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Too Many Musical Influences To Mention But Here's Just A Few Whose Art Has Brought Me Joy Over The Years: Bell Hooks, Public Enemy, Spike Lee, Leadbelly, Alberta Hunter, Richard Pryor, Led Zeppelin, Billy Preston, Shirley Horn, Etta James, Syl Johnson, Nelson Mandela, Kym burrell, Yolanda Adams, The Shirelles, Nina Simone, Grace Jones, Three Dog Night, Ray Charles, Al Green, Lyn Collins, I-threes, Gladys Knight, Minnie Ripperton, Laura Nyro, Stevie Wonder, Debarge, Earth Wind and Fire, Roberta Flack, Joni Mitchell, Deniece Williams, Rock Steady Crew, Bob Marley, Ritchie Havens, The Isley Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Reading, Marc Baptiste, Eric Johnson, Anna Deveare Smith, Lyle Ashton Harris, James Baldwin, Howard Tate, Gordon Parks, Martin Luther King, Jamel Shabazz, Sly & the Family Stone, High top shell toe Adidas, Tracey Chapman, Natalie Cole, Thomas Allen Harris, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Grand Master Flash, Rosalind Cash, Ruby and Ossie Davis, Abby Lincoln, Prince, Wendy and Lisa, BB King, Carmen Delavallade, Nikki Giovanni, Rotary Connection, Joan Armatrading, Sam Cooke, Odetta, Sweet Honey and the Rock, Michael Jackson & the Jackson Five,
any sista doing her thing in a postive way any brother doing his thing in a positive way. My beautiful mother & father.
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