Part 2 will pop out of somewhere one of these years.. xo Cindy Birdsong a true sweet heart
I can't read it
my iphone pic I'm not really a tech wiz..
if you look at it on an iphone you can enlarge it section by section as you read it..don't know what else to tell ya
Jimi, I'd love to read it. Just a suggestion. If you matte it to cardboard or a large piece of white paper and scan it or photograph it, it will make it easier to see and read.
I was able to read it on Google Chrome after I zoomed. I did not know she wrote songs and was interested in recording her own songs.
Also did not know that she always wanted to be an actress.
There are not many interviews with Cindy. Nice. Hope you find part 2
I'm able to read it, w/ just a bit of effort.
Good stuff Jimi LaLumia! Cindy takes you literally with your first question, which I don't think you meant?? How interesting , the times , where the club route was a way to make you visible. But no LP not even a single to promote?? Sort of doesn't make sense, unless she was hoping to be rediscovered by someone listening to her through this process ? It was true it was hard to get a crowd to simmer down in a club for any length of time for anything other than keeping the dance floor going. it was hard enough if you had a current song for them which Cindy didn't ? She would've been but a vague long ago voice from an entirely different generation ??
[[I'm remembering a club I DJd at. The owner mistakenly thought you needed to have variety throughout the night. One night he cleared the floor to have a stand-up comedian have a turn. It wasn't going well , no one was paying attention and finally someone in the audience walked right up to him, and in his face asked him, "Excuse me, where's the bathroom?"
Wow rough crowd !!)
Hope Cindy fared better!
& Hopefully you'll post part two soon Jimi !
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Ha!
The Palladium. That sounds familiar.
The Troc in SF was famous for the stage being occupied by fan dancers.
I knew the scene had totally lost its innocence when I went to Hollywood's Studio One and they now had twinks in jock straps swinging out on ropes over the heads of the dancers. [[not a glamorous touch, made it feel seedy)
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Cindy was being managed at the time by the late Bernard Jay, who also managed the late great DIVINE!! I had interviewed Divine in that time frame so Bernard, not knowing I was a lifetime Supremes-er, called to ask if I was interested in Cindy, and I was like "ARE YOU KIDDING?" we sat on the balcony of Mr.Jay's NYC apartment and had a lovely chat shortly thereafter her single "Dancing Room" was issued in the UK by Ian Levine ..
my friend Norman, who worked at a caddilac dealership found out I had a cassette of the interview, borrowed it and I never got it back.. he made himself available to drive Cindy where ever she needed to go, and word got out and suddenly Norman was driving former Supremes all over the tri state area in brand new caddies free of charge.. I seem to recall that Mary Wilson called Norman "Caddilac Man!" lol
ok will try that
Seen her London appearance video. Any info on her NYC appearance?
so my hooking Norman up with Cindy via Bernard Jay led to all of the subsequent events mentioned above...haven't seen Norman in decades..
I adore Divine! How much drearier would this world be with John Waters and Divine?
I was at the NY Palladium show. I think it was a Sunday night. The gay crowd was there to dance, not specifically to see Cindy. Cindy did lots of Supremes songs. The crowd was enjoying, although not terribly enthusiastic. The heyday of the Supremes [[1960’s) was long before most of that 20-something crowd came of age. Cindy sounded good, but displayed no discernible star quality.
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Nice interview - look forward to reading Pt2.
Excellent Jimi.
Money quote in my opinion...
Jimi: "wouldn't you rather have moved on"
Cindy: "people would not let it go".
34 years ago and it's still true today!!!
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