley crew of city dwellers "work their fingers to the bone" waiting on the…Added by Edie Antoinette on November 29, 2007 at 8:00am — 4 Comments
When I Look In Your Eyes
So many nights have passed
and waved hello
to the entering sun
while fading beyond the stars
and beyond my dreams.
Throughout them all,
I've thought about
your eyes,
and the way they
'told' me things
that my heart needed
and wanted to hear.
I miss those nights.
The feelings have engraved
a permanent place
in my being,
like so many
resting…
Added by Edie Antoinette on November 17, 2007 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments
James Brown
..the self-described "Godfather of Soul" and giant of 20th century American music, died early Christmas Day at the age of 73.
Brown's agent Frank Copsidas said the singer was hospitalized with severe pneumonia on Sunday, December 25, 2006, Christmas Day. Brown died around 1:45 a.m. ET on Monday of heart failure at Emory Crawford Long…
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Brown's agent Frank Copsidas said the singer was hospitalized with severe pneumonia on Sunday, December 25, 2006, Christmas Day. Brown died around 1:45 a.m. ET on Monday of heart failure at Emory Crawford Long…
Added by Edie Antoinette on November 10, 2007 at 4:44pm — 3 Comments
Memorable 70's Album Covers
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Memorable 70's Album Covers Pt 2
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Memorable 70's Album Covers Pt 3
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The Soul Stirrers..w/Sam Cooke
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Your Smile
I took my walk around the square today
feeling a sense of
renewal and ease
I noticed the children
as they ran and played
as I strolled
holding hands with
the breeze.
My thoughts sauntered lazily throughout
my head
as my senses
inhaled sights and sounds...
I smelled popcorn
and chinese food
flowers
and soft rain
as…
Added by Edie Antoinette on November 3, 2007 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
Soul Food
one picture is worth a thousand words:
Added by Edie Antoinette on October 30, 2007 at 11:40am — 1 Comment
More On Herb Kent "The Cool Gent"
HERB KENT
Herb Kent was a high school student on Chicago’s South Side when he began his radio career hosting a classical music program for WBEZ/Chicago. In the late 1940s, Kent divided his time between playing records at WGRY/Gary and acting in radio dramas for Chicago’s NBC affiliate, WMAQ.
In 1952, Kent left WMAQ for WGES, Chicago’s largest black-oriented station. Here he worked with and learned from African-American radio pioneers Sam Evans and Al Benson. From…
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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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