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- SUITABLE FOR FRAMING: HATTER'S POSTERS
- MEET SCOUT! REDFORD THEATRE: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
- MASTERPIECE IN SOUL: NORMAN WHITFIELD
| SUITABLE FOR FRAMING: HATTER'S POSTERS Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:10 PM PST  POSTER ART BY GABE HEISS Here is my small tribute to Hatter on my living room wall. This frame originally held my autographed Question Mark and the Mysterians poster. Great poster and a lovely gift from Skid n Carrie (Marx). But it didn't move me... now it does. We can get a new frame for Q's poster asap, but for now Hatter looks at me each day as I make coffee and recline on the couch. Made a little collage in Photoshop. Nothing particularly skilled just something to let the viewer see a bit of our partnership over the past year and a half. I have these two posters and plan to framed them for my birthday if I get some $.  POSTER ART BY CARL LUNDGREN This is the second version (maybe third or fourth) of Chris Taylor's Ann Arbor Rock n Roll Revival show which I promoted last December 18, 2009. Dennis Thompson was originally the subject of this poster but had to drop out so the artist Carl Lundgren recommended using Hatter instead. We did use it and it is a very cool poster...  PHOTO BY RETRO:KIMMER Here is Hatter with his favorite of Carl Lundgren's posters. The poster is Hatter's favorite from thefamous Cinderella Ballroom gig introducing the J Geils band at their height of popularity . So glad we got this photo in 2009 Flintstock. Hatter gave me this poster I think in 2009. The top hat and outfit are "powder blue". A point Hatter never grew tired of sharing with me.  POSTER ART BY CARL LUNDGREN Read More on RK Ann Arbor Rock n Roll Revival 2009! Kimmer Autographs and Gifts  |
| MEET SCOUT! REDFORD THEATRE: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Posted: 10 Jan 2011 08:15 PM PST  Special Appearance By: Oscar nominee, (Scout) Actress Mary Badham Tickets: $5 Jan 14 (Fri ) Film Starts at 8pm ....... doors open at 7pm Saturday Jan 15 Film Starts at 2pm.....doors open at 1pm Saturday Jan 15 Films Starts at 8pm.....doors open at 7pm Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning best-selling novel. Doors open 1 hour before show time Evenings show starts at 8pm Matinee show starts at 2pm Organists: evenings - Lance Luce matinee - Justine LaVoie Pianists: evenings - Chris Cavanaugh matinee - Nancy C. Pennington Directions and Info Read More on RK The Redford Theatre!  |
| MASTERPIECE IN SOUL: NORMAN WHITFIELD Posted: 10 Jan 2011 07:40 AM PST  Norman Jesse Whitfield 5/12/1940- 09/16/ 2008 This weekend I saw a bit about Norman on VH1 or one of those shows. It got me thinking about just was an influence he has been on my life and also my musical collection. I wrote about "I Know I am Losing You" which The Temptations and The Faces both had hits with. Also take a look at "Heard it Through the Grapevine" which was a hit for Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye and Creedance Clearwater Revival. What is most interesting to me is that Norman's music was cool to young audiences period. The Motown fans loved it, soul music fans loved it, white rock n rollers loved it, blues cats dug it... See what I mean? Even country music fans dug Norman Whitfield! Norman Whitfield was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Motown during the 1960s/1970s. He is credited as being one of the ultimate creators of the Motown Sound, as well as a major figure in the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul. Blending soul music with white rock n roll changed the face of music and the climate of racial equality is this country forever. His career was the envy of the music business for 20 years and beyond. From 1966 to 1974, Whitfield produced most all of material, experimenting with sound effects and other production techniques. He found a songwriting collaborator in lyricist Barrett Strong the performer on Motown's first hit record, "Money." Norman wrote material for The Temptations and many other Motown artists such as Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips, both of whom recorded Whitfield's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". The Gladys Knight & the Pips version was the best version in my opinion I loved the drums and that raw opening with Gladys's emotional voice., but Marvin's version outsold it by a long shot. After Temptations lead singer David Ruffin was fired and Dennis Edwards stepped into the lead role in 1968, Whitfield moved the group into a harder, darker sound that featured a blend of psychedelic rock and funk heavily inspired by the work of Sly & the Family Stone and Funkadelic and also began changing the subject matter of the songs, moving away from love songs to the social issues of the time, such as war, poverty and politics. The first Temptations single to feature this new "psychedelic soul" style was "Cloud Nine" in late 1968, which earned Motown its first Grammy award (for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group). A second Best R&B Group Performance Grammy for Whitfield and the Temptations came in 1973 with "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone". The single's instrumental B-side earned Whitfield a Grammy with arranger Paul Riser for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, and Whitfield and Strong shared the songwriters' award for Best R&B Song Take a look at this man's discography... Definitely was the soundtrack to my life. Production and Songwriting at Motown * 1963: "Pride & Joy" - Marvin Gaye * 1964: "Too Many Fish in the Sea" - The Marvelettes * 1964: "Needle in a Haystack" - The Velvelettes * 1964: "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" - The Temptations * 1966: "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - The Temptations * 1966: "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" - The Temptations * 1966: "(I Know) I'm Losing You" - The Temptations * 1967: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Gladys Knight & the Pips, * 1967: "You're My Everything" - The Temptations * 1967: "I Wish It Would Rain" - The Temptations * 1968: "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" - The Temptations * 1968: "The End of Our Road" - Gladys Knight & The Pips * 1968: "Cloud Nine" - The Temptations * 1969: "Friendship Train" - Gladys Knight & the Pips * 1969: "Runaway Child, Running Wild" - The Temptations * 1969: "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" - Marvin Gaye * 1969: "I Can't Get Next to You" - The Temptations * 1970: "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations * 1970: "War" - Edwin Starr * 1971: "Smiling Faces Sometimes" - The Undisputed Truth, * 1971: "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" - The Temptations * 1972: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" - The Temptations * 1973: "Masterpiece" - The Temptations  Norman Jesse Whitfield I have met some people recently that have worked with Norman and they all tell me the same thing. He was difficult to work for... but oh what a genius behind the boards. He was a bit of a recluse and did not suffer fools. Seems that most of our truly amazing musicians and producers were a bit odd. Phil Specter, Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Fred Sonic Smith. All gifted with genius but somewhat lacking in social skills... I know that is a huge understatement... Magical Norman Whitfield...what an accomplished career. So proud to have had him in Detroit for many years... Read More on RK Florence Ballard Shindig and Hullabaloo Lou Christie  |
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