HAPPY BIRTHDAY GERALD WILSON ~ WE MISS YOU SIR! SEPT. 4 1918 – SEPT. 8 2014
posted by robert j carmack #@blues2jazzguy
Tag: Beale Street Bluesman
REASONS TO SUPPORT DEXTER GORDON PARK IN LEIMERT VILLAGE – LOS ANGELES
EDITORIAL by Eric WATTREE #wattreechronicles #blues2jazzguy SAVE OUR LEGACY . As most people in Los Angeles know, the powers that be are in the process of gentrifying Leimert Park much like they’re doing in Harlem, New York. But what many in the community fail to realize is when they pave over communities, they pave over… Read More REASONS TO SUPPORT DEXTER GORDON PARK IN LEIMERT VILLAGE – LOS ANGELES
WELCOME AWARD WINNING WRITER ERIC WATTREE TO HIPSTER SANCTUARY
posted by blues2jazzguy #hipster Eric L. Wattree is a writer, poet, and musician, born in Los Angeles. He’s a columnist for The Los Angeles Sentinel, Black Star News, The Atlanta Post, and a member of the Sigma Delta Chi Society of Professional Journalists (http://www.spj.org/). He’s also the author of “A Message From the Hood.”… Read More WELCOME AWARD WINNING WRITER ERIC WATTREE TO HIPSTER SANCTUARY
MEMBERS ONLY:R&B Soul Singer Bobby Blue Bland Laid To Rest
Lion Of The Blues: Celebrated And Laid To Rest posted by Robert J. Carmack MEMPHIS – Funeral services for soul-blues singer Bobby “Blue” Bland were held Thursday, June 27, at First Baptist Church in Memphis ,Tenn. Family, friends, colleagues and dignitaries from near and far gathered at First Baptist Church in Memphis to deliver Bland’s praises, listen to… Read More MEMBERS ONLY:R&B Soul Singer Bobby Blue Bland Laid To Rest
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