Carla Thomas [[it's not bad news)

[jboy88]

I've begun my venture in podcasting with a music show highlighting the music of Carla Thomas! I never realized how great a singer she was until I worked on this. Check it out!

https://soundcloud.com/jason-kitt/what-chall-know-bout-that-thursday-carla-thomas

[rrussi]

Her record "Comfort Me" is one of my favorites by her. It features Gladys Knight & the Pips on backup vocals.

[motony]

strange that she was never on any of the big R & B package shows that came through Florida & I never remember her playing any of the clubs.

[Soul Sister]

motony,
Carla was on the big stage shows that came through N.Y.-N.J. , Philly, Baltimore, & D.C. area theaters on the Chitlin` Circuit in the mid 1960's with other Stax artists. I was at some of those shows.

S.S.
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[jboy88]

I really enjoyed putting this together! Having recently purchased the first two Stax singles sets, I have a lot to work with. Tomorrow, I'll have a story about the Fatback band. I'm also doing one on Edwin Starr, King Curtis, Joe Tex and Tony Terry in the coming weeks.

[rrussi]

It could be that during her big time in the '60s she was attending Howard University in Washington, DC. That may have made some extended travel difficult. I do know that she went to Europe as part of the Stax/Volt Revue. Does anyone know anything about her now? Her health?

[jboy88]

That's right, she did attend Howard. That's how she met Donny Hathaway, who wrote and produced Never Be True. I forgot to include that tidbit. I mentioned, however that she went to school in Nashville for a spell. Did she transfer, drop out then returned.