I was trying to draw smut and ended up drawing Armand and Daniel dancing on Soul Train. I hate when that happens!
But seriously, I’m taking a brief hiatus from all the smut to do some pieces like this, not only to break things up a bit, but also in consideration of my followers who aren’t into Lestat blowing Louis. All three of them.
Questlove will co-executive produce an upcoming Broadway musical based on Soul Train, the iconic music variety program that aired from 1971 to 2006. The play, tentatively slated to arrive in 2021 to honor the TV series’ 50th anniversary, will trace the personal story of Soul Train host and creator Don Cornelius, Deadlinereports.
Playwright Dominique Morisseau, director Kamilah Forbes and choreographer Camille A. Brown will all participate in the project. Questlove will executive produce alongside Cornelius’ son Tony, CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker (in his Broadway debut) and Live Nation Urban president Shawn Gee.[X]
Al Green performs on Soul Train, Hollywood, CA [6April74]
I post this every year or so and a/v sources keep improving. This version is the fullest, best-looking/sounding copy to date.
An earlier post of mine includes this description:
Green had a busy week leading up to the Saturday taping of Soul Train. Earlier that week, he performed at the Sybil Brand Institute (a women’s prison in Los Angeles) and in Bakersfield, CA. At both shows he performed with a sprained arm in a sling, the result of an incident which occurred six weeks earlier in Milwaukee. During Soul Train’s question and answer segment, one of the dancers, James Phillips, bluntly asked Green, “What happened to your arm?” Green replied, “I fractured it in Milwaukee trying to get into the car. 35 [fans] didn’t agree that I could leave at that time.”
And finally, this year, I found a “Midnight Special” episode from ‘74 with accompanying text purporting to identify members of Green’s touring band:
Larry Lee - music director, guitar James Bass - guitar William McBroom - bass Lynda Harper - organ Johnny Brown (?) - electric piano Aaron Purdie - drums Eddie Folk - percussion Michael Baker, Buddy Jarrett - saxophone, background vocals Daryl Neely - trumpet, background vocals
