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LOUIS A. McCALL: Tribute To A Drummer’s Drummer
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A Tribute To
CON FUNK SHUN's FOUNDER & DRUMMER



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Louis loved taking his family on "road trips" no matter what part of the country they lived in. Among their favorite spots were Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, the historical attractions in Memphis, and the north Georgia mountains. But, to the native of California, nothing compared to the beauty of his home: the magnificent redwoods of northern California, Big Sur, the Golden Gate Bridge, Malibu, San Diego, the springs of Calistoga, and Napa Valley's wine country. On a break in touring in 1980, he and Linda Lou took another of their many trips from Vallejo down to Carmel/Monterey. While driving down the Pacific Coast Highway, also known as California's Route 1, Linda Lou scribbled some lyrics on a napkin about the natural beauty of the coast above the Pacific Ocean. Those few lines became the basis for "California 1", recorded in 1981 by Con Funk Shun for their seventh album with Mercury Records. The words, now more than ever, speak to Louis' love for his home state.

In the music player above, please check out the new version of the classic song, "California 1" featuring recording artist Keith Eric Martin in the first cut and guitarist "Jam'n" Jim Oilver on rock guitar in the instrumental version.


"CALIFORNIA 1"

Keith Eric Martin
Produced by Linda Lou McCall & Keith Eric Martin for Rhyme Scene Records
Written by Linda Lou McCall, Louis McCall and Felton C. Pilate
©1981 Exxtra Foxx Music, MPCA Felstar Music, MPCA Music Pieces (BMI)
℗ 2008 Exxtra Foxx Music, LLC



"CALIFORNIA 1" (Hot Rock Mix)

Jam'n Jim Oliver
Produced by Linda Lou McCall & Keith Eric Martin for Rhyme Scene Records
Written by Linda Lou McCall, Louis McCall and Felton C. Pilate
©1981 Exxtra Foxx Music, MPCA Felstar Music, MPCA Music Pieces (BMI)
℗ 2008 Exxtra Foxx Music, LLC

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Our family dedicates this page to all the people in America who risk their lives every day to make our country safe. Like the troops in Iraq and the first responders right here in our cities: police officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, etc. We are particularly proud of Dekalb County Police detective LT. BRIAN V. HARRIS, who is on his second tour of duty in Iraq since Louis' murder. Lt. Harris' perseverance and professional work ethic is largely responsible for getting an indictment after 10 years. Our family wants him to know that we are keeping him in our prayers and that we will be glad when he returns home to his family, safe and sound.

We also ask that you keep Louis' daughter, a young police officer, in your prayers. Along with other law enforcement personnel around the country, she puts her life on the line every day in a domestic battleground, fighting the longest war in history of the world - the war on crime. Crime should not be celebrated - it should be eradicated. Death is death, be it on foreign or domestic soil.

Peace & Love,
The Family of Louis A. McCall, Sr.

Record LabelRhyme Scene Records
Type of LabelIndie


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LOUIS ANTHONY McCALL was the drummer and co-founder of Mercury Records recording group, Con Funk Shun, a popular R&B and funk band in the 1970s and 1980s. The band recorded 11 albums with Mercury, five of them RIAA-certified gold albums. Louis provided the "back beat" on numerous Top 40 singles like "Ffun", "Straight From The Heart", "Bad Lady", "I'm Leaving, Baby", and "Chase Me". He also co-wrote "California 1", "Honey Wild", "Bad Lady", and "Sure Feels Good To Me". Known as "a drummer's drummer", his "pocket"* style of playing made him a favorite of not only other funk drummers of the day, but also many rock and pop drummers. In addition, Louis was also an astute businessman responsible for handling the band's day-to-day business. His personality and professional work ethic made it possible for him to interact with music business executives, concert promoters, booking agents, attorneys and accountants. He negotiated some of the most lucrative tours and gigs of their career. Con Funk Shun showed their belief in him by making him group leader for most of their two decades together. After he stopped performing professionally in 1986, his superb business skills make it possible for him to move right into becoming successful event planner, entertainment marketing consultant, and artist manager with clients like actor/activist Danny Glover, MC Hammer, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, P. Diddy, Tupac, Faith Evans, and the Notorious B.I.G., to name a few. Louis never lost his "chops", since he often performed informally around the country in jam sessions with some of the top jazz, R&B and neo-soul bands in the business. This enabled him to expand his own unique and perfected playing style by competing with some of the most experienced drummers and percussionists in the world. Tragically, shortly after moving to Atlanta, he was murdered on June 25, 1997 during a home invasion robbery in Stone Mountain, Georgia. His wife of over 20 years and the mother of his two children is music industry consultant and songwriter Linda Lou McCall. His daughter, Lindsay, is in law enforcement and his namesake, Louis II, is a successful real estate agent. His family sanctioned this page to honor his memory and to bring awareness to the increasing amount of gun violence by young people. The suspect in Louis' murder was only 18 years at the time of the crime, the same age as his young daughter.

Louis was born in Alameda, California on December 28, 1951 to Mary Thelma McCall (née Whitlock) and Emanual K. McCall. Louis, known as "Tony" to his friends and family, was the second of five children born to the couple. His grandmother, Florise Rochon Whitlock was born in New Iberia, LA where the family, well-to-do Créole farmers, still own a large sugar plantation. His mother's cousin, the late Allen Broussard and the son of Florise's sister, Eugénie Rochon Broussard, became the first African-American California Supreme Court Justice.

While still a young child, Louis moved with his family to Vallejo, California. His father, a former merchant marine, went into law enforcement and became the first African-American Deputy Sheriff with the Contra Costa (CA) Sheriff's Department. As a young teenager, Louis started playing drums. He then joined forces with classmate, Michael V. Cooper, to form what would become one of the most popular R&B and funk bands of the 1970s and 1980s, Con Funk Shun.

Con Funk Shun left Vallejo in 1973 to become a studio band at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee. On weekends, the group honed its talent by performing in clubs and at colleges all over the mid-south. Their summers were spent performing in clubs in Tokyo, Japan or at home in the Bay Area. Louis, playing on a set of mismatched drums pulled together over the years, became one of the best "pocket" drummers in the business. * (Pocket drumming is when a drummer sit's a groove so deep and never let's the tempo waver creating a comfortable pocket for the rest of the band to play in. It is falsely labeled as an easy thing to do, however very few drummers can pull it off, and it takes a talented band to create a deep pocket.) When he was able to purchase a complete set of drums for their band's first major tour in 1977, he stuck with what he knew. Rather than go with a complete set manufactured by one company, he ordered a custom set of drums which included components of the numerous brands he'd been using for years, including Pearl, Tama, Ludwig, and Gretsch, with Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads, and his beloved Pro Mark sticks. The set was on display at the store until the Anvil cases for touring could be made. The unique kit came to attentioin of numerous drummers who ordered similar sets (including the two drummers for Earth Wind and Fire and several top rock bands). After adding a high-end set of "SynDrums" a few years later, Louis kit was three times the size of his original set, yet he continued to play his laid-back pocket style. With the added instruments at his disposal, he created a unique style of drumming emulated by several other bands. It also made him an excellent session drummer.

In 1975, they came to the attention of Mercury Records A&R director, Jud Phillips who signed them to a major recording contract. In January 1976, Louis married Linda Lou Bolden (Linda Lou McCall), whom he had met when she was a publicist at Stax. Later that year, his first album, "Con Funk Shun", was released to critical acclaim and solid sales. It was followed by "Secrets", produced by super producer, the late Clarence "Skip" Scarborough. The group returned home to Vallejo in February 1978. Louis and his wife booked the band's first major tour, opening for Rose Royce and L.T.D. They performed 40 shows from November 1977 until February 1978 where they made their first major performance at the Oakland Coliseum to a sold-out crowd of 18,000 people. It was a great homecoming for the band. The tour was also responsible for increased sales for "Secrets", which became the first of the band's 5 gold albums.

Louis recorded a total of 11 albums with the Con Funk Shun which spawned numerous Top 40 and Top Soul Singles, including the "1 With A Bullet” Billboard Soul charts hit "Ffun". The group’s other singles included "Love’s Train", "Straight From the Heart", "Chase Me", "I'm Leaving, Baby" and "Shake & Dance With Me". In addition to adding background vocals, Louis co-wrote several songs with his wife, Linda Lou McCall, including the very popular "California 1", "Welcome Back To Love", "Honey Wild", and the Billboard Top 20 R&B Single "Bad Lady". In addition to their long-term and very successful collaboration with Skip Scarborough, the band also worked with producers Maurice Starr ("Electric Lady") and Eumir Deodato ("Fever"). Con Funk Shun continued touring extensively throughout the U.S. well into the 1980s, supporting and headlining with such acts as the O'Jays, Commodores, Teddy Pendergrass, The Bar-Kays, Cameo, The Gap Band, Parliament-Funkadelic, Rick James, Bootsy Collins, Zapp, and the Dazz Band. The act also appeared on "Soul Train", "Solid Gold", and Don Kirshner's "Midnight Special". Sheila Escovedo, of the world-renowned Latin percussion family, toured with the band and played on several of their albums. Louis and Sheila made quite a team, playing off each other, and even trading sticks in mid-air without missing a beat. When she left to pursue her own career, she was replaced by her brother, Peter Michael Escovedo. As the band's leader and spokesperson, Louis honed his business skills by negotiating the band's most lucrative performances, including standing-room only performances at the old Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, CA, which netted the band twice the original fee offered by the venue.

The band's contract with Mercury ended in 1986. The band ostensibly started shopping for a new record company. During that same period, Louis began to experience serious problems due to a near-fatal car accident he'd been in with Danny Thomas when he was 16. For more than a decade prior, he had been suffering from severe migraine-like headaches which often hit while he was on-stage, surrounded by huge speakers blasting music at deafening sound levels. At the end of the shows, he often had to be carried from the stage by his roadies. Even without a record company, Con Funk Shun was still in demand throughout the world for live performances. Louis continued to seek out and negotiated enough gigs to keep the band and their families afloat. However, during their final year together, Louis missed one gig in 20 years due to increasing cognitive problems from the car accident and, according the other band members, Michael Cooper used this as an excuse to convinced them to vote him out of his own group. Although the "vote" was not valid in what was a legal partnership, Louis decided to take the opportunity to get some much-needed medical intervention, something he had refused to do before due to his dedication to his band. After about a year of medical treatment and a restful recuperative period, he was able to return to the music business. However, he never recovered from Cooper's back-handed betrayal.

Always the businessman, Louis and Linda Lou formed McCall & Associates Entertainment in 1987 while living in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a suberb of Washington, DC. The company specialized in artist management and development. Popular Washington, D.C. area artists flocked to the company for consulting and to work in the McCall's pre-production studio. One artist in particular, vocalist and songwriter Keith Martin, signed with the company for management. In 1990, Louis and Linda Lou relocated their family back to the Oakland, CA area when she became an executive with MC Hammer's record company, Bust It Records. Louis continued specializing in artist management and music consulting. He was responsible for putting together the team which designed the sound system in Hammer’s multi-million Fremont home. He also produced a successful 1992 benefit show for actor/activist Danny Glover and his friend, the legendary Harry Belafonte at San Francisco's prestigious Fairmont Hotel. Comedian Sinbad and singers Dionne Warwick and En Vogue's Cindy Herron performed. The guest list included Kevin Costner, Howard Hessman, Gary Busey, and music producer Narada Michael Walden. The proceeds went to the San Francisco Bayview Opera House. Louis also brought one of his most talented management clients, Keith Martin, from DC out to California in 1991 and put him on MC Hammer's highly successful world tours. Under Louis' guidance, Keith signed a major deal as a recording artist, releasing several hit albums. Keith is now a successful in-house producer for EMI Music in the Philippines and is still a client of Louis' wife and her new business partner, Ruben Harper.

In 1994, Louis and Linda Lou relocated to the Atlanta, Georgia area where he became the head of the "Rhyme Scene Unit Street Marketing Task Force", which specialized in street promotion for urban and rap artists in the Atlanta area. The company is a division of The Entertainment Qartel, Inc. (EQartel) formed by Linda Lou in 1992 after the demise of Hammer's music empire. Originally part of Interscope Records first national street team, the Rhyme Scene Unit was instrumental in the success of the debut albums of R&B songstress Mya, the Black-Eyed Peas, superstar rapper Eminem, and the platinum selling soundtrack for the feature film "Bulworth". Other clients included Puff Daddy, Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, DMX, Ruff Ryders, Faith Evans, Eve, TLC, Usher, 112, Destiny's Child, Three-6 Mafia, and Mase. But even with this new chapter in his career, Louis was devastated in 1993 when, after 7 lackluster years with Warner Bros. Records, Cooper began performing using the name Con Funk Shun, without consulting either co-founder Louis or the other band members. It was a betrayal from which he never recovered. He had always put Con Funk Shun first in his life and now it was summarily snatched from him. Although he had no desire to perform, he felt that he and the others should have been at least gotten a phone call from Cooper. But, as the future would exhibit, the breakdown would only get worse.

Louis and Linda Lou had moved to the South from Los Angeles in search of a safer place to raise their two children. However, in a tragic and ironic twist of fate, Linda Lou got a call shortly before midnight on June 25, 1997 from Louis' sister Maria, saying that her brother may have been shot during robbery at the Stone Mountain apartment of an acquaintance. Linda Lou contacted a friend, a DeKalb County Senior Crime Scene Investigator. A few hours later, he confirmed the worse. Louis was dead at age 46, shot twice in the head, execution-style. It was just 13 days after his daughter had graduated from high school.

Louis' murder remained unsolved for almost 10 years. During that time, Linda Lou has been diligent in her efforts to get the case to trial. She had the case reopened three times, one time after she contacted the Georgia Governor's office complaining about the need for a cold case unit in the states second largest county. DeKalb County has had several major law enforcement agency management upheavals in the years since Louis' death, due in part to still ongoing allegations of corruption which came to national attention following the murder of a newly elected sheriff Derwin Brown orchestrated by his predecessor, Sidney Dorsey in December 2000. For nearly a decade, Linda Lou complained that the only communication she had from DeKalb County in her husband's death was a sympathy card from Dorsey, now serving a life sentence plus 23 years for murder, racketeering and violation of oath of office. However, a new District Attorney, Gwen Keyes Fleming, sworn into office in 2004, believed that the case could be solved based on the dedicated investigation of DeKalb County police detective Lt. Brian Harris, who has worked on the case since 1999.

Finally, on January 18, 2007, a Dekalb County grand jury indicted 28 year-old New Jersey man in the murder. Due to a bureaucratic glitch caused by Dekalb County, the suspect was not arrested and brought back to Georgia until May 2007. Another year went by before the case made it to trial on July 21, 2008. After what had to be the fasted felony murder trial in history, the jury got the case on July 23rd. However just hours into deliberation, Judge Gregory Adams declared a mistrial based on something amiss with the prosecution's case. The McCalls were stunned. The prosecutor, John Melvin, called Linda Lou right after the judge's decision, asking what she wanted the State to do. They both agreed that case against the suspect was shaky at best. Linda Lou told Melvin not to retry the case as it stood. According to Linda Lou "I didn't want an acquittal with so much more investigation to be done. And I didn't want to see another black man go into the system unless the case against him was rock solid. I told Mr. Melvin that nothing was going to bring Louis back so let (the suspect) go home to his family." Two weeks later, the case was formally dismissed without prejudice.

The songs of Con Funk Shun and those written by Louis are still being played today. In addition to recent "Greatest Hits" and "Best of Con Funk Shun" releases, Louis' songs are being sampled by many contemporary artists. Several Con Funk Shun standards have been featured in such full-length movies as "Gone In 60 Seconds" (2000), "Next Friday", and "American Pimp" (1999) which, ironically, featured his childhood best friend John "Rosebudd" Dickson. "Love's Train", "Baby, I'm Hooked", "Let Me Put Love On Your Mind", Early Morning Sunshine", and "California 1" remain as favorites among true Con Funk Shun fans. Cooper, Felton Pilate and Karl Fuller still perform the band's hits in their "Confunkshun Revue", playing several gigs a year around the world. More recently, rapper Lil Wayne used "Honey Wild" as the track for one of the singles on his digital-only EP "The Leak". "Honey Wild" was written by Louis, his wife, and Danny Thomas. The new work, "Kush", is on its way to being a hit - bringing Con Funk Shun music to the forefront again after more than 25 years.

However, Louis' most lasting legacy are his two children. Only in their teens when their father was taken so violently from them, they are now grown. In spite of their parents' professions, neither chose to go into the entertainment field. Both his son and his daughter are very successful, articulate, and well-adjusted young people. Lindsay C. McCall followed Louis' father into law enforcement, becoming a detective in the Gwinnett County PD's elite undercover unit after only 4 years and has just been sworn in a new officer at the Paradise Valley PD in metro Phoenix. Louis Anthony McCall II, a licensed real estate agent, specializing in custom luxury homes in the Atlanta area. Their mother continues to do consulting and entertainment marketing, although she has been slowed down by the effects of the autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Tired of Georgia and Dekalb County's inept law enforcement agencies, Linda Lou and Chicco plan to join Lindsay in Phoenix in Spring 2009. The family is planning a final memorial service for Louis also in the spring. His ashes will be scattered in the Pacific Ocean, along California State Route 1, aka "California 1". To commemorate the occasion, Linda Lou, along Keith Eric Martin, produced a cover version of the Con Funk Shun tune of the same name.


© 2007 Linda Lou McCall
(All Rights Reserved)



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DISCOGRAPHY

Albums


* The Memphis Sessions (1973)
* Organized Con Funk Shun (1973)
* Con Funk Shun (1976)
* Secrets (1977) - 6 Top R&B Albums, 51 Pop
* Loveshine (1978) - 10 Top R&B Albums, 32 Pop
* Candy (1979) - 7 Top R&B Albums, 46 Pop
* Spirit of Love (1980) - 7 Top R&B Albums, 30 Pop
* Touch (1980) - 7 Top R&B Albums, 51 Pop
* 7 (1981) - 17 Top R&B Albums, 82 Pop
* To The Max (1982) - 9 Top R&B Albums, 116 Pop
* Fever (1983) - 12 Top R&B Albums, 105 Pop
* Electric Lady (1985) - 9 Top R&B Albums, 62 Pop
* Burning Love (1986) - 25 Top R&B Albums, 121 Pop
* The Best of Con Funk Shun (1993) - 43 Top R&B Albums
* Ffun (1994)
* Live for Ya Ass (1996) - 74 Top R&B Albums

* The Best of Con Funk Shun, Vol. 2 (1996)
* Con Funk Shun - Greatest Hits (1998)
* Con Funk Shun - The Ballads Collection (1998)
* The Best Of Con Funk Shun - The Millennium Collection (2002)
* Con Funk Shun - The Collection (2002)
* Con Funk Shun - The Definitive CD (2006)


Singles (with "B" Sides)


* Sho Feels Good To Me - 66 Top R&B Singles (b/w Foley Park) - 1977
* Ffun - 1 Top R&B Singles, 23 Pop (b/w Indian Summer Love) - 1977
* Confunkshunizeya - Top 31 R&B Singles, 103 Pop (b/w Who Has The Time) - 1978
* Shake And Dance With Me - 5 Top R&B Singles, 60 Pop (b/w I'll Set You Out OK) - 1978
* So Easy - 28 Top R&B Singles (b/w Tears In My Eyes) - 1978
* Chase Me - 4 Top R&B Singles (b/w I Think I Found The Answer) - 1979
* (Let Me Put) Love On Your Mind - 24 Top R&B Singles (b/w Fire When Ready) - 1979
* Da Lady - 60 Top R&B Singles (b/w Images) - 1980
* Got To Be Enough - 8 Top R&B Singles, 101 Pop, 20 Club Play (b/w Early Morning Sunshine) - 1980
* By Your Side - 27 Top R&B Singles (b/w Spirit of Love) - 1980
* Happy Face - 87 Top R&B Singles (b/w Honey Wild) - 1980
* Too Tight - 8 Top R&B Singles, 40 Pop, 25 Club Play (b/w PlayWidit) - 1980
* Lady's Wild - 42 Top R&B Singles (b/w Pride and Glory) - 1981
* Bad Lady - 19 Top R&B Singles (b/w California 1) - 1981
* Straight From The Heart - 79 Top R&B Singles (b/w California 1) - 1982
* Ain't Nobody, Baby - 31 Top R&B Singles (b/w Ever Love) - 1982
* Ms. Got-The-Body - 15 Top R&B Singles (b/w Hide and Freak) - 1983
* You Are The One - 47 Top R&B Singles (b/w Let's Ride & Slide) - 1983
* Baby, I'm Hooked (Right Into Your Love) - 5 Top R&B Singles, 76 Pop (b/w Thinking About You, Baby) - 1983
* Don't Let Your Love Grow Cold - 33 Top R&B Singles, 103 Pop (b/w Lovin' Fever) - 1984
* Electric Lady - 4 Top R&B Singles, 102 Pop, 32 Dance (b/w Pretty Lady) - 1985
* I'm Leaving, Baby - 12 Top R&B Singles (b/w Love's Train) - 1985
* Tell Me What (I'm Gonna Do) - 47 Top R&B Singles (remix) - 1985
* Burnin' Love - 8 Top R&B Singles (b/w Candy) - 1986
* She's A Star - 80 Top R&B Singles (b/w Rock It All Night) - 1986
* Throw It Up, Throw It Up - 84 Top R&B Singles (remix) - 1996

* "Kush" recorded by Lil Wayne (2007) using a sample of "Honey Wild written by Louis A, McCall, Linda Lou McCall and Danny A. Thomas

Songs in RED co-written by Louis A. McCall or published by Exxtra Foxx Music (BMI), owned by the McCall family.


(Chart positions courtesy of Billboard Magazine. These works also charted on former major record industry trade magazines Cashbox and Record World.)

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Prepared by Linda Lou McCall for Exxtra Foxx Music LLC

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dj marquee

Marquee Martin



Dec 23 2009 1:27 AM

JUST PASSIN THRU SHOWIN LUV!!!!
John Kitchen

John Kitchen



Sep 28 2009 3:58 PM

ROCK ON MY NEW FRIEND
Ran.D.B.!...

NoyZz MaykR



Jul 29 2009 9:02 PM

I waZz 1 of THa 1st invited 2 support my fellow Drum-M8 some many months ago leaving a comment such aZz remembering being able 2 use hiZz Drum-set aZz an opening act., & now I also remember that after THa 1st nite of a 2 nite show Louis reccomended that I bring my own Snare & Bass Drum Pedal 4 THa neXt show cauZz he had found out that I waZz a HEAVY-HITTER behind hiZz Drum-set. We both smiled at 1 another & I said NO PROB. +plus+ On that note I learned 2 do that whenever I would play on someone elses Drum-set other than mineZz... THanX 4 THa suggestion Louis R.I.P.

R A N D A Y >1<
Funky Seventy

Funky Seventy



Jul 10 2009 6:35 AM

keep spreading good and amazing sounds!
Funky Seventy thanks ahead of time...
by Spreading the its Funk&Soul... Peace... Hugs
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May 8 2009 3:17 PM

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Dec 30 2008 11:16 PM

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And don't forget the new release on BrokenRecords.us: PARADISE by SERIA, produced by Jesse Saunders! BUY everything @ BEATPORT, TraxSource, Stompy, iTunes, Napster, MasterBeat and XpressBeats!
TOVIA ON DRUMSZ!

tovia robinson-bradley



Dec 29 2008 7:03 PM

Stopping by before the new year and sending love to the true reprentation of the drummers drummer!!
Funky Seventy

Funky Seventy



Dec 27 2008 5:47 PM

Thanks for the friendship!
keep nurturing the people with music!
Appreciate a happy New Year with wonderful things!
We are together! Cheers.
www.myspace.com/funky70sp
Viva La Soul!
kayel twitter.com/kayel1984 call me 917-586-9021

kayel twitter.com/kayel1984 call me 917-586-9021



Dec 26 2008 3:42 PM

KAYEL

HEY WAT UP IM CHECKIN OUT YOUR PAGE AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY TUNE TO MY NEW SONG CALL TRIBUTE TO CHANGE ON MY MUSIC PLAYER RIGHT NOW OH YEA I GOT THE YOUTUBE SHOW WHEREE IS SHOW EVERYTHING FROM STAND UP COMEDY TOSTAGE AND HELPFUL STUFF ABOUT ECONOMY AND I THOUGHT I WAS JUST AN ENTERTAINER
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM//LAKAYEL
CEW ("Q")

CEW ("Q")



Dec 25 2008 7:49 PM

To Mr. Louis McCall & Family,

Just dropping by to wish You and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays,
as well as, much Success & Prosperity always.

Love, Prayers & Blessings;
CEW ("Q")
LaVon Starr

LaVon Starr



Dec 25 2008 8:38 AM

Merry Christmas!!
Joy Ride

Joy Ride



Dec 19 2008 6:52 PM

Just came by to say Hello...Have a blessed weekend...One Love...PEACE -Rick G Funk-
Tyrone Smith (100,000+ THX 4 Continued Support!!)

Tyrone Smith (100,000+ THX 4 Continued Support!!)



Dec 17 2008 9:07 PM

Thanks so much for the Add.. I surely hope there was some music on my page that you enjoyed. I hope you have a Wonderful and Positive week! New Albums on iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, eMusic, & My Snocap Store.
Check them out! Download NoW! Tell A Friend! And Feel Free to Choose One for Profile Song ;) Take Care and Stay Positive:)

www.facebook.com/pages/Tyrone-Smith/35275073220?ref=s

www.tsgroove.com
Tommie Brewster©

Tommie Brewster©



Dec 12 2008 11:43 PM

thankyou for
adding me
Tommie
nz
Funky Seventy

Funky Seventy



Dec 4 2008 1:35 AM

Thanks for the add.
Its music nourish our soul!
Hugs. Jay Marcone.
www.myspace.com/funky70sp
Viva La Drummer!
GOOSE

GOOSE



Dec 3 2008 9:47 PM

GOOSE - NO SEEDS
LLESTA T

LLESTA T



Dec 3 2008 4:41 AM

THANKS for bein' my new friend
peace and love
LLESTA T
THA NEW SOULMAN
DJ SING

DJ SING



Dec 3 2008 3:15 AM

THANK YOU FOR THE FRIEND REQUEST!

HAVE A NICE DAY!
RENEE

RENEE BROWN



Dec 3 2008 1:00 AM

THANK YOU FOR THE FRIEND REQUEST MUCH LOVE (PEACE,LOVE,HAPPINESS AND BE BLESSED).
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