WEBVTT - Questlove Supreme Gives Frankie Beverly His Flowers

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<v Speaker 1>Quest Love Supreme is a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Do not attempt to adjust your dial, ladies and gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 2>We're sort of passing on our normal roll called music,

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<v Speaker 2>and I wanted to bring it back to my hometown

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<v Speaker 2>of Philadelphia. If you are a Philadelphian, you know that

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<v Speaker 2>this particular theme has some sort of sentimental meeting. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're a watcher of w XTF Channel twenty nine, of

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<v Speaker 2>course they use the world famous twilight instrumental from our

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<v Speaker 2>guest today. What can I say this is, I know

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<v Speaker 2>I've said we've done special episodes of Quest Love Supreme before,

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<v Speaker 2>but this is probably super special. The first time I'm

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<v Speaker 2>using the words in front of it. So as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we are here in Los Angeles, California, doing this in

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<v Speaker 2>person and not on the zoom. And the thing about

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<v Speaker 2>where we're located is we're just kind of a stone's

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<v Speaker 2>throwaway from the iconic Capitol Records building.

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<v Speaker 3>When you think of.

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<v Speaker 2>That label and if your love with music, you think

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<v Speaker 2>of nat King Cole, the Beatles, and Beach Boys and

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<v Speaker 2>Duran durand people pricing milk Boy, Petchhot Boys, Louverrawl's Natalie Cole,

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<v Speaker 2>you know there's But for me in my childhood, when

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<v Speaker 2>I think of that logo, especially the classic orange and

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<v Speaker 2>brown logo spinning on the turntable, I think of our

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<v Speaker 2>steam special guest today, and I will say that throughout

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<v Speaker 2>my childhood when we talk about you get past the barbecue,

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<v Speaker 2>you best believe that that barbecue is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>somewhat scored in soundtracked by our guest today. You name

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<v Speaker 2>the classics, we should know them all. They're national anthems,

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<v Speaker 2>Golden Time of the Day, Southern Girl, joy, pain, feeling

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<v Speaker 2>one dack and stride, silky soul, and of course you

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<v Speaker 2>know the morning after.

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<v Speaker 3>And silk not to.

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<v Speaker 2>Mention the national anthem of life is before I let

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<v Speaker 2>go right, you know, our guest is the definition of

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<v Speaker 2>the barbecue, despite the fact that I've never seen him

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<v Speaker 2>wear anything but the color white, and as a Philly native,

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<v Speaker 2>it is only right that we bring our brother on

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<v Speaker 2>the show to celebrate his life and celebrate his career,

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<v Speaker 2>and we have his family with us. Ladies and gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 2>please welcome to quest Loft Supreme the one and only,

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<v Speaker 2>the legendary Frankie Beverly, along with his cousin Miss Qugh,

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<v Speaker 2>Miss Hugh and will thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't even need my.

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<v Speaker 3>Own clap.

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<v Speaker 5>America.

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<v Speaker 6>Can I just ask you, we and DC would appreciate

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<v Speaker 6>if you to say Philadelphia and DC's own today.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, okay, see, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Part of the running gag of the show is the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that you know Layah often coach, which is where

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<v Speaker 2>she's from today?

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<v Speaker 3>You're from DC today?

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, I have to wrap.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, okay, well I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>From Philadelphia to day. But guess what You're from Philadelphia too?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay? Anyway, we thank you so much for being on

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<v Speaker 3>the show. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>There's so much like I I want to know and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so overwhelmed right now because you are a hero

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<v Speaker 2>to all of us musically and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't know, just thank you for being there.

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<v Speaker 3>How are you today?

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<v Speaker 4>It's beautiful. I'm glad to see you, guys, and it's

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<v Speaker 4>just oneerful.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess what I would like to know is were

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<v Speaker 2>you born in I'm claiming as my hometown. I was

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<v Speaker 2>born in your hometown. Were you born in Philadelphia?

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<v Speaker 7>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>What part of Philadelphia are you from?

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<v Speaker 4>Born in North Philly?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Jill wins not me grew up.

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<v Speaker 4>A lot in Germantow okay, yeah, north side of things.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm from West Villy, Yeah, okay, And I think gentrification

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<v Speaker 2>now has me saying that I grew up in Walnut Lane,

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<v Speaker 2>which they've recently called it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, exactly when gingrification comes through.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was once in the hood and then now

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden, University of Pen has tooken over,

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<v Speaker 2>so now we call it Walnut Lane.

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<v Speaker 3>But I live in fifty second in oce Age.

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<v Speaker 4>That's okay.

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<v Speaker 3>What I mentioned like North Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 2>For you, what what can you describe to me about it?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I grew up there. I grew uptown then near

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<v Speaker 4>the Uptown Theater, Yes, around that area.

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<v Speaker 2>Where you often a witness of shows there or watch

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of shows that.

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely to go around there, watch all gods of stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>And then I got older and moved up to Germantown

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<v Speaker 4>and that's where went to Wagner School. Yeah, okay, Germantown

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<v Speaker 4>High Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Black Thought and uh Frankie Beverley went to Germantown High.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Shout out to Spawn too, who went to Okay, yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so rich related you went to Germantown High School? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>were you at all in your beginnings as as a singer,

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<v Speaker 2>were you more gospel based in like coming through the

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<v Speaker 2>church or were you do wopped like what was your

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<v Speaker 2>musical entry in both?

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<v Speaker 4>I went to church a lot and sang. But once

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<v Speaker 4>I got going in school, that's when the other stuff happened.

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<v Speaker 4>Other things came in my life, you know. And I

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<v Speaker 4>went to go uptown in North Philly, and then I

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<v Speaker 4>moved back up to Germantown later on in my life

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<v Speaker 4>and went to Wagner Junior High and went to Germantown School.

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<v Speaker 3>How long did you stay in Philadelphia before you? Well,

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<v Speaker 3>quite a while, Okay, quite.

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<v Speaker 4>A while in my twenties.

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<v Speaker 2>So was Rossol formed in Philadelphia or was that your

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<v Speaker 2>first band or I'm trying to think.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a that's a good question. The Butler's, well, the

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<v Speaker 4>Butler's was before that?

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<v Speaker 3>Was that named after streets of Philadelphia?

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<v Speaker 4>Were you? No?

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<v Speaker 3>Said?

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<v Speaker 2>When you say Butler to any Philadelphia, It's like, oh God, no.

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<v Speaker 4>It wasn't. I really don't know where it came from.

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<v Speaker 4>But the name came Butler's.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Yeah, I have to ask this question just for me.

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<v Speaker 2>My father is also a du wop singer from Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's how I knew you, know, of your music.

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<v Speaker 2>He was in my father's Leandrews of Leandrews in the Hearts.

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<v Speaker 4>Is that right? Yeah? That so oh I was a

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<v Speaker 4>big plan.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, thank you so much, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>But like generally at the time, like what was the

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<v Speaker 2>musical environment of Phility, because you know, we often talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the sound of Philadelphia and people mostly think about

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<v Speaker 2>like Gamble and Heff and what they've done in the seventies,

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<v Speaker 2>but not many people know that Philadelphia has a and

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<v Speaker 2>even richer tapestry of music, do wop and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>operate like with everything.

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<v Speaker 4>But for you, it's more than what most people think.

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<v Speaker 4>Philadelphia was big time music, all sorts of things. You know.

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<v Speaker 4>I got real tied into Frankie Lime.

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<v Speaker 3>Was he your favorite singer?

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<v Speaker 4>He was one of them knowing you know, knowing my

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<v Speaker 4>young years, that was real.

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<v Speaker 6>Big Why you went towards Frankie the name Frankie because

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<v Speaker 6>Frankie is not your first name.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I did not know this.

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<v Speaker 4>My name is Stanley.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I'm not my real.

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<v Speaker 4>My first name is Stamle Howard Howard span Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>So Frankie was from Frankie Liman.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, I did not know that. Absolutely. He started me going, what.

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<v Speaker 3>Was it about Frankie Lyman that you loved?

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<v Speaker 4>He could sing? Okay, he could sing. He had a

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<v Speaker 4>big impact on me.

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<v Speaker 2>Going up, I was about to say he had a

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<v Speaker 2>big impact on all of us, because even when I

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<v Speaker 2>was in first grade. So I went to a performing

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<v Speaker 2>arts school in Philadelphia. First day of school and our

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<v Speaker 2>homework assignment was bring in your favorite song or your

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<v Speaker 2>favorite forty five and I brought in why do Fools

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<v Speaker 2>Fall in Love? Because my parents parents had tricked me. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>my mom hates want to tell the story. My dad

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<v Speaker 2>tricked me into thinking that do wop music was new music.

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<v Speaker 3>So I was in, this is nineteen seventy six.

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<v Speaker 2>So everyone else is bringing in the Beg's and Stevie

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<v Speaker 2>Wonder and whatnot, and I brought in white a Fools

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<v Speaker 2>Fall in Love and they were like, oh, this was

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<v Speaker 2>out when I was a little kid, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>every adult was one hundred years old to me.

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<v Speaker 3>So I came home and then when.

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<v Speaker 2>My mom told me, yes, this came out in like

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen fifty eight, and I thought that was like a

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<v Speaker 2>thousand years ago, like That's when I realized there was

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<v Speaker 2>a timeline on music, like so I too loved White

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<v Speaker 2>the Fool's Fall in Love and yeah, I see that.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you have brothers and sisters that were in music

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<v Speaker 2>as well? Like did you grow up in a musical household?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean my mother and father, my brother sang, but

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<v Speaker 4>not like I did what I got in the groups

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<v Speaker 4>really young and raw soul? Do you remember ra?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Yeah, I've seen on YouTube right now. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>there's like there's a concert.

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<v Speaker 3>Of raw soul.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, like nineteen I believe, like seventy five, seventy

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<v Speaker 2>six is live and it's some I believe it's in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bay Area or whatever, like it's just right before

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<v Speaker 2>it's Frankly Beverly Mazes raw Soul, and like for me,

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<v Speaker 2>like the audience, the audience reaction was the most exciting

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<v Speaker 2>part of watching.

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<v Speaker 3>That as raw soul.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you guys able to get that exciting reaction

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<v Speaker 2>from the crowd without having I would assume did they

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<v Speaker 2>have singles and a record deal before you guys transferred

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<v Speaker 2>to Maze or.

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<v Speaker 4>We made little records before Mays came. Yeah, Mays came

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<v Speaker 4>along when went to California, Okay, while I was in Philly,

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<v Speaker 4>it was I can't even remember.

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<v Speaker 3>The name Russel.

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<v Speaker 4>Was it wrong? Yeah, it was wrong, So that's true. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>But but at the Philly was my teacher. I had

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of good people, a lot of good acts

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<v Speaker 4>out of Philly, a lot of the time of the people.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, it was a great place to be. Oh,

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of what I am today to that town.

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<v Speaker 7>Good.

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<v Speaker 3>Great, Well, that town appreciates you.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I guess the story of how Maze came

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<v Speaker 2>into my life, so I did. I never knew the

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<v Speaker 2>story of like Marvin Gaye seeing you guys and discovering

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<v Speaker 2>you guys until when I heard Silky Soul. Then I

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<v Speaker 2>heard the backstory and whatnot about you paying tribute to him.

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<v Speaker 2>But could you talk about like how Marvin Gaye's presence

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<v Speaker 2>sort of changed.

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<v Speaker 4>Though you can imagine, I mean if he didn't meet

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<v Speaker 4>him at that stage, and he was such a like

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<v Speaker 4>a big brother to me. He used to let us

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<v Speaker 4>open shows coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what do you think that it was that

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<v Speaker 2>he saw in you guys that made it special.

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<v Speaker 3>We were a group okay.

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<v Speaker 4>We were a group, was about five of us or something.

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<v Speaker 4>We were young, guys. But we could sing yeah, and

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<v Speaker 4>he liked that. Actually did a Christmas kind of.

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<v Speaker 3>Thing, Okay, Christmas holiday, Christmas hold and.

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<v Speaker 4>He got involved and helpless to do that. And I

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<v Speaker 4>was so young, you know, but he was a good

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<v Speaker 4>guy man, marvelous.

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<v Speaker 7>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>Really changed my life. Got it going, and my mother

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<v Speaker 4>and then loved.

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<v Speaker 7>Them that they did.

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<v Speaker 4>It's Marvin Marvin Day.

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<v Speaker 7>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>How would you describe the sound of Maze because it's

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<v Speaker 2>really hard to describe. I mean, yes, we could say

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<v Speaker 2>soul music, but there's something about the texture of that

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<v Speaker 2>that really speaks to black folks in a way that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if we could figure out the formula, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure that all of us would try to copy it

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<v Speaker 2>and apply it.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's really hard to tell.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, what's interesting, I've never heard anybody, but I think

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<v Speaker 4>you're absolutely right. It's being from Philadelphia has a big

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<v Speaker 4>thing with that. Philly had a lot of talent.

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<v Speaker 2>Was there was there any moment or any time period

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<v Speaker 2>that you guys ever thought about or wanted to record

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<v Speaker 2>at Philadelphia International, like with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff,

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<v Speaker 2>like to be a part of the Philadelphia International system.

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<v Speaker 4>At that time. I was so young, No, okay, I

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<v Speaker 4>mean I wasn't old enough to be chipping on on that.

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<v Speaker 4>But then then I moved to California and that whole

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<v Speaker 4>thing changed. I got out there and I still didn't

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<v Speaker 4>sign with him, but I got close to him, and

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<v Speaker 4>he's always helped me a little bit too. Yeah, gamble, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>he's always been a big help to me.

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<v Speaker 2>What was it like watching the beginnings of his journey

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<v Speaker 2>and this sort of slow rising of his sound?

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<v Speaker 4>Like?

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<v Speaker 3>What was it like, ass family members watching this?

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<v Speaker 5>Exciting? It was exciting because we saw the work that

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<v Speaker 5>he put in. It was rewarding for him and for

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<v Speaker 5>the family because we have a musical family, and of

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<v Speaker 5>course not to the extent that Frankie has made it,

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<v Speaker 5>but saw the work that he did, the long nights,

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<v Speaker 5>the endless nights, I should say that he kept going.

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<v Speaker 5>He kept going, and he knew what he wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 5>He never wanted to do anything else but sing and

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<v Speaker 5>play his music. So that's what I saw. I saw

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<v Speaker 5>somebody that was just determined and that determination paid off,

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<v Speaker 5>and he loved what he did. It was a passion there, Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>the passion. He was passionate about his music. He loved

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<v Speaker 5>to write, and I asked him this many times a

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<v Speaker 5>long time ago. He loved to talk about love. Love

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<v Speaker 5>is his go to word.

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<v Speaker 3>You're right, yeah, go to word.

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<v Speaker 5>And he loved to talk back. Then he with the

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<v Speaker 5>uprise of all types of things going on with the world,

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<v Speaker 5>he started to think about those things too, and he

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<v Speaker 5>talked about how like, oh, this is horrible, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 5>go write a song about this. And so that's how

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<v Speaker 5>he came to that we are one people coming together

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<v Speaker 5>instead of being a part. So he absolutely started to

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<v Speaker 5>feel about or start to feel how people were feeling

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<v Speaker 5>about their own lives and what about this. We should

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<v Speaker 5>be as one, We should be helping these other people.

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<v Speaker 5>So that's what I saw. I saw him just work

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<v Speaker 5>hard and think about what other people were going through

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<v Speaker 5>and just thinking about the love. That's really who he is,

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<v Speaker 5>the person of love.

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<v Speaker 2>So would you say that songwriting was therapeutic for you

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of expressing yourself? Yes, absolutely, yeah, because I'll

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<v Speaker 2>say that love like oftentimes I think people will tend

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<v Speaker 2>to type cast soul music and R and B as

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<v Speaker 2>somewhat like meaningless love music or whatever. But I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think coming from you especially the way you sing.

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<v Speaker 2>There's such a gentle comforting, right, yeah, And it's such

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<v Speaker 2>a gentle Normally, gentle singers are are like like high,

0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:38.760
<v Speaker 2>like falsetto smoky stylistics, and so it's very rare to

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<v Speaker 2>hear a baritone voice that's that gentle and that sort

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<v Speaker 2>of thing.

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<v Speaker 4>I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm reflecting to you what I'm only showing you what

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<v Speaker 2>you are. But yeah, like in the sixties and seventies,

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<v Speaker 2>when most lead singers were high falsetto.

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<v Speaker 4>Hi voices, whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>For you, was there was that ever an option like

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<v Speaker 2>to figure out because sometimes like Ronald Eisley will.

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<v Speaker 3>Go between his high voice and his little voice. But

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<v Speaker 3>for you, was there No.

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<v Speaker 4>I never thought of that. Oh okay, I was gonna

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<v Speaker 4>be the singer.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Yeah, the approachable every day guy. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 3>get that.

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<v Speaker 5>And that's what he really was. Approachable. That's a that's

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<v Speaker 5>a good term approachable.

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<v Speaker 7>I see that.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, he was approachable. What do you what was I think?

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<v Speaker 4>What do you think? Now?

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<v Speaker 5>I was you know what I was just thinking.

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<v Speaker 6>I was like, yeah, because I was thinking about awards

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<v Speaker 6>and I was thinking about like these Grammys and these

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<v Speaker 6>all these awards, and I was like, to my recollection,

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<v Speaker 6>you guys don't have a lot of those. But the

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<v Speaker 6>acceptance of you in the community, and I seen you

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<v Speaker 6>speak about this.

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<v Speaker 5>Before far exceeds.

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<v Speaker 6>So that everyday manism that you're talking about, it's worth

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<v Speaker 6>so much more. It looks like than the untouched it.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we that's very true, honey. It seems like our

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<v Speaker 4>people really supported us, even from a young stage, as much.

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<v Speaker 6>As we could.

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, yeah, no, I've been to I've had the privilege

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<v Speaker 8>attendant on one of your shows. You came to my

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<v Speaker 8>hometown at Raleigh, North Carolina. This was this was some

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<v Speaker 8>years back, and y'all played this amphitheater. It was outside

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<v Speaker 8>and I mean you came out and it was full

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<v Speaker 8>of people and they sang every word.

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<v Speaker 7>They sang every word. I was like, if Frank you

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<v Speaker 7>want to chill the night. He didn't got the same.

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<v Speaker 3>We gonna sing form, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 8>But I think, you know, speaking of what like he

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<v Speaker 8>was saying, just you know, I just want to make

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<v Speaker 8>sure that we communicate to you today. You know, you

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<v Speaker 8>were just a staple in our households, you know what

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<v Speaker 8>I'm saying, Like your music was like always there, and

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<v Speaker 8>it was and it was oftentimes too. It wasn't just

0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:58.480
<v Speaker 8>your music was there, but your music was the soundtrack

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<v Speaker 8>to some of the best times of our lives.

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<v Speaker 7>It's like you.

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<v Speaker 8>Always associated I always associated Frankie, Beverly and Mads with

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<v Speaker 8>good times, you know what I'm saying, And like what

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<v Speaker 8>you were saying about him singing with love we need

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<v Speaker 8>love to live.

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<v Speaker 7>That was like one of my favorites. So like, I

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<v Speaker 7>would always play that.

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<v Speaker 8>I even a very long time ago, I said it

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<v Speaker 8>was like, Wow, I sampled it and wrapped over it

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<v Speaker 8>did not come out.

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<v Speaker 3>I was sixteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Shine, Golden Time of the Day was the original

0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:32.760
<v Speaker 2>music the Clones. Oh my god, if you can ever imagine, Wow,

0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:34.720
<v Speaker 2>but we couldn't make the loop work and so then

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<v Speaker 2>we start all over again.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, but but no, no, you it was just always

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<v Speaker 8>a spirit that came through in your music and just

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<v Speaker 8>really spoke just to all of us and just made

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<v Speaker 8>us all feel really good. And you know, I've seen it,

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<v Speaker 8>just the magic of you performing and people.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, it's like your family member.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's it's so beautiful. You guys gonna make me

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<v Speaker 4>start crying.

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<v Speaker 2>This is called the Frankie Beverley takes his flowers today.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm curious about because now we live in

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<v Speaker 2>a time when bands are almost non existent. I come

0:21:15.040 --> 0:21:18.760
<v Speaker 2>from a band of eleven members that like, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just you're you're, You're hard pressed to find any

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<v Speaker 2>bands existing today. But can I ask you, like, at

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<v Speaker 2>times in your mind, is it easier fronting a band

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<v Speaker 2>or did you ever imagine a life from which you

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<v Speaker 2>were just a solo artist by yourself without like Frankie

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<v Speaker 2>Beverly and Maze.

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<v Speaker 4>Like always part of it. Never thought of myself it's

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<v Speaker 4>a single actor ever.

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<v Speaker 3>Say, at no point were you just like hey, I like.

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<v Speaker 4>No, oh, it was very moved by Frankie Lahman.

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<v Speaker 3>And the Okay, so you're aways wanted to be in

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<v Speaker 3>a band context. I see that for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have any memories of like how you write

0:22:07.400 --> 0:22:09.680
<v Speaker 2>songs or how our ideas come to you?

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<v Speaker 4>Even today, I write songs that that I want to

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<v Speaker 4>sing about, you know, I want to say things that

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<v Speaker 4>I think people want to hear.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I have a question about one particular song, which

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<v Speaker 2>is the National Anthem, because this is just hitting me

0:22:25.800 --> 0:22:26.160
<v Speaker 2>right now.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the happiest breakup song.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I literally when he said that, when he said that

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<v Speaker 2>I was going through the I said, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, even it's the happiest breakup song, it still makes.

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<v Speaker 9>Us you better get on that act, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm afraid to ask, like was that based on it?

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<v Speaker 3>Like do you write from real life experiences?

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<v Speaker 2>Or I have friends that write they'll express where their

0:23:02.160 --> 0:23:04.800
<v Speaker 2>friends aren't able to express, or his experiences.

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<v Speaker 4>But you know that song, I don't I remember, right,

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<v Speaker 4>but I don't. I don't remember what motivated you forgot.

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<v Speaker 2>But then again, some of the some of the biggest

0:23:20.320 --> 0:23:24.679
<v Speaker 2>hits ever are just like afterthoughts, you know what I mean, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Something something happened. Maybe maybe it was some thing I

0:23:29.880 --> 0:23:31.439
<v Speaker 4>was in I was some it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well then you know, because the thing is is that

0:23:37.840 --> 0:23:43.440
<v Speaker 2>that song is on the live album and there's only

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<v Speaker 2>two other studio cuts on there. So I oftentimes I'll

0:23:47.280 --> 0:23:51.679
<v Speaker 2>ask X, like when they stick an extra song or

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<v Speaker 2>two on the Greatest Hits or the live album, and

0:23:54.359 --> 0:23:56.200
<v Speaker 2>they always say, oh, it was just an afterthought, like

0:23:56.240 --> 0:23:58.920
<v Speaker 2>we didn't put much deep thought into it, just on there,

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<v Speaker 2>and it became an anthem.

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<v Speaker 3>Were you shocked? Were you shocked at how that song

0:24:04.480 --> 0:24:06.040
<v Speaker 3>was received? And won't go away?

0:24:06.119 --> 0:24:11.879
<v Speaker 4>Ever? I think I was shocked how that song took off. Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>that's a good point. I mean I liked the song,

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<v Speaker 4>but I was blown away about how it how the

0:24:21.680 --> 0:24:23.359
<v Speaker 4>people liked it so much?

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<v Speaker 2>Has there ever been a franky Beverly show in which.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't perform that song? And is there.

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<v Speaker 7>Home?

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<v Speaker 2>Look, Nirvana spent a whole year never playing smells like

0:24:40.000 --> 0:24:42.879
<v Speaker 2>teen Spirit like some different.

0:24:42.680 --> 0:24:46.520
<v Speaker 6>Crown these aunties, and you don't happy feeling we got dressed?

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<v Speaker 3>You want to hear before I let go? Period? Is

0:24:51.040 --> 0:24:52.000
<v Speaker 3>that a lot? Right?

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<v Speaker 4>No, that's that's true, honey. Yeah, y'all mentioning songs that

0:24:56.600 --> 0:24:59.200
<v Speaker 4>people still want to hear it now, right.

0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:01.399
<v Speaker 6>But there's no songs like that you can skip, like

0:25:01.400 --> 0:25:03.480
<v Speaker 6>a mir said, you can't skip happy feelings at a

0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:04.920
<v Speaker 6>show you want to sing it.

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<v Speaker 7>How did y'all decide on the name made for the band?

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<v Speaker 2>That's that is a good question because I like ros

0:25:12.680 --> 0:25:16.080
<v Speaker 2>Soul too, But like, why was it Lark and Arnold

0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:17.080
<v Speaker 2>or is someone that capital?

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<v Speaker 4>That was just like no, no, no, no, it was

0:25:19.640 --> 0:25:23.240
<v Speaker 4>it was bam, it was well, I can tell you

0:25:23.280 --> 0:25:27.000
<v Speaker 4>that Marvin gated like ras soul he did.

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<v Speaker 3>What did he feel was didn't sound just ordinary to him?

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<v Speaker 4>Or well he just thought I need to change, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>and they find a little better name.

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<v Speaker 8>For I just remember being a kid, and you know

0:25:43.840 --> 0:25:45.879
<v Speaker 8>my aunt she would have y'all albums and it was

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<v Speaker 8>always try.

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<v Speaker 3>To solve that. I actually would try to do too.

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<v Speaker 3>I used to get down cover and try to solve

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<v Speaker 3>the maids. Like.

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<v Speaker 8>No, it didn't get in trouble for writing on her

0:25:54.280 --> 0:26:01.280
<v Speaker 8>album cover, but it was worth it.

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<v Speaker 2>Like we have our favorites of yours as far as

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<v Speaker 2>your songs are concerned. But what songs are your favorite

0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:11.679
<v Speaker 2>in your catalog? Like what, What's Near? And dear to

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<v Speaker 2>your heart?

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<v Speaker 10>Boy?

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<v Speaker 4>Just about all of them? I did? I mean if

0:26:19.160 --> 0:26:23.320
<v Speaker 4>I recording them, they meant something too. They got me

0:26:23.400 --> 0:26:24.600
<v Speaker 4>in there your kids.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's hard to pick a favorite one one that

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<v Speaker 2>you like more.

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<v Speaker 4>Than the other or oh no, I don't like none

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<v Speaker 4>of them more than all of them. Yeah, I thought

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<v Speaker 4>it was a it's a blessing, you know when you

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<v Speaker 4>do when you're a writer and you that's a blessing.

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<v Speaker 4>It comes from a man above, whether it be me

0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:57.800
<v Speaker 4>or whoever you know, like Stevie Wonder and people like

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<v Speaker 4>you know, they must be the same thing for them.

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<v Speaker 4>When you're a writer and you come with this one

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<v Speaker 4>thing after another that comes from from the major place.

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<v Speaker 3>From another s vessel.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, of all your albums, is there a favorite one

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<v Speaker 2>of yours that you love more than?

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<v Speaker 7>If?

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<v Speaker 3>I can't get you one song?

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<v Speaker 4>Love them?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, I'm a remix this question. All right, this is

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<v Speaker 5>my question.

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<v Speaker 6>If there was a way for you not to have

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<v Speaker 6>to sing one of these songs that you're always singing

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<v Speaker 6>at every single show, which song would you be like, Oh,

0:27:37.680 --> 0:27:39.240
<v Speaker 6>I'm so happy I don't have to sing that tonight.

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<v Speaker 7>I love it.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm tired. Well wait a minute, yeah, don't yeah, don't

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<v Speaker 3>throw off the bag.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, because these are songs you've been singing for

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<v Speaker 6>a long time, and I'm just.

0:27:52.240 --> 0:27:54.040
<v Speaker 5>Like you never get tired of.

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<v Speaker 6>Just come on before I'll let you go.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm tired.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, sing it for him? That's true that.

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<v Speaker 8>I've seen it, like it's so like he It was

0:28:05.000 --> 0:28:07.680
<v Speaker 8>a show you came to. You came to Raley and

0:28:07.800 --> 0:28:11.800
<v Speaker 8>uh mint Condition was opening and so men condition. Oh

0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:13.879
<v Speaker 8>it was a great show and you know you were

0:28:13.920 --> 0:28:17.600
<v Speaker 8>doing your songs and everybody, I mean like literally, like

0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:23.159
<v Speaker 8>the whole empathis he could have he would have danced,

0:28:23.160 --> 0:28:24.880
<v Speaker 8>he could do the step, he could have ate chicken,

0:28:24.920 --> 0:28:25.639
<v Speaker 8>he could do whatever.

0:28:26.000 --> 0:28:28.480
<v Speaker 3>It was over like that they had him and you.

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<v Speaker 8>Another thing that I was curious to know if and

0:28:32.000 --> 0:28:34.359
<v Speaker 8>if y'all can add on this as well. You know,

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<v Speaker 8>the thing that's so amazing to me about your legacy

0:28:37.480 --> 0:28:40.080
<v Speaker 8>is that you've been able to tour like people. A

0:28:40.080 --> 0:28:42.720
<v Speaker 8>lot of times with black artists, we have to, Okay,

0:28:42.720 --> 0:28:43.880
<v Speaker 8>if you want to go on tour, you got to

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<v Speaker 8>have a new album out or what.

0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:46.120
<v Speaker 7>New you got?

0:28:46.200 --> 0:28:49.280
<v Speaker 8>What got There's always this kind of pressure to feed

0:28:49.320 --> 0:28:52.040
<v Speaker 8>the machine in order to be able to tour whatever.

0:28:52.560 --> 0:28:55.200
<v Speaker 8>And you are always an example if I'm like, look,

0:28:55.200 --> 0:28:58.040
<v Speaker 8>Frankie Beverley ain't put out a new record in how

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<v Speaker 8>many years, but people show up for him every time.

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<v Speaker 8>You know what I'm saying, every time? You know what

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, what do you attribute to that longevity?

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<v Speaker 4>God that I wish I was that smart, but no,

0:29:12.200 --> 0:29:16.160
<v Speaker 4>it's it just is what it is, and that's what

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<v Speaker 4>I do.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I have a question, what part of.

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<v Speaker 2>The United States do you feel is like your biggest

0:29:26.840 --> 0:29:30.000
<v Speaker 2>fan base. Yes, I mean I figured New Orleans because

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<v Speaker 2>that's where you made the record. However, I've learned that

0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:36.960
<v Speaker 2>you know, Asville, North Carolina also has a great audience,

0:29:37.040 --> 0:29:39.720
<v Speaker 2>and and Oakland has a great audience.

0:29:39.760 --> 0:29:41.440
<v Speaker 3>So for you, like what what?

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<v Speaker 2>What are you the favorite cities of yours that you've

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<v Speaker 2>toured throughout the years most of the mm hmm.

0:29:51.920 --> 0:29:53.560
<v Speaker 3>I think this is why your success.

0:29:53.160 --> 0:29:53.560
<v Speaker 4>Because you.

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<v Speaker 5>Can say d is okay, uh.

0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:06.200
<v Speaker 4>No, I was that's one of them. I think you

0:30:06.280 --> 0:30:11.480
<v Speaker 4>know all of the major cities, all of them. I mean, I.

0:30:11.360 --> 0:30:16.720
<v Speaker 6>Can't where we are, where we are and where we

0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:17.240
<v Speaker 6>have passion.

0:30:17.480 --> 0:30:21.800
<v Speaker 4>I'm telling you it's it's it's amazing to me. I'm

0:30:21.840 --> 0:30:24.720
<v Speaker 4>blown away by it too. I don't know what.

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<v Speaker 5>Excuse me, what is the white thing?

0:30:27.760 --> 0:30:29.640
<v Speaker 4>What is the questions?

0:30:31.120 --> 0:30:35.200
<v Speaker 6>What is the inspiration behind wearing so much white?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? When did that become a thing?

0:30:37.560 --> 0:30:37.720
<v Speaker 4>Oh?

0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:38.320
<v Speaker 3>I didn't.

0:30:38.560 --> 0:30:41.440
<v Speaker 4>I don't think I've been chipped on that. I think

0:30:43.040 --> 0:30:46.280
<v Speaker 4>I was told to do that. None of the people

0:30:46.280 --> 0:30:51.080
<v Speaker 4>who's making my clothes saw any different than that. You know,

0:30:51.120 --> 0:30:55.080
<v Speaker 4>they all suggested the same thing I was wearing all

0:30:55.160 --> 0:31:00.360
<v Speaker 4>the time. Yeah, so some somehow they thought I'd need

0:31:00.360 --> 0:31:04.800
<v Speaker 4>to stay in that google that U was always in.

0:31:05.800 --> 0:31:09.000
<v Speaker 5>And if you saw some of his earlier outfits in

0:31:09.040 --> 0:31:12.840
<v Speaker 5>the earlier years, he would wear red, all red, really

0:31:12.920 --> 0:31:16.720
<v Speaker 5>all black, and then he just stuck with it all white.

0:31:16.880 --> 0:31:21.200
<v Speaker 5>But back in the day it was all red red hat, yes.

0:31:21.600 --> 0:31:23.960
<v Speaker 6>Because back into video that was definitely not a white

0:31:24.000 --> 0:31:25.520
<v Speaker 6>out that was a white outfit time.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't know too much else.

0:31:31.360 --> 0:31:35.280
<v Speaker 4>I've done nothing crazy, you know.

0:31:36.680 --> 0:31:40.240
<v Speaker 2>Right, Okay, you're right, I'm looking right now. I did

0:31:40.360 --> 0:31:42.880
<v Speaker 2>go on Soul Train to see and you're wearing.

0:31:42.680 --> 0:31:43.960
<v Speaker 3>All red right here.

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:50.520
<v Speaker 2>But with the hat though, yes, and the beard. I

0:31:50.560 --> 0:31:52.560
<v Speaker 2>didn't know you from Philly, and then you know, your

0:31:52.600 --> 0:31:53.480
<v Speaker 2>beard was like.

0:31:55.120 --> 0:31:55.880
<v Speaker 3>A beard.

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<v Speaker 5>So he asked the question. I think it was that

0:32:01.360 --> 0:32:04.560
<v Speaker 5>that was back in the early eighties and he was

0:32:04.720 --> 0:32:10.200
<v Speaker 5>actually in LA when he did this show. And on

0:32:10.240 --> 0:32:14.560
<v Speaker 5>that show he asked having a conversation with the audience

0:32:14.640 --> 0:32:17.840
<v Speaker 5>out there, and they said, I understand that you all

0:32:17.920 --> 0:32:23.640
<v Speaker 5>think that I'm bold, right, because right right, But he says,

0:32:24.280 --> 0:32:26.760
<v Speaker 5>I he pulls off the hat and he says, I'm

0:32:26.800 --> 0:32:30.080
<v Speaker 5>not bald, y'all. This is just a Philly thing. Philadelphians

0:32:30.080 --> 0:32:33.800
<v Speaker 5>wear hats, so that was a good moment for him.

0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:37.880
<v Speaker 2>Actually, wait, all right, so this is a Philadelphia question,

0:32:38.800 --> 0:32:43.360
<v Speaker 2>and you know, I grew up with a lot of uncles.

0:32:43.600 --> 0:32:47.000
<v Speaker 2>My dad almost went through this phase, and of course,

0:32:47.080 --> 0:32:50.600
<v Speaker 2>you know we knew the Sphinx family and all that stuff.

0:32:50.960 --> 0:32:54.200
<v Speaker 2>Did you ever go through the urban cowboy phase?

0:32:54.920 --> 0:32:57.520
<v Speaker 5>You mean the stables or in the stables over in

0:32:57.520 --> 0:32:59.520
<v Speaker 5>the West Philly, are you talking about, Well, you're talking

0:32:59.520 --> 0:33:01.600
<v Speaker 5>about that kind of phase with all the kids were

0:33:01.640 --> 0:33:02.600
<v Speaker 5>going well.

0:33:02.480 --> 0:33:04.239
<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, just there was a period in like

0:33:04.480 --> 0:33:09.200
<v Speaker 2>seventy six seventy seven in which the entire like all

0:33:09.680 --> 0:33:12.440
<v Speaker 2>black men were just dressing up as cowboys.

0:33:12.440 --> 0:33:14.280
<v Speaker 3>Tight jeans and a cowboy. Yeah.

0:33:27.960 --> 0:33:28.320
<v Speaker 7>It was just.

0:33:30.560 --> 0:33:33.240
<v Speaker 4>Now my mother and my family would have been jumping out.

0:33:33.160 --> 0:33:42.480
<v Speaker 11>Over Is there anything that you have yet to creatively

0:33:43.160 --> 0:33:46.960
<v Speaker 11>achieve or embarkle on that you would like to do

0:33:47.720 --> 0:33:49.000
<v Speaker 11>that you haven't done yet.

0:33:49.240 --> 0:33:51.600
<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to figure out, like your your other talents

0:33:51.640 --> 0:33:55.920
<v Speaker 3>as well. I mean, besides singer, songwriter, producer.

0:33:56.680 --> 0:34:02.720
<v Speaker 4>There's some stages we're gonna go. Yeah, there's some things.

0:34:03.120 --> 0:34:05.480
<v Speaker 2>Anytime I've seen you, it's been in the United States.

0:34:05.520 --> 0:34:09.239
<v Speaker 2>But has what is his is worldwide?

0:34:10.280 --> 0:34:16.839
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he has the same thing, right, Yeah, everywhere likes

0:34:16.960 --> 0:34:20.000
<v Speaker 4>us just like Yeah, he's toured.

0:34:21.200 --> 0:34:25.320
<v Speaker 5>Europe in London, Paris, yeah, Japan.

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:30.640
<v Speaker 7>If you've been Africa, you know, been Africa, Yeah.

0:34:30.400 --> 0:34:32.520
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we haven't done a bunch of Africa.

0:34:32.920 --> 0:34:38.680
<v Speaker 8>South Africa would love y'all like y'all, well, I think

0:34:38.680 --> 0:34:41.040
<v Speaker 8>it used to be a jazz fest in Cape Town

0:34:41.680 --> 0:34:44.759
<v Speaker 8>and now y'all would I think y'a would kill it

0:34:45.640 --> 0:34:46.720
<v Speaker 8>long overdue.

0:34:46.520 --> 0:34:48.719
<v Speaker 2>Before you were at I do have one question. I'm

0:34:48.760 --> 0:34:50.720
<v Speaker 2>certain that you're tired of answering this question.

0:34:51.200 --> 0:34:51.880
<v Speaker 3>What was your.

0:34:51.719 --> 0:34:56.200
<v Speaker 2>Feeling on Beyonce covering before I let go and the

0:34:56.239 --> 0:34:59.080
<v Speaker 2>reception that the world gave it.

0:34:59.360 --> 0:35:00.799
<v Speaker 4>I was blown away with it.

0:35:01.280 --> 0:35:03.960
<v Speaker 5>And what he told me when then when they were approached,

0:35:04.040 --> 0:35:07.719
<v Speaker 5>we were approached about Beyonce doing that. He respected her

0:35:08.960 --> 0:35:12.399
<v Speaker 5>and he had a good relationship with Jay Z and

0:35:12.480 --> 0:35:17.120
<v Speaker 5>Beyonce and so that he thought it from what our

0:35:17.239 --> 0:35:20.320
<v Speaker 5>discussion was, he thought that she would do it justice

0:35:21.160 --> 0:35:24.880
<v Speaker 5>and it would bring forth a whole new generation of

0:35:24.960 --> 0:35:26.320
<v Speaker 5>people knowing his music.

0:35:27.360 --> 0:35:29.879
<v Speaker 6>So she didn't play it for you first. They didn't

0:35:29.880 --> 0:35:31.800
<v Speaker 6>ask you for like had the song right now.

0:35:31.600 --> 0:35:33.640
<v Speaker 3>They didn't play it well.

0:35:33.760 --> 0:35:36.080
<v Speaker 2>You know that's that that song is a mighty mountain

0:35:36.120 --> 0:35:39.919
<v Speaker 2>to climb, so you know, and you know I will

0:35:40.000 --> 0:35:44.439
<v Speaker 2>just say that, you know you you have provided us

0:35:44.520 --> 0:35:50.359
<v Speaker 2>with such a timeless, beautiful soundtrack that you know will

0:35:50.480 --> 0:35:53.120
<v Speaker 2>will never go away, will be here forever. You know,

0:35:53.280 --> 0:35:55.880
<v Speaker 2>you're you're, you're the original feel good music. And you

0:35:55.920 --> 0:35:58.920
<v Speaker 2>know I want to thank you just for stopping.

0:35:58.520 --> 0:35:59.920
<v Speaker 3>By and saying hello to us.

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<v Speaker 8>Man, thank you for all the years of music and

0:36:03.160 --> 0:36:04.720
<v Speaker 8>times and everything.

0:36:04.760 --> 0:36:09.279
<v Speaker 6>All my joy, my joy, and I love we felt it.

0:36:09.600 --> 0:36:13.680
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I really do appreciate it. You know you're gonna

0:36:13.680 --> 0:36:15.640
<v Speaker 4>make me cry.

0:36:16.200 --> 0:36:22.040
<v Speaker 6>You're gonna make us cry never stop.

0:36:22.520 --> 0:36:23.200
<v Speaker 3>No, but thank you.

0:36:23.360 --> 0:36:25.000
<v Speaker 2>Thank you for coming on the show, and thank you

0:36:25.000 --> 0:36:28.640
<v Speaker 2>for taking your flowers and you know, more flowers for

0:36:29.680 --> 0:36:33.600
<v Speaker 2>Bill Sherman. Yes, that's all feels there to make sure

0:36:33.640 --> 0:36:34.760
<v Speaker 2>that everyone gets flowers.

0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:36.280
<v Speaker 3>Frankie, Beverly, ladies.

0:36:36.080 --> 0:36:37.920
<v Speaker 6>And gentlemen, the best cousins in the world.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, thank you all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and on behalf of you know fanticcolo sugar Steve

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<v Speaker 2>Nay built this long giant applause, And thank you guys

0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:54.399
<v Speaker 2>so much for coming to visiting us. And we'll see

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<v Speaker 2>you on the next go around, of course, Love Supree fine, beautiful.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 7>This is Sugar Steve.

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<v Speaker 10>Thank you for listening to Quest Love Supreme. This podcast

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<v Speaker 10>is hosted by a mere Quest Love Thompson, Lias Saint Clair,

0:37:07.000 --> 0:37:11.440
<v Speaker 10>Fante Coleman, Sugar Steve Mandel, and unpaid Bill Sherman. The

0:37:11.480 --> 0:37:14.160
<v Speaker 10>executive producers are a mere Quest Love Thompson, Sean g

0:37:14.360 --> 0:37:18.600
<v Speaker 10>and Brian Calhoun. Produced by Britney Benjamin, Jake Payne and

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<v Speaker 10>Liah Saint Clair. Edited by Alex Conroy. Produced for iHeart

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