2 hours of Motown History history with Mickey Stevenson.

Nearly two hours of Mickey Stevenson on an indepth history of Motown. Includes interviews with Smokey, Berry, Janie Bradford, Claudette, Cornelius Grant and Jack Ashford. Lots on Ivy Jo Hunter, Ron Miller, and the Funk Brothers. Interesting, revealing, engaging and authentic from someone who was there and played a very significant role in the creation of Motown.
[[There is a pause pathway through but do not terminate as the presentation then continues.)

I don't subscribe to Sirius XM, but whenever I travel and rent a car, I do my best to make sure the vehicle has Sirius XM so I can play it. In years past I would sometime listen to Soultown channel on the service and enjoyed the music and the DJs. I just got back from another vacation and this time I noticed that Sirius has rebranded Soultown as "Smokey's Soultown". The music is the same, but the DJs seem to be gone, and replaced with Smokey Robinson's remembrances. It's not the same. Especially when I compared it to the classic country Music channel "Willie's Roadhouse". Sure there are recorded bits from Willie Nelson, but there were DJs with a knowledge and love of the music and it made that channel a more rewarding listening experience than "Smokey's Soultown".

What are your thoughts on the rebranded "Soultown" Sirius XM channel?

This October Soulful Detroit will be 23 years old, and except for varying subjects found in the Club House we have always been about music. Time to expand our horizons a bit. Right now, the United States is embroiled in a hot contest for the Presidency. I make no apologies for being a life long Democrat.
How could I not be? I was raised in a Blue Collar family. My father worked for The Ford Motor Company. An uncle was president for the Detroit UAW. My blood runs Blue.

I am interested to know what you forum members think of the situation. I am especially interested in hearing from our friends outside of the United States. Things are rowdy right now, but I am betting on a Democrat blow out making Kamala Harris our next president.

Is it known why Ricky Owens membership of the Temptations was for such a short period. He was hired as a possible replacement for Eddie Kendricks in June 71 but only undertook a couple of engagements with the group before being ousted.
Was he unhappy with the pay situation [[new members only being on a weekly salary) or did the Tempt's leader decide he wasn't suitable.
I'd really like to know what went on.
One of the couple of engagements he did do was in DC at the Carter Barron Th [[others were in LA and East Stanton, Pa).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1oZRjjBMAQ

First time I've seen this in full. Some glitches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXeS2GIvvEQ

This is my all time favorite EJK track, some funky Brian Holland stuff. It couldn't get much airplay because of the suggestiveness of the lyrics. As usual Eddie just doesn't move much and his lip synching is off.