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In this week’s episode, we continue exploring Shelley’s friendship with another major blues artist – Bobby “Blue” Bland, or “Blue” as…
2 years, 8 months ago
Shelley's Life in Music: Lou Rawls, Did You Pray Today?
Season 4 Episode 5
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Today we continue to explore Shelley’s life in the music world as we take a look at Lou Rawls.
Lou, like Sam Cooke, was born and raise…
2 years, 8 months ago
Shelley's Life in Music: A Slice of Soul Heaven with Johnnie Taylor
Season 4 Episode 4
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Today, Shelley talks about his personal and professional friendship with the Philosopher of Soul, otherwise known as Johnnie Taylor.
A…
2 years, 8 months ago
Shelley's Life in Music: Unknown Stories About Ray Charles
Season 4 Episode 3
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We continue to explore Shelley’s life in music, as Shelley shares stories about his relationship with Ray Charles.
Ray is definitely a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Shelley's Life in Music: Stories About Riley "B.B." King.
Season 4 Episode 1
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Two of the most popular episodes of Shelley’s Plumbline were Episode 1 of Season 2, "The Final Interview with Eddie Kendricks." A l…
2 years, 9 months ago
Shelley's Life in Music: A Conversation About Sam Cooke
Season 4 Episode 2
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Today as we continue to explore Shelley’s life in music, we feature a conversation about Sam Cooke, one of Shelley’s dear friends.
In …
2 years, 9 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: An Open Forum Discussion on William Raspberry, Racism and Economic Power
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From time to time, Shelley would conduct an open forum during his show, and listeners would call in. Today’s episode features a discu…
2 years, 9 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: An Interview with Tommy Wrenn, Foot Soldier in the Movement.
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Today we continue our exploration of one of the many organizers in the Movement who had great influence but were not as well-known. T…
2 years, 10 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: Yvonne Willie, Author of The Boy Who Didn't Want to Be Black
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Today’s episode features an interview from 1998 with the author of The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Be Black, Yvonne Willie.
She and Shelley…
2 years, 10 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: James Armstrong and His Story of the Integration of Graymont School
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Today we continue to share little-known stories of the struggle during the early 60s with an interview with James Armstrong. He recou…
2 years, 10 months ago