I remember the late great James Brown proclaiming back in the 1970’s, “Just make sure to spell my name right!” What the Godfather of soul was asking for was that his name would be spelled correctly in the media in reference to an utterly idiotic rumor that was being spread at the time that he […]
On Friday, April 18 2008, Glinda Harrison, was emailing the Chicago Sun Times back and forth all afternoon. Weeks ago, the paper had offered to do a feature story on me and my new CD: “What’s This? 1976-1979,” which was released April 1, 2008. I had an extensive and very pleasant interview with the writer, […]
When most composers write songs, they rarely write lyrics that are stated as literal prose. Imagine if the following were the words to a new hit single: “I was walking down the street and happened to meet up with John who I had a conversation with. John said, “Hello fella, long time no see, should […]
When Glinda Harrison, the vice president for my new record company, 829 Records, was making a one sheet for radio, (a one page description that goes out to radio stations detailing a new release) for my new CD What’s This? 1976-1979, she ran into a little problem. In going over the 11 studio recordings included […]
Divine greetings to you and welcome to my first ever music blog, where, approximately once a week, in my own words, I will post a new entry.
First, I will share my perspectives and perceptions of the musical world from back in the day till now. As I have devoted my entire life to my art […]