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Edie Antoinette's Blog – December 2009 Archive (18)
An Interview With God
This is simply...beautiful!
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 29, 2009 at 11:30pm — 7 Comments
"..And thank you for this food"
Lord, that we are about to receive.."
She was the best cook in the land--I kid you not! Anyway...
..did I tell you about the time I was outside playing (I was 10 and the year was 1961) and we lived with Aunt Mothie in Milwaukee?
I ran in to get me something to drink and… Continue
She was the best cook in the land--I kid you not! Anyway...
..did I tell you about the time I was outside playing (I was 10 and the year was 1961) and we lived with Aunt Mothie in Milwaukee?
I ran in to get me something to drink and… Continue
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 23, 2009 at 5:00pm — 5 Comments
Roger Troutman & Zapp-Unsung
Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Roger was the fourth of ten children. He was a late-arriving member of Parliament-Funkadelic and played on the band's final Warner Brothers' album The Electric Spanking of War Babies. Beforehand, Troutman had formed various different bands with his four brothers, including Little Roger and the Vels and Roger and the Human Body. In 1977, he and the Human Body issued their first single… Continue
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 20, 2009 at 8:03pm — 5 Comments
Jet Magazine Covers Part 3
To read the magazines cover-to-cover click here:
Okay, I see you have to write something so that the music player won't be in the Main Blog Queue..*sheesh*
So, yada yada yada yada yada wonk wonk wonk blah blah blah blah wee wika wika bloo blockers...LOL…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments
Jet Magazine Covers Part 2
To read the magazines cover-to-cover click here:
Okay, I see you have to write something so that the music player won't be in the Main Blog Queue..*sheesh*
So, yada yada yada yada yada wonk wonk wonk blah blah blah blah wee wika wika bloo blockers...LOL…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 6:00pm — 3 Comments
Jet Magazine Covers Part 1
This is a series that I will do covering Jet Magazine covers from 1950-2009. To read the mags from cover to cover click here:
Enjoy, now--November 1951-December 1952 in 3 Parts. 1of 3:…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Final 24::Tupac Shakur
Tupac is one of a very few so-called rappers that I like, excluding anything that alludes to violence or thuggery. I think I fell in love with him for the track that he did to his Momma.…
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Added by Edie Antoinette on December 14, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments
Phyllis Hyman - Unsung
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 13, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments
This Is My Beloved-Arthur Prysock
I was inspired by DJ Gary T's Show tonight. He played a track from the album--so what did I do? I thought about Ronn Nichols and went and bought the album! LOL! I'll be back with it when I upload it..in the meantime...here's the album cover and some bio on Mr. Prysock. I LOVE his voice ♥
Arthur Prysock was perfectly at home singing jazz, blues, or R&B, but his smooth-as-silk baritone made him a superbly effective (and…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 11, 2009 at 12:30am — 5 Comments
Up In Smoke! IMEEM SELLS US DOWN THE RIVER!
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 10, 2009 at 11:43pm — 4 Comments
The Ladder Of The Soul (For Relaxing)
the rungs of which lay bare my sorrow
I step the progressive road to life
though weary from the climb.
Perceptive though my thoughts may be
I sometimes jump into the fray
Pastoral arms recover me
and lead me day by day.
A light shines at the top
of the ladder of my soul
beckoning my ascent even
when I fall, grasping my
hand when I…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 6, 2009 at 12:30am — 11 Comments
Gloria Scott: What Am I Going to Do? (1974)
2009 is the 35th anniversary of this classic soul album, which was the first and only full-length studio release by Gloria Scott. Produced by Barry White with the best of his '70s approach, and featuring songs written by lesser-known White protege, Tom Brock, nearly every single cut here is a classic, a mixture of deep and…Added by Edie Antoinette on December 4, 2009 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments
Love Light In Flight-Stevie Wonder
Give me what I'm missing
Send me to the highest heights
Take me up and away
I've tasted love so many times
With something always missing
But I know that you got the kind
To take me up and away
I know that our journey
Will be filled with passion,
love and pleasure
Touching down where…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 3, 2009 at 12:00am — 5 Comments
Minnie Riperton "Unsung"
Inspired by our Dear Gene, I am grateful for his Unsung on Donny Hathaway, and reminder of this wonderful Unsung feature on Minnie.
The full blog and bio that I did are Here in case you want to read it. Thanks~E
MINNIE RIPERTON ::
There are not many…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 2, 2009 at 12:30am — 7 Comments
I ♥ Gordon Parks
Recently, while glancing back
through the seductive imagery
of a camera's discerning eye,
I recalled mainly those moments
when the women who appeared
seemed lost in a voiceless past---
unruffled, full of secrets,
and fragrant with silence.
Then, as ages of thoughts
churned inside my…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — 7 Comments
Backlash Blues-Langston Hughes ~ Nina Simone
You raise my taxes, freeze my wages
And send my son to vietnam
You give me second class houses
And second class schools
Do you think that alla colored folks
Are just second class fools
Mr. backlash, I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash blues
When I try to find a job
To earn a little cash
All you got to offer
Is your mean old white backlash
But the world…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 1, 2009 at 4:00am — 2 Comments
Weary Blues By Langston Hughes
The Weary Blues
by Langston Hughes
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,
Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,
I heard a Negro play.
Down on Lenox Avenue the other night
By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light
He did a lazy sway . . .
He did a lazy sway . . .
To the tune o' those Weary Blues.
With his ebony hands on each ivory key
He made that poor piano moan with melody.
O Blues!
Swaying to and fro on…
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 1, 2009 at 2:30am — 4 Comments
Bah Samba
Added by Edie Antoinette on December 1, 2009 at 12:00am — 3 Comments
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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. 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.
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