tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397435.post114476149682585646..comments2024-03-07T00:00:13.142-05:00Comments on Get On Down With The Stepfather Of Soul!: (201) 569-5170The Stepfather of Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012795861121326506noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397435.post-1149460496943399142006-06-04T18:34:00.000-04:002006-06-04T18:34:00.000-04:00I have seen Solomon now four times, each one he ha...I have seen Solomon now four times, each one he has expanded in weght, so much so that he remained seted on a throne the last time I saw him. Still, he was magnificent!<BR/>Stories abound about Solomon's various careers, one time he did not even stop to listen to a track he had just laid down at Atlantic as he it was snowing outside and he had a snow plough and was keen to earn the extra cash shovelling snow (he knew it was a hit anyway).<BR/>I've just finished reading Bobby Womack's biography. Sam cooke had sent the Valentinos to appear with Solomon at the Apollo. All four boys had caught gonorrhea as a result of blowing the $75 Sam had left them on a hooker. Solomon was looked upon as a father figure in the revue. Bobby went to him, claiming it was his brothers who were in trouble. Solomon said they would have to get their dicks out and he was going to bang it with a metal hammer to knock out all the infection. Bobby almost fainted! Solomon knew it was Bobby who was infected all along!They didn't take Solomon's 'medicine' but got themselves along to the clinic for an injection each. That night, in great pain, they were unable to dance so spent the whole routine sat in a line on the edge of the stage. James Brown commented that they were 'the laziest bunch of motherfuckers I've seen in my life!'<BR/>Strange to think, last time I saw Solomon he spent the whole performance sat down (but not for the same reason)!Nonetheless that magical voice carried all before it and I'd go again to see him live, any position Mr Burke chooses to be in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com