"🤣🤣🤣...Treasure is our site."
My Daughter Eboni
Her eyes were jewels of immeasureable beauty,
Pure--like peering into marbles from heaven,
Kaleidoscopically changing to match the
colors of paradise..the "Eden of Blue Island"
where she was born.
The softness of her skin exuded delicate calm,
as I inhaled her newness.
It was the scent of a 'beginning',
like new-- sweet translucent
petals lighting gently upon my love and
like precious snowflakes
finding solace on a quiet winter's eve.
As I cradled her in my arms for the very first
time--motion surrounding me came to a halt
and my existence melded with her's..
like 'oneness' smiling back at itself.
Her hair was soft and ruddy, tinged with
the glow of a setting sun spreading it's
veil on the arriving moon's blazing,
and the starlight's shimmer.
Like alabaster.. freckled with hints of ruby
were her little cheeks, and her tiny lips
beckoned the dawn of many smiles, as her lashes
would wave to tears that would surely come and go.
She was my baby girl, now a woman with children
of her own. Our journey began with a love
that only God could translate..and our heart's
decipher--and how thankful I am--that she's mine.
© Momma
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Comment by Edie Antoinette on April 2, 2008 at 3:16pm
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I did my best--fell many times, got up just as many. Your words made chillbumps come on my arms...thank you precious!
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I'm feeling better thanks...I was having nightmares last night but I'm better now. Dena is so busy, but she wrote me a nice email and said she loved the site. She's a flight attendant so you know she is always on the go...
I'mma tell her what you said..she would pinch your dimples for real Sole..lol
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Comment by Shelley "SoleMann" King on March 30, 2008 at 9:07pm
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Hey Brother Logos,,,Mama Edie it would be nice finally getting to know Dena, i feel like i know her anyway...LOL. How Momma doing?
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I didn't know that Big Papa! Awwwww...lol
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Go get my wooden spoon..I'mma tan me some Jabari's hide...LOL!!! Po Jae!
Dena may join--I sent her the link and Momma loves it..looking for her input too..
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A Bumblebee and a Kitty....LOL. Tell my Auntie Dena i said Hi.
Jaleesa and Jabari are doing fine although Jabari be hitting on Jaleesa making her cry....SMH/ROFLMBO. The new Grandbaby will be here in June...SMILE
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Tell that to these ever increasing gray hairs on my head..LOL But thanks! We call my neice "kitty"..her big sister named her that at birth..now that's her name! lol
Dena said she was giving them a bath and they looked like 2 muppets in the tub..rofl
Then she said she was taking them to Golden Corral and they were in the back seat chattering. Dena said she keeps a little BoomBox magnet on the fridge, but she happened to notice through the rear-view mirror Kitty had the magnet propped on her shoulder boppin her head like she was rappin along with the boombox..ROFLMBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They are so adorable! Thanks Sole..and how is your little bunch?
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She is a cute baby...You and Dena are Grandmas, yall both look to young for that...SMILE
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Thank you dearheart..that's my little grandneice she's holding...Dena's grandbaby.. =)
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Awwwwwwww....I just loveeeeeeee this....Look at that picture up there....BIG SMILE
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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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