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Frank Adams
Frank Adams, 1978
Big Freada Wallace and Birmingham Mayor George Seibels, 1974
Big Freada Wallace, a mainstay of the Birmingham nightclub scene, at the piano with Birmingham Mayor George Seibels, City Hall Christmas party, December 1974.
Aunt Bertha Robinson
Aunt Bertha Robinson was born in Jackson County, Alabama, near the community of Lem Rock, in 1904; the family moved to nearby New Market when she was seven or eight years old. She picked up and adapted her distinctive two-finger picking style from a…
Rabe Perkins Songbook (1972)
Rabe Perkins Sings. 1972 songbook, Birmingham, Alabama.In the 1940s and '50s, the duo Rebe and Rabe -- Revin "Rebe" Gosdin and Auburn J. C. "Rabe" Perkins -- established themselves as popular fixtures of Birmingham, Alabama, radio station WVOK.…
The Soul Controllers, Publicity Photo
Promotional photo for the Soul Controllers on Cleve Eaton's CleAnThair record label. Members of the Soul Controllers (originally founded in 1965 as the Epics) were students at Fairfield High School when they recorded their first single, "Right On,…
Mary Alice McCall, Publicity Photo
Publicity photo for Mary Alice McCall for Cleve Eaton's CleAnThair record label. In the early 1970s, Eaton produced three soul and funk singles by McCall:
"Wade in the Water" / "Blessed Assurance"
"I'm Moving Home" "Save the Tears and…
"Wade in the Water" / "Blessed Assurance"
"I'm Moving Home" "Save the Tears and…
Cleve Eaton
Bassist Cleveland "Cleve" Eaton in Chicago, 1974.
Born in Fairfield, Alabama, Cleve Eaton (1934-2020) moved to Chicago in 1960, becoming an active figure in the city's jazz scene. In 1964 he joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio, performing for ten years…
Born in Fairfield, Alabama, Cleve Eaton (1934-2020) moved to Chicago in 1960, becoming an active figure in the city's jazz scene. In 1964 he joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio, performing for ten years…