By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, August 25, 2003 - 06:31 pm:

Mike:
Great to see you out here in the Forum. I miss reading your insightful postings!

Could you please send me your email address to kevingoins@juno.com - I have a few questions I want to ask you directly.

Thanks!
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By M.McLeanTech (66.218.40.145) on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 08:19 pm:

Kevin,

I am having lunch with StuBass at Dr. Hogly Wogly's Tyler Texas BBQ on Friday. This will be a wonderful opportunity to study the unique "All Caps Ardvark" in it's natural habitat!

Mike

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 11:31 am:

Mike:
I just sent you an email. Give my regards to StuBass when you see him and enjoy the BBQ!
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By M.McLeanTec (66.159.205.35) on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 02:41 am:

Kevin,

Seeing your nice message made me think.

I find that I like you very much. I used to simply adore Popcorn Wylie in exactly the same way. There is something about the way you two fellows plow forward, doing your stuff in such a pure hearted manner, and in such an unselfish way, that thrills me.

I sent you a lecture about your questions. I hope that it is helpful. I want to be of service to you. You are a little bit of what I loved about Motown in the first two years.

Popcorn, Sammy Ward, Sammy Mack (Satintones,) George Fowler (the Gospal department,) and many other wonderful folks like Sonny Sanders and Robert Bateman, were the Motown that I loved.

At that time, Brian Holland and Lamont Dosier were what we called "hanger arounders." Eddie Holland was a singer like Marv Johnson, that Berry was trying to get a hit on.

Those were the good days for me. The days when Andre Williams was cutting tunes on Gino Parks.

I never understood what was going on until I purchased a 2CD John Lee Hooker album. Then I understood it all.

I have never forgiven Berry and HDH for putting the dollar ahead of art. Of course, being a whore, I delighted in the success at the time.

How can we express such things if we are going to be censored?

Mike McLean

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 10:37 am:

Mike:
Thank you for your post. I will respond to your email in detail later on over the weekend.

History has said much about Motown's glory days with H-D-H, Norman Whitfield & others at the production helm but not much if anything has been told about those early, formative years. You mentioned two people - Andre Williams & Sonny Sanders - who I have had the honor of meeting and working with. Andre & Sonny are my mentors in the music biz for they remind me to do what I love the best & the dollars will follow.

Thank you for sharing with me your experience with Motown's early days. I will contact you via email soon.

Regards,
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By STUBASS (198.81.26.170) on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 01:08 pm:

OH OH!!!...LUNCH IN A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE INIMITABLE MIKE MCLEAN!!!...I'D BETTER START MEDITATING (OR DO I MEAN MEDICATING) RIGHT ABOUT NOW!!!...STU(GETTING THE HOGLY WOGLY URGE)BASS

By Livonia Ken (136.1.1.101) on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 01:47 pm:

Given his technical acumen, I have no doubt that Mike will figure out how to unstick the caps-lock on Stu's keyboard. Don't forget to take notes, Stu!

Regards,
Ken

By stephanie (68.50.216.139) on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 02:58 pm:

Angel daddy when you meet Mike pick his brain and ask him how I can become mechanical!!! I love words but when it comes to technical things Im horrible is there anything that I can do.
Stephanie

By STUBASS (198.81.26.170) on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 09:28 pm:

IT'S JUST THE "JEWISH SYNDROME" STEPH!!!...I GUESS THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IS...CONVERT!!!...STUBASS