"Callus On My Soul: A Memoir" By: Dick Gregory
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Teddy Pendergrass From Drummer To Singer
In 1970, after playing a gig in Puerto Rico, the club owner wanted the Blue Notes to extend their set. Harold Melvin was not eager to overtax his already tired voice, especially after a night's worth of singing, but he obliged. By his account, Melvin then asked the musicians who comprised the group's traveling combo whether 'they could play a couple of more tunes and they didn't mind. That's when I first heard Teddy sing. 'Teddy,' of course, was Teddy Pendergrass, the combo's tewnty-year-old drummer. Melvin was shocked when he heard Pendergrass, whose hoarse, yet forceful gospel-drenched baritone bore a striking similarity to the Dells' lead, Marvin Junior. Whether Melvin recognized the similarity of the two voices is unknown. But, said Melvin, 'I knew then that I had something.'
The crafty Melvin wasted no time in bringing his drummer to the forefront. Despite Pendergrass's tender age. the Philadelphia-born musician was noraw recruit. He had drummed for a time with the legedary James Brown Review and also sang with the Epsilons, a Philadelphia group." From, "A House On Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul." By: John A. Jackson
Today Is: Thursday, June 30, 2011
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"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Lots of Love,
Starface
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Today Is: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
What you seek is seeking you." -Rumi
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Starface
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Today Is: Sunday, June 26, 2011
"You don't love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand." -L.J. Smith
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Starface
Friday, June 24, 2011
Today Is: Friday, June 24, 2011
"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone" -Pablo Picasso
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Starface
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Today Is: Thursday, June 23, 2011
"Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness." -Ayn Rand
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Today Is: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." -Zora Neale Hurston
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Starface
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Today Is: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
"Wake up and live " -Bob Marley
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Today Is: Monday, June 20, 2011
"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers." -Gordon B. Hinckley
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Lots of Love,
Starface
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Today Is: Sunday, June 19, 2011
Much love to all of the strong Black Fathers (especially the single ones). For all of the struggles and burdens that society places on you, you are Kings!! You are loved, needed, and appreciated!
Much love to all of the fathers, father figures, protectors, providers, Kings, and Princes. You get love over here!
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Lots of Love,
Starface
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Today Is: Saturday, June 18, 2011
"When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open" -Bob Marley
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Starface
Friday, June 17, 2011
Today Is: Friday, June 17, 2011
"One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time." -Gilbert Chesterton
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Today Is, Friday, June 10, 2011
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." -Charles Dickens
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Starface
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Today Is, Thursday, June 9, 2011
"The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see." -Ayn Rand
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Today Is: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
"All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer
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Starface
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Today Is: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean." -Maya Angelou
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Lots of Love,
Starface
Monday, June 6, 2011
The Classics: Aretha Franklin Sings Curtis Mayfield
Aretha Franklin singing Curtis Mayfield's "The Makings of You." Soulful, perfect and beautiful!
Happy Birthday: Curtis Mayfield
Happy belated birthday to Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942-December 26, 1999). "We Got To Have Peace."
Today Is: Monday, June 6, 2011
"We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us, that we don't take time to enjoy where we are." -Bill Watterson
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Lots of Love,
Starface
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Today Is, Sunday, June 5, 2011
"Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death." -Rumi
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Starface
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Today Is: Saturday, June 4, 2011
"If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!" -Sarah Dessen
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Lots of Love,
Starface
Friday, June 3, 2011
Today Is: Friday, June 3, 2011
"...Because paper has more patience than people. " -Anne Frank
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Starface
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Today Is: Thursday, June 2, 2011
"Spiritual laws execute themselves, just as do other laws of nature."
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Starface
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Today Is: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
"It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way." -Rollo May
"Think and wonder, wonder and think." -Dr. Seuss
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