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The Bar-Kays: Then and Now

The Bar-Kays
The Original Bar-Kays
of which James Alexander is
the lone surviving member
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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…
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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 16, 2007 at 9:12pm — 8 Comments

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:…



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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 16, 2007 at 8:31pm — 1 Comment

An E'Funk-P'Funk Production

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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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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 11, 2007 at 1:00am — No Comments

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

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 Purse
The rest of the menu is great too! Enjoy!

Added by Edie Antoinette on December 6, 2007 at 2:52am — 4 Comments

The CHILLOUNGE

::..MellowMoods Playlist..::

1.Jill Scott-He Loves Me

2.Richard Elliot-Moomba

3.Walter Beasley-Babygirl 4.Walter Beasley-Visions

5.Boney James-Heaven

6.Richard Elliot-This Could

Be Real

7.Chaka Khan-Something Deep

8.George Benson-The Ghetto

9.Brian Culbertson-Get It On

10.Maysa-Aria…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 5, 2007 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

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…
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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…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on November 17, 2007 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments

Just Like Dreaming..



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One of my all-time favorites--(thanks Old school C!!)

Sublime jazzy soul from Twennynine -- a combo that's headed by drummer Lenny White, but which is a really solid group affair overall! Twennynine have a perfect sense of poise…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on November 10, 2007 at 10:26pm — No Comments

CURTIS MAYFIELD "Master Of Old School"









"Curtis Mayfield was a genius--an innovator--a MASTER at weaving the 'perfect' musical backdrop for what we enjoyed back in the day, particularly in the film genre. Can you imagine the Blaxploitation flicks like SuperFly without his…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on November 10, 2007 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

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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Added by Edie Antoinette on November 10, 2007 at 4:44pm — 3 Comments

The Inimitable Me'Shell Ndege'Ocello

...born michelle johnson in 1969, me'shell ndegéocello spent the first years of her life in germany. the daughter of a devotely religious mother and a strict military father, the family relocated to virginia in the early 1970s. though discipline prevailed in her home life, her father's occasional gigging as a jazz saxophonist provided her an…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on November 7, 2007 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

May This Be Love

Waterfall



Nothing can harm me at all

My worries seem so very small

With my waterfall

I can see

My rainbow calling me

Through the misty breeze

Of my waterfall

Some people say

Day-dreamings for all the

Lazy minded fools

With nothin else to do

So let them laugh, laugh at me

So just as long as I have you

To see me through

I have…
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Added by Edie Antoinette on November 7, 2007 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

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…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on November 3, 2007 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

The Soul Stirrers..w/Sam Cooke

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Added by Edie Antoinette on November 1, 2007 at 8:00am — No Comments

Soul Food

one picture is worth a thousand words:

Added by Edie Antoinette on October 30, 2007 at 11:40am — 1 Comment

VINTAGE 45's

FUNK 45 A FASCINATING MUSICAL EXPERIENCE - THE MONSTER - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 B.W. SOULS - MARVINS GROOVE / GENERATED LOVE - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 BABY HUEY - MIGHTY MIGHTY PEOPLE PT 1 / 2 - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 BOBBY BYRD - TRY IT AGAIN / I FUNK 45 CAUTION - LOVE RAY / DON FUNK 45 EARL GAINES - IF YOU WANT WHAT I GOT - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - BROTHER RAPP PT 1 & 2 / BEWILDERED - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - COLD SWEAT PART 1 / 2 - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - GET ON THE GOOD FOOT PART 1 / 2 - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - I GOT YOU ( I FEEL GOOD ) / I CAN FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - PAPA FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - TALKING LOUD AND SAYING NOTHING PART 1 / 2 - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - WORLD PT 2 / I CRIED - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN & LYN COLLINS - WHAT MY BABY NEEDS NOW IS A LITTLE MORE LOVIN FUNK 45 JESSE GRESHAM PLUS 3 - BUST OUT / GET IT WHERE YOU FIND IT - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 PIGMEAT MARKHAM - SOCK IT TO FUNK 45 ROBERT RON & EDDIE - LOVE POTION 9 / I AIN FUNK 45 ROYAL SHOWBAND - PANAMA RED - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 SAMMY GORDON & HIPP HUGGERS - JUNGLE BUMP - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 THE PARLIAMENTS - I WANNA TESTIFY - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 THE PROJECTIONS - GROOVIN NORTHERN SOUL 45 BARBARA & BRENDA - NEVER LOVE A ROBIN / SALLY SOUL 45 BILLY BUTLER AND INFINITY - I DON THE MALCOUNS - WATOU / BROKEN RIBS - 7inch (SP)

Added by Edie Antoinette on October 30, 2007 at 1:36am — No Comments

Open Our Eyes

...by The Gospel Cleps was Herb Kent's sign-off tune each night when he ended his radio show in Chicago during the 60's. He was at WVON-AM at the time and I never missed a show. Herb "The Cool Gent" is still my favorite radio personality and this tune really brings back memories.

Someone wrote to me and stated that he's been searching for this tune for years, unsuccessfully. He also stated that nobody knew…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on October 30, 2007 at 1:31am — No Comments

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…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on October 30, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Remembering Q

E.FM Radio Spotlight

Quincy Jones is thoroughly entwined in the musical background of my young adulthood. A genius of unique quality. I have been posting blogs and music throughout the years and decided to embark on the arduous but satisfying task of gathering some of it to remember the excellent legacy that he left.
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