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Ralph, Russ, & Family:
The words don't come easy right now...but you have my heartfelt sympathy and prayers. Just remember the good times and cherish the memories. And...thanks for the bits of Mama...

"Lazy Susan" ! Being a Steely Dan fan...how can I not like the Donald Fagen input/influence ??

The Associated Press is reporting that Whitney Houston has died. No cause...no location...no details as of yet.

R.I.P. Henry Davis, bassist and frequent co-writer for LTD.During the LTD "hiatus", he played in a family member's Gospel group...so I got to know him as more than a musician. He was genuinely nice...

No PShark...that was long before I moved to the West Coast. That tour stop was in Dallas or Ft. Worth...but probably Dallas.

You can't go wrong with anything on the Tappan Zee, Nemperor, or GRP labels...or anything involving the Mizell Brothers. If you want names....howzabout FattBurger, Hiroshima, Hubert Laws [["Say It...

I got to see them LIVE...WITH Herbie....and sweetening added by Wah Wah Watson and Sheila E. Incredible show !! It wasn't a Herbie Hancock show at all...it was a Headhunters gig, but they all got...

Well....you've gotta understand that the mainstream media doesn't generally have the knowledge or respect for group members that were not lead singers [[particularly of Classic Soul groups) that the...

Jill....you can punch in/punch out all day...or spend an eternity in the studio to get a good take IF you are the one doing the vocals. I seriously doubt Airrion"s vocals were done in one or two...

He's also doing work on Lalah's next CD. I've got the original track for one of the songs selected...and it's KILLER! I'm expecting BIG things from this project...

R.I.P. writer/producer Fonce Mizell, who along with brother Larry were responsible for some of the hottest, funkiest jazz tracks ever recorded. "Places& Spaces" anybody? How 'bout some" Harlem...

Like Roy Buchanan, Cornell never got the props he was due...but was one helluva guitarist. He was a master of gut bucket funk...and was the perfect counter to Eric Gale's" sweetness" in STUFF. My...

David Simmons....Teddy Pendergrass
Jon Gibson.............Stevie Wonder

David Simmons....Teddy Pendergrass
Jon Gibson.............Stevie Wonder

O'Bryan is a family man...but was talking new music about 18 months ago.
Vesta has/had an AM Drive radio show& still performs.
Pennye Ford was doing dates with Klyymax in 2010
Dera Laws often...

O'Bryan is a family man...but was talking new music about 18 months ago.
Vesta has/had an AM Drive radio show& still performs.
Pennye Ford was doing dates with Klyymax in 2010
Dera Laws often...

Leon Haywood lives and" works" about 10 minutes from me. Sampling fees have enabled him to. Acquire extensive. Commercial real estate property..so, though still active in music, he can live well off...

I just found out that the guys still get together and actuallyy have a reunion gig later this month in #allas. Anyone interested..they do have a Facebook page.

I don't know what the deal was with Mercury. As I recall, their was even an issue resigning ConFunkShun at the time. Phyrework was not a one dimensional band...so they couldn't have been too late...

Wonder B: I didn't even know you were familiar with Phyrework until I logged in to YouTube and saw your post. These guys [[particularly guitarist Willie and bassist Lamar) were friends of mine and I...

Ahhhh....I feel like a couple of verses of "Do You Remember The Time" !! I read that entire thread from the archives [[Thx Roger) and was sitting here about to choke on my CrackerJacks. We had a...

AND...you can drop the needle on track one of Hubert Laws "Say It With Silence" & just let it play !

BTW...anything written/produced by The Mizell Brothers is slammin'....but you can start with Bobbie Humphrey's "Harlem River Drive" and Dr. D. Byrd's "Places and Spaces or "Dominoes".

How 'bout some Stanley Clarke from his Nemperor days.....some Jorge Dalto, John Klemmer, Gene Harris....and if you get into looong sides, The Atlantic Family "Live At Montreau". Then maybe some...

Aside from the actual addiction, those who benefitted from from the situation [[free drugs, taking advantage financially) don't want to see the addict recover. It is KEY to recognize and distance...