orpheus10

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bluesy41  who you?   Identify  yo self. 
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Rok, do you know what "genocide" is? That's the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.This country watched Genocide on national television when they watched the "Katrina Aftermath" ... 
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Blacks are leaving America;  http://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/mitchell-the-list-of-blacks-leaving-u-s-mainland-grows/article_...  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/we-re-out-black-americans-leaving-country-trump-takes-office-n70...  http:... 
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Nothing good came out of slavery,  although I wish the civil war had never been fought, and that the Mason Dixon Line would be our southern border. 
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Nina Simone was playing piano at a lounge to earn money to pay for tuition that would further her studies in classical piano when the owner demanded that she sing to accompany herself.That was the beginning of history as we know it. I still enjoy... 
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I vaguely remember getting distant stations at night that you couldn't pick up in the day; they played R&R, plus R&B.Like you said Pryso, Dick Clark changed everything for teenagers; it came on about the same time most of us got home from ... 
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Rok, what did you do; pick the worst George Benson you could find, he will never forgive you.I know this is overplayed, but at least it's getting back to the "good" George Benson.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgl1hQmjITY 
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According to Wikipedia;Jerry Butler, Jr. (born December 8, 1939) is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, as well as a 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame... 
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Any body remember this one;    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT_eOiTwtoQ    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5rvJKviwaE 
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I've got this DVD;      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VLKngHexeU        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08e9k-c91E8      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXpRxzmawjw    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fztz_Vr9uHk 
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Frogman, it's on page 243; "Miles, The Autobiography". 
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I beg to differ slightly "Jerry Butler" was R&B, as are most of the tunes you have posted.Nor can I imagine being a teenager without that song. 
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Frogman;"In the beginning we had the wrong trumpet players, we had those who were classically trained. We had to tell them not to play exactly what was on the score. They started looking at us-at Gil mostly-like we were crazy. They couldn't imp... 
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Rok, I'm sure you had a wonderful childhood in Mississippi; I recall visiting relatives in Wynona when I was only 5 years old. There was a sweet and very fragrant aroma about the place in the grasslands that I will never forget, although I don't ... 
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Rok, I knew Mississippi was backwards, but that's stretching it, even for Mississippi.When I went down there in 67, I thought I was in "The Twilight Zone". I am not exaggerating, the closer I got to Hattiesburg, the farther back I went in time; t...