LIVE ROCK -JUST TRYING TO HAVE SOME FUN ARCHIVING AN OLD CASSETTE TAPE I FOUND WHILE RECUPERATING FROM TWO AUTO ACCIDENTS-ALMOST BROKE AND HOMELESS THANKS TO MY AUTO INSURANCE CARRIER (TRA.......) REFUSING TO PAY ME -YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SHORT WHAT I HAVE TURNED INTO - ANYWAY I HOPE TO KEEP MY DREAMS ALIVE BY SHARING WITH THE WORLD SOME 50 SONGS I'VE WRITTEN OR CO-WROTE-I CO -FOUNDED GROUP THERAPY AND WILL BE RELEASIING MY FIRST 2 CD's CALLED "PASSIONATE DESIRES" and "PLEASANT DREAMS" IN THE NEAR FUTURE --GROUP THERAPY SPANNED A 25 YEAR PERIOD WITH MANY CHANGES IN PERSONELL-OUR ORIGINAL NAME WAS" GROUP THERAPY" BUT IN TRYING TO REMEMBER THE SEQUENCE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND STYLES THAT WE MORPHED INTO I DECIDED TO NUMBER THE BANDS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CHRONICLE - i DECIDED TO USE GROUP THERAPY 1 THROUGH GROUP THERAPY 10 -WHEN MY FIRST DOUBLE CD IS RELEASED OR WHEN PERFORMANCES CAN RESUME I WILL BE USING THE NAME "GTN" (GROUP THERAPY NETWORK ) --AN ORIGINAL BAND aka THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS UNKNOWN BAND - "HOLE IN THE WALL" AND "FREEBASE" ARE FEATURED IN THIS JOURNEY OF MINE -A FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT IN A LOCAL PARK WILL PRECEDE MY CD RELEASE AS A TRIBUTE TO EARL LEWIS-EARL WHO WAS A GREAT FRIEND ,MY BASSIST IN GROUP THERAPY 1,4,6.7,9and10 - HE ALSO WROTE MOST OF THE MUSIC FOR "NEVER NEVER SAY GOODBYE" WHICH WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN MY FIRST CD - EARL PLAYED WITH MANY GREATS SUCH AS - THE ORLONS,THE COASTERS, THE DRIFTERS, 3 DEGREES.THE TRAMPS,JOE FRAZIER,LARRY HOLMES,THE BARRICADES,THE TEMPTATIONS (RON TYSON) TO NAME A FEW-HIS UNCLE WAS RICK LEWIS FROM THE SILLOUETTES WHO IS IN THE MOTOWN HALL OF FAME-KEVIN EWBANKS FROM THE JAY LENO SHOW GREW UP IN GERMANTOWN (PHILADELPHIA ) AND ALSO PLAYED WITH EARL-EUGENE (LAMBCHOP) CURRY GRAMMY WRITER FOR PATTI LABELLE OR WAS IT GAMBLE & HUFF? ANYWAY- EVERYBODY THAT I AM AWARE OF WHO KNEW OR PLAYED WITH EARL WILL BE ASKED TO HELP AND/OR PARTICIPATE IN HONORING THIS GREAT MAN WHO DEVOTED PRETTY MUCH HIS WHOLE LIFE TO MUSIC AND HELPING OTHERS - -IRONICALLY, EARL NEVER DID SAY GOODBYE TO ME LIKE THE SONG WE WROTE - EARL MAY BE GONE BUT I WILL MAKE SURE HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN - EARL GREW UP ON THE SAME STREET WITH THE VOCALIST GEORGE BONDS AND DRUMMER LORENZO (WILLIE ) PYE WHO ARE PLAYING IN THIS VIDEO-GEORGY AS I CALL HIM aka GATORMOUTH BLACKSMITH BONDS IS NOW DOING MOSTLY OR STRICTLY BLUES - HE JUST PLAYED AT THE WEST OAK LANE JAZZ FESTIVAL FOR THE 3RD OR 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR - PLEASE NOTE THAT ERNIE WEISS IS PLAYING BASS ON THIS VIDEO (NOT EARL) ) - LIKE JOHN BELUSHI (THE BLUES BROTHERS) i HOPE TO GET SOME OF THE OLD BAND MEMBERS TO HELP ME IGNITE THE BAND AGAIN - OR AT LEAST BE PART OF MY NEW CD AND TRIBUTE CONCERT-MAYBE I SHOULD INCLUDE EARL's UNCLE AND MY 2ND COUSIN ,THE LATE STAN GETZ AS PART OF MY TRIBUTE CONCERT--AT THIS GIG WE DECIDED TO SEGWAY GEORGY'S SONG "HOLE IN THE WALL " INTO "FREEBASE" WRITTEN BY MYSELF AND THE CO-FOUNDER OF " GROUP THERAPY" JACOB SNYDER aka JAKE THE SNAKE,SNAKE OR AS I PREFER LIPPITY,LIPPITY LAPPER , GARLIC MAN. or SLEEZEBREATH - --ON PERCUSSIONS,FRANKLYN CAMERON FROM "RASA" SAT IN WITH US THAT DAY AND ADDED SOME STEEL DRUMS AND PERCUSSIONS TO THE MIX - THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING --THE NUMEROUS HERNIATED DISCS IN MY CERVICAL AND THORACIC SPINE LED ME TO WRITE A TERRIFIC SONG CALLED "I'M GONNA WIN THIS WAR" --EVERY SO OFTEN THERE WILL BE UPDATES AND TODAY IS MY OFFICIAL INVITATION TO THE WORLD TO MY FREE OUTDOOR TRIBUTE CONCERT ,TO BE RECORDED LIVE ON YOU TUBE - I HOPE ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING,PARTICIPATING OR BACKING THIS OR OTHER PROJECTS can reach me at - sjay530@yahoo.com or sjay235@live.com THANKS YOU TUBE AND THANK YOU JESUS--updated this description 2-21-10 STEVIEJAY-THE BEST IS YET TO COME! SONGS,MOVIES,BOOKS,DOCUMENTARIES,INVENTIONS,INTERVIEWS...............
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