David Ebo and the post-Teddy grouping of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

[JimBagley]

Following their split with Teddy Pendergrass, the Blue Notes added David Ebo as their lead singer and recorded four albums for ABC/Source/MCA. All of them had some very nice moments [[my favorites included Reaching For The World, After You Love Me - Why Do You Leave Me, Prayin', I Should Be Your Lover and Feels Like Magic) but none were uniformly great. A best of CD from these four albums would be nice [[especially since 1977's Now Is The Time has never been released on CD).
Replacing Teddy Pendergrass must have been hard for David Ebo, yet he did a great job on all of his Blue Notes recordings. After he left the Blue Notes, Ebo recorded one solo album that included the hit "I'd Rather Be By Myself" [[my favorite vocal performance of his). It is a huge shame that Ebo didn't record another album after that and even sadder that he was only 43 when he died of bone cancer in 1993.

I would appreciate any remembrances folks on the board have of those Ebo fronted Blue Notes albums / his solo album as well as any Blue Notes concerts they attended while Ebo was in the group [[was he well received?). Finally, any personal encounters with David Ebo would be nice to hear about. I hope some of you share your thoughts on a talented man who was far more than just a Teddy clone.

Thanks,

Jim