I heard the news Saturday morning around 11. The Ab checked in and hit me with it, “Yo, you heard about Magic?” I replied, “Johnson, or Mr.?” “Mr.” I knew what he meant before I asked, but I asked anyway, “Did he die?” “Yeah.” Filmmaker Ann Carli hit me with an FB e-mail around 7:00 [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Sir Juice
Posted in Music, tagged Ann Carli, Bonds International, Disco Fever, Grandmaster Flash, insideplaya, Mr. Magic, Rick Rubin, The Abstract Poetic, Tom Silverman on EthUTC | 13 Comments »
The Comeback II
Posted in Music, tagged Clive Davis, Dionne Warwicke, Gerry Griffith, insideplaya, Kashif, Narada Michael Walden, Whitney Houston on ErdUTC | 11 Comments »
A&R legend, Gerry Griffith has returned to post another guest blog for us. This time he completes the tale of how he discovered and signed Whitney Houston and found the first hits that would propel her to a career that has seen her sell nearly 200 million recordings. insideplaya As I look back, I can [...]