The Ghetto-40th Anniv.

[ZeroGravity]

Donny Hathaway - "The Ghetto"
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In a room high above the busy streets of Manhattan, a young man removed the glass from the window of his apartment. He placed it on his bed, looked out at the magnificent skyline, and contemplated his life. He was Donny Hathaway.

Born on October 1, 1945, Donny sang in the church at the side of his grandmother from the age of three, and soon after became a child prodigy on the piano. After winning a full-ride scholarship in fine arts to Howard University, Hathaway dropped out in 1967 to pursue a career in music. Donny built his new career as a stellar studio musician and producer at Curtis Mayfield’s Curtom Records. But it was at Atlantic Records that he released his first recording.

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This is an excerpt of a tribute to Donny Hathaway posted today by Richard Kenyada. Please click on the link to read this tribute to Donny and the 40th anniversary of his song The Ghetto. The tribute was written by a very good friend of mind and I asked him if I could link to his article to share this awesome piece with my friends here.

I didn’t want to alter his tribute so I hope you don’t mind linking to his page to read the tribute
http://kenyada.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5173#post5173

I won't say anything else, the article says it all....I hope you like it.

Peace

[Edie Antoinette]

I loves me some Donny Hathaway and Lalah looks just like her Dada!

[Boo]

I just had to add this song

[Edie Antoinette]

Nooo Zee..you're not the only one obviously. I'll send out a heads up on it. Each one of those boxes is relative to that particular site.

[ZeroGravity]

I thought that search was for the ENTIRE ning site...wow, all this time that I didn't use it duh! lol Thanks for pointing that out...I saw it many times but never tried it because I thought....oh well hehehe

[Edie Antoinette]

[Edie Antoinette]

Zero, you would be astounded to realize that OOTP (and all other Ning sites) does indeed have a search feature. It's at the top right of every page with the words "Search Social Network". There is a magnifying glass on the right of it. I did a couple of blogs on Lalah, including her father, Donny. The fact that you missed it means I should send out a messege--thanks for helping to realize that. :)

http://msoldschool.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lalah-hathawaygrateful-f...
http://msoldschool.ning.com/profiles/blogs/on-your-ownfrom-donny-to...

[ZeroGravity]

Brother Sole, something about that picture captivates me...can't quite put my hands on it, but it does. That would make a great theme for anything pertaining to a Ghetto.

Bert, I wasn't that much into Donny either, but it's interesting when someone that has a passion for something describes that something to you, even if you don't like it particularly, you can appreciate and maybe even see it in a different light...this is how I was after reading Richard's tribute.

Edie, as soon as I saw Donny Hathaway in Richard's piece I immediately thought of here and wanted to share with the family. I had figured that Donny was somewhere buried (excuse the pun) in the archives of OOTP, but without a search feature, it would be difficult finding him. (you really need a search feature...you have too many treasures undiscovered here). I'm glad you like the piece.

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

This is my all time favorite Donnie Hathaway song, i remember when The Rapper 2 Short sampled this...I love taking songs like this and having my page set up to a Ghetto Theme from The 1970's...Something along the lines of a pic like this...

I hope them Brothers ain't Gay....LOL

[Edie Antoinette]

Magnificent! Simply magnificent. I never met Donny Hathaway, but I had a connection with him--I can't explain it. We were both born on October 1st..and I had all of his LP's...

When he composed Extension Of A Man...it sent chills through me. It is a masterpiece...and WAY ahead of it's time. I still react to that album in a most intimate way, spiritually. I cried and cried when my Donny died.

Glenn, I want to thank you for bringing Donny's work to the fore. I also want to thank you for leading us to that brilliantly done article by Kenyada. Superb! I never knew Donny suffered from schizophrenia ... and 14 pills 3x's a day? Poor, poor baby. *sigh* I did do some things centered around him. You know how it is with me..OOTP is the house of many treasures. So many that I be forgettin' what's here! LOL! I did an extensive piece on him and his baby girl, Lalah. I'll dig it up for you.

Thanks Again...this was wonderful!

[Boo]

It took me a while to get into Donnie, but after I did and found out about his life I was to sad.He went through some stuff. I love Young Gifted And Black and The Ghetto.