I picked about 4 quarts of blackberries from my little patch today.It has been between 97 and 100 for the past three days. Leaving in 10 minutes to attend the " Ultimate Doo-Woop concert. It is an outdoor venue, so I hope the temp drop fairly quickly as the day wanes.
Stacy
Back from the concert.....
The old guys will appreciate this info, but most of you forumites won't know who we are talking about.
Kathy Young looks stunning for 64! (A Thousand Stars)
Johnnie and Joe sounded good, but Joe Rivers is so old now he started singing the wrong song and had to stop and re-start his big hit. (Over The Mountain) The original Johnnie died 20 years ago.
The Edsels (Ram-a-Lama-Ding-Dong)
The Clovers (Love Potion Number 9)
The Marcels (Blue Moon)
The Contours (Do You Love Me! , now that I can dance)
The Tymes (So in Love, Wonderful Wonderful)
Randy and the Rainbows ( old Randy, new Rainbows) - (Denise, Twinkle-Twinkle)
And my favorite - Daddy G
A little Daddy G history - Gene Barge,AKA Daddy G, was a local teacher and musician. Not many folks know him ( a sad fact of many great artists from the days prior to integration), but he was a local legend in Norfolk. He was a popular sax player ,with his group -"The Church Street Five". Several members of the group were players in the band that backed up the famous Bishop Charles M. Grace at The House of Prayer for All People, AKA "Sweet Daddy Grace" , or just "Daddy Grace". The Church Street Five took that gospel music and really made it rip and swing with horns and Daddy G's sax, plus their good looking back up girls -" The Girls in Blue". They did a local hit called, "A Night With Daddy G". They were regulars at the Soul Club's in downtown Norfolk, and if they had stayed around until the mid-60's , when their advanced style became popular,they would have surely become national Soul Music stars.
Back in 1960 Frank Guida, a small time local producer, with his own local label and a string of record stores, made a bet with another producer and record store owner that he could take any kid off Church Street ( the black part of town, then) and make a hit record with him. He had just booked a local 'high-yellow' kid ( the term for light skinned African-Americans back then),Gary Anderson. Frank thought Gary's name was too plain and forgettable, so he renamed him.Gary had the look and energy of a young Chubby Checkers and was trying to make some twist music to ride the "twist" wave. Frank had Gary do a song to the tune of "A Night With Daddy G", with Daddy G the Church Street Five playing the music.The ripping, wild sax, and the bouncy lyrics ,stuck in America's heads. The song was called " Quarter to Three" ........The world remembered Gary "US" Bonds ( who's twist songs were soon forgotten), but forgot Daddy G, who made it all happen............And that my old friends, as Paul Harvey would say......is the rest of the story.
Enjoy some old 45's with someone you love tonight - Stacy
