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BLACK MERDA has weathered decades of relative
inactivity only to return stronger than ever
in the 21st Century. Original members V.C.
Veasey, Anthony Hawkins and Charles Hawkins
were on tour as Edwin Starr's backup band in
the mid-sixties when they had a chance
encounter with the music of Jimi Hendrix.
Shortly thereafter, they embarked on a course
that led them to become the link between
Hendrix and Funkadelic. In 1967, Black Merda
recorded the first of two albums for Chess
Records. For these Wasmopolitan sessions,
they've reprised one of those early songs,
"Cynthy-Ruth" -- a blues number that owes far
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The late Ruth Brown, among the most
influential of early R&B artists, was
intended to be in the original cast of
"Honeydripper." Her pre-record sessions for
the film were videotaped in Los Angeles in
August of 2006, only months before she fell
seriously ill and eventually passed away. The
video below was edited by John Sayles for
Ruth's memorial service. It stands as her
last performance.
"Ruth Brown Tribute" edited by John Sayles
and shot by donnie l. betts and Mark Alston
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