Mykesbass Posted October 10, 2020 Posted October 10, 2020 Just watched this - always loved Teddy's voice, even if some of the lyrical content is a bit OTT. Was also aware of his accident, but not quite the magnitude of it. And as for his appearance at Live Aid, OK, so musically not the finest thing you'll ever see, but brought a tear to my eye. Will be on I Player shortly: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ngdj 2 Quote
Len_derby Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Thanks for sharing that. He isn’t one of the names that comes up often when talking about soul but he was always a class act. 1 Quote
ProfJames Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 I watched that last night as well.....enjoyed it 1 Quote
lowdown Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 One of my favourite singers...Although I have seen the documentary before, I watched it again. He was certainly a class act. All those 'Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' tunes he was involved with are absolute classics. (Not forgetting the studio musicians and arrangements as well..!!). The band should have been called..."Teddy and the Blue Notes"... 2 Quote
Mykesbass Posted October 11, 2020 Author Posted October 11, 2020 21 minutes ago, lowdown said: One of my favourite singers...Although I have seen the documentary before, I watched it again. He was certainly a class act. All those 'Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' tunes he was involved with are absolute classics. (Not forgetting the studio musicians and arrangements as well..!!). The band should have been called..."Teddy and the Blue Notes"... Missed it first time around. He did have one of the all time great voices, up there with Otis for me. The Harold Melvin thing must have confused a lot of people over the years 😁 Oh, and another all time classic Sunday morning, South East London record shop favourite. Sold a few copies of Joy and TP back in the day! 1 Quote
lowdown Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, Mykesbass said: Oh, and another all time classic Sunday morning, South East London record shop favourite. Sold a few copies of Joy and TP back in the day! Funny you mention that. My two boys were doing some research on the area I'm from and they showed me this... 👍 http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/a1-records.html# 1 Quote
pbasspecial Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Also shows what a wonderful manager he had in Shep Gordon. Class act. There’s a great documentary on him too. 1 Quote
Mykesbass Posted October 11, 2020 Author Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, lowdown said: Funny you mention that. My two boys were doing some research on the area I'm from and they showed me this... 👍 http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/a1-records.html# Yes, love that page. Worked with all the family in those photographs, and still friends with Ray who I worked with when he released the Gipsy Kings albums in the UK. 1 Quote
Mykesbass Posted October 11, 2020 Author Posted October 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, pbasspecial said: Also shows what a wonderful manager he had in Shep Gordon. Class act. There’s a great documentary on him too. The bit about his ability to take more drugs than his artists?! Sign of a good manager is their longevity. He is still with Alice Cooper. 1 Quote
pbasspecial Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mykesbass said: The bit about his ability to take more drugs than his artists?! Sign of a good manager is their longevity. He is still with Alice Cooper. Funnily enough my rule was if the manager was taking more drugs than us we’re in trouble! The way that Shep looked after Mike Myers when he had a breakdown was very kind too. 1 Quote
Misdee Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Teddy was a magnificent soul singer, right up there with the all-time greats like Marvin Gaye , Otis Redding ect. It's a shame he doesn't get quite the same recognition, because during his own lifetime he was an icon in America . Such a stylish man, too. If you watch live footage of him at his peak both he and his band were off-the-scale in terms of tightness. A class act. 2 Quote
Mykesbass Posted October 11, 2020 Author Posted October 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Misdee said: Such a stylish man, too. A class act. Something that really came across in the documentary - very enigmatic, huge stage presence, even when he wasn't doing very much. Just facial expressions alone could be enough. Quote
Misdee Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Some people have just got something special about them . Teddy Pendergrass was one of those people, it seems to me. 1 Quote
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