QLS Gives Frankie Beverly His Flowers

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Quest Love Supreme is a production of iHeartRadio. 00:00:15 Speaker 2: Do not attempt to adjust your dial, ladies and gentlemen. We're sort of passing on our normal roll called music, and I wanted to bring it back to my hometown of Philadelphia. If you are a Philadelphian, you know that this particular theme has some sort of sentimental meeting. If you're a watcher of w XTF Channel twenty nine, of course they use the world famous twilight instrumental from our guest today. What can I say this is, I know I've said we've done special episodes of Quest Love Supreme before, but this is probably super special. The first time I'm using the words in front of it. So, as you know, we are here in Los Angeles, California, doing this in person and not on the zoom. And the thing about where we're located is we're just kind of a stone's throwaway from the iconic Capitol Records building. When you think of that label, and if your love with music, you think of nat King Cole, the Beatles, and Beach Boys and Duran durand people pricing milk Boy, pat Shop Boys, Louverrawl's Natalie Cole. You know there's but for me in my childhood, when I think of that logo, especially the classic orange and brown logo spinning on the turntable, I think of our steam special guest today, and I will say that throughout my childhood when we talk about you get past the barbecue, you best believe that that barbecue is going to be somewhat scored in soundtracked by our guest today. You name the classics, we should know them all. They're national anthems, Golden Time of the Day, Southern Girl, joy, pain, feeling one dack and stride, silky soul, and of course you know the morning after. 00:02:10 Speaker 3: And silk. 00:02:11 Speaker 2: Not to mention the national anthem of life is before I let go right, you know, our guest is the definition of the barbecue, despite the fact that I've never seen him wear anything but the color white, and as a Philly native, it is only right that we bring our brother on the show to celebrate his life and celebrate his career, and we have his family with us. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to quest Loft Supreme the one and only, the legendary Frankie Beverly, along with his cousin Miss q, Miss Hugh and Will thank you. I don't even need my. 00:02:50 Speaker 4: Own clap. 00:02:53 Speaker 5: America. 00:02:53 Speaker 6: Can I just ask you, we and DC would appreciate if you to say Philadelphia and DC's own today. 00:02:58 Speaker 4: Yes, okay, see, thank you. 00:03:01 Speaker 2: Part of the running gag of the show is the fact that you know Layah often. 00:03:05 Speaker 4: Coach, which is where she's from today? You're from DC today? 00:03:08 Speaker 6: Yes, I have to wrap. 00:03:09 Speaker 4: Yes, okay, well I'm. 00:03:10 Speaker 2: From Philadelphia to day. But guess what You're from Philadelphia too? 00:03:16 Speaker 4: Okay? Anyway, we thank you so much for being on the show. Thank you. 00:03:21 Speaker 2: There's so much like I I want to know and I'm so overwhelmed right now because you are a hero to all of us musically and whatnot. 00:03:30 Speaker 4: And I don't know, just thank you for being there. How are you today? 00:03:35 Speaker 3: It's beautiful. I'm glad to see you guys, you know, it's just wonderful. 00:03:40 Speaker 4: Thank you, Thank you so much. 00:03:43 Speaker 2: I guess what I would like to know is were you born in I'm claiming as my hometown. 00:03:48 Speaker 4: I was born in your hometown. Were you born in Philadelphia? 00:03:50 Speaker 3: Yes? 00:03:51 Speaker 4: What part of Philadelphia are you from? 00:03:53 Speaker 3: Born in North Philly? 00:03:55 Speaker 4: Okay, Jill wins not me grew up. 00:03:58 Speaker 3: A lot in Germantow okay, yeah, north side of things. 00:04:02 Speaker 2: I'm from West Villy, Yeah, okay, And I think gentrification now has me saying that I grew up in Walnut Lane, which they've recently called it. 00:04:11 Speaker 4: Yes, exactly when gingrification comes through. 00:04:14 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was once in the hood and then now all of a sudden, University of Pen has tooken over, so now we call it Walnut Lane. 00:04:23 Speaker 4: But I live in fifty second in oce Age. 00:04:25 Speaker 3: That's okay. 00:04:27 Speaker 4: What I mentioned like North Philadelphia. 00:04:30 Speaker 2: For you, what what can you describe to me about it? 00:04:33 Speaker 3: Well, I grew up there. I grew uptown then near the Uptown Theater, Yes, around that area. 00:04:41 Speaker 2: Where you often a witness of shows there or watch a lot of shows. 00:04:47 Speaker 3: Absolutely to go around there, watch all gods of stuff. And then I got older and moved up to Germantown and that's where went to Wagner School. Yeah, okay, Germantown High Okay. 00:05:08 Speaker 2: Black Thought and uh Frankie Beverley went to Germantown High. Yeah, shout out to Spawn too, who went to Okay, yeah, okay, so rich related you went to Germantown High School? You know, were you at all in your beginnings as as a singer. Were you more gospel based in like coming through the church or were you do wopped? 00:05:33 Speaker 4: Like what was your musical entry in both? 00:05:36 Speaker 3: I went to church a lot and sang. But once I got going in school, that's when the other stuff happened. Other things came in my life, you know. And I went to go uptown in North Philly, and then I moved back up to Germantown later on in my life and went to Wagner Junior High and went to Germantown School. 00:06:07 Speaker 4: How long did you stay in Philadelphia before you? Well, quite a while, Okay, quite. 00:06:14 Speaker 3: A while in my twenties. 00:06:17 Speaker 2: So was Rossol formed in Philadelphia or was that your first band or I'm trying to think. 00:06:25 Speaker 3: That's a that's a good question. The Butler's, well, the Butler's was before that? 00:06:32 Speaker 4: Was that named after streets of Philadelphia? 00:06:35 Speaker 3: Were you? No? 00:06:37 Speaker 2: Said, when you say Butler to any Philadelphia, It's like, oh God, no. 00:06:43 Speaker 3: It wasn't. I really don't know where it came from, but the name came Butler's. 00:06:48 Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, I have to ask this question just for me. My father is also a du wop singer from Philadelphia. So That's how I knew you, know, of your music. He was in my father's Leandrews of Leandrews in the Hearts. 00:07:02 Speaker 3: Is that right? Yeah? That so oh I was a big plan. 00:07:07 Speaker 4: Oh, thank you so much, thank you, thank you, thank you. 00:07:10 Speaker 2: But like generally at the time, like what was the musical environment of Phility, because you know, we often talk about the sound of Philadelphia and people mostly think about like Gamble and Heffrom what they've done in the seventies, but not many people know that Philadelphia has a and even richer tapestry of music, do wop and you know, operate like with everything. 00:07:33 Speaker 3: But for you, it's more than what most people think. Philadelphia was big time music, all sorts of things. You know. I got real tied into Frankie Lime. 00:07:48 Speaker 4: Was he your favorite singer? 00:07:49 Speaker 3: He was one of them knowing you know, knowing my young years, that was real. 00:07:54 Speaker 6: Big why you went towards Frankie the name Frankie because Frankie is not your first name. 00:07:59 Speaker 4: No, I did not know this. 00:08:02 Speaker 3: My name is Stanley. 00:08:04 Speaker 5: I mean, I'm not my real. 00:08:09 Speaker 3: My first name is Stamle Howard Howard span Okay. 00:08:16 Speaker 4: So Frankie was from Frankie Liman. 00:08:17 Speaker 3: Yes, I did not know that. Absolutely. He started me going, what. 00:08:26 Speaker 4: Was it about Frankie Lyman that you loved? 00:08:29 Speaker 3: He could sing? Okay, he could sing. He had a big impact on me. 00:08:35 Speaker 2: Going up, I was about to say he had a big impact on all of us, because even when I was in first grade. So I went to a performing arts school in Philadelphia. First day of school and our homework assignment was bring in your favorite song or your favorite forty five and I brought in why do Fools Fall in Love? Because my parents parents had tricked me. Okay, my mom hates want to tell the story. My dad tricked me into thinking that do wop music was new music. 00:09:09 Speaker 4: So I was in, this is nineteen seventy six. 00:09:12 Speaker 2: So everyone else is bringing in the Beg's and Stevie Wonder and whatnot, and I brought in white a Fools Fall in Love and they were like, oh, this was out when I was a little kid, and you know, every adult was one hundred years old to me. So I came home and then when my mom told me, yes, this came out in like nineteen fifty eight, and I thought that was like a thousand years ago, like That's when I realized there was a timeline on music, like so I too loved White the Fool's Fall in Love and yeah, I see that. Did you have brothers and sisters that were in music as well? Like did you grow up in a musical household? 00:09:48 Speaker 3: I mean my mother and father, my brother sang, but not like I did what I got in the groups really young and raw soul? Do you remember ra? 00:10:02 Speaker 2: Yes, Yeah, I've seen on YouTube right now. I mean there's like there's a concert. 00:10:08 Speaker 4: Of raw soul. 00:10:09 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, like nineteen I believe, like seventy five, seventy six is live and it's some I believe it's in the Bay Area or whatever, like it's just right before it's Frankly Beverly Mazes raw Soul, and like for me, like the audience, the audience reaction was the most exciting part of watching. 00:10:31 Speaker 4: That as raw soul. 00:10:34 Speaker 2: How are you guys able to get that exciting reaction from the crowd without having I would assume did they have singles and a record deal before you guys transferred to Maze or. 00:10:47 Speaker 3: We made little records before Mays came. Yeah, Mays came along when went to California, Okay, while I was in Philly, it was I can't even remember. 00:11:01 Speaker 4: The name Russel. 00:11:03 Speaker 3: Was it wrong? Yeah, it was wrong, So that's true. Yeah. But but at the Philly was my teacher. I had a lot of good people, a lot of good acts out of Philly, a lot of the time of the people. So yeah, it was a great place to be. Oh, A lot of what I am today to that. 00:11:28 Speaker 4: Good, great well, that town appreciates you. 00:11:31 Speaker 2: I mean, I guess the story of how Maze came into my life, so I did. I never knew the story of like Marvin Gaye seeing you guys and discovering you guys until when I heard Silky Soul. Then I heard the backstory and whatnot about you paying tribute to him. But could you talk about like how Marvin Gaye's presence sort of changed. 00:11:57 Speaker 3: Though you can imagine. I mean, he didn't meet him at that stage, and he was such a like a big brother to me. He used to let us open shows coming up. 00:12:15 Speaker 2: You know, what do you think that it was that he saw in you guys that made it special. 00:12:22 Speaker 4: We were a group okay. 00:12:25 Speaker 3: We were a group, was about five of us or something. We were young guys, but we could sing yeah, and he liked that. Actually did a Christmas kind of. 00:12:38 Speaker 4: Thing, Okay, Christmas Holiday, Christmas Hold, and. 00:12:43 Speaker 3: He got involved and helpless to do that. And I was so young, you know, but he was a good guy man, marvelous. Wow, really changed my life. Got it going and my mother and then loved. 00:13:03 Speaker 7: Them that they did. 00:13:07 Speaker 3: It's Marvin Marvin Day. 00:13:10 Speaker 7: That's right. 00:13:16 Speaker 2: How would you describe the sound of Maze because it's really hard to describe. I mean, yes, we could say soul music, but there's something about the texture of that that really speaks to black folks in a way that you know, if we could figure out the formula, I'm sure that all of us would try to copy it and apply it. 00:13:40 Speaker 4: But it's really hard to tell. 00:13:42 Speaker 3: Like, what's interesting, I've never heard anybody, but I think you're absolutely right. It's being from Philadelphia has a big thing with that. Philly had a lot of talent. 00:13:56 Speaker 2: Was there was there any moment or any time period that you guys ever thought about or wanted to record at Philadelphia International, like with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff like to be a part of the Philadelphia International system. 00:14:11 Speaker 3: At that time. I was so young, no Okay, I mean I wasn't old enough to be chipping on on that. But then then I moved to California and that whole thing changed. I got out there and I still didn't sign with him, but I got close to him. And he's always helped me a little bit too. Yeah, gamble, Yeah, he's always been a big help to me. 00:14:46 Speaker 2: What was it like watching the beginnings of his journey and this sort of slow rising of his sound? 00:14:55 Speaker 3: Like? 00:14:55 Speaker 4: What was it like, ass family members watching this? 00:14:58 Speaker 5: Exciting? It was exciting because we saw the work that he put in. It was rewarding for him and for the family because we have a musical family, and of course not to the extent that Frankie has made it, but saw the work that he did, the long nights, the endless nights. I should say that he kept going. He kept going, and he knew what he wanted to do. He never wanted to do anything else but sing and play his music. So that's what I saw. I saw somebody that was just determined and that determination paid off, and he loved what he did. It was a passion there, Okay, the passion. He was passionate about his music. He loved to write and I asked him this many times a long time ago. 00:16:01 Speaker 8: He loved to talk about love. Love is his go to word. 00:16:07 Speaker 4: You're right, yeah, go to word. 00:16:10 Speaker 5: And he loved to talk back. Then he with the uprise of all types of things going on with the world, he started to think about those things too, and he talked about how like, oh. 00:16:24 Speaker 8: This is horrible, I'm gonna go write a song about this. 00:16:28 Speaker 5: And so that's how he came to that we are one people coming together instead of being a part. So he absolutely started to feel about or start to feel how people were feeling about their own lives and what about this. We should be as one, we should be helping these other people. So that's what I saw. I saw him just work hard and think about what other people were going through and just thinking. 00:16:54 Speaker 8: About the love. That's really who he is, the person of love. 00:16:57 Speaker 2: So would you say that songwriting was therapeutic for you in terms of expressing yourself? Yes, absolutely, yeah, because I'll say that love like oftentimes I think people will tend to type cast soul music and R and B as somewhat like meaningless love music or whatever. But I don't know, I think coming from you, especially the way you sing, there's such a gentle comforting, right, yeah, And it's such a gentle Normally, gentle singers are are like like high, like falsetto smoky stylistics, and so it's very rare to hear a baritone voice that's that gentle and that sort of thing. 00:17:45 Speaker 3: I appreciate it. 00:17:46 Speaker 4: Well, I'm reflecting to you what I'm only showing you what you are. 00:17:53 Speaker 2: But yeah, like in the sixties and seventies, when most lead singers were high falsetto. 00:18:03 Speaker 3: Hi voices, whatever. 00:18:05 Speaker 2: For you, was there was that ever an option like to figure out because sometimes like Ronald Eisley will. 00:18:10 Speaker 4: Go between his high voice and his little voice. But for you, was there No. 00:18:14 Speaker 3: I never thought of that. Oh okay, I was gonna be the singer. 00:18:20 Speaker 4: All right, Yeah, the approachable every day guy. Okay, I get that. 00:18:25 Speaker 8: And that's what he really was. Approachable. That's a that's a good term, approachable. 00:18:30 Speaker 7: I see that. 00:18:31 Speaker 8: Yeah, he was approachable. What do you What was I think? 00:18:34 Speaker 3: What do you think? Now? 00:18:35 Speaker 6: You know what I was just thinking? I was like, yeah, because I was thinking about awards, and I was thinking about like these Grammys and these all these awards, and I was like to my recollection. You guys don't have a lot of those. But the acceptance of you in the community, and I seen you speak about this. 00:18:50 Speaker 8: Before far exceeds. 00:18:52 Speaker 6: So that everyday manism that you're talking about, it's worth so much more, it looks like than the untouched it right. 00:19:03 Speaker 3: Yeah, we that's very true, honey. It seems like our people really supported us, even from a young stage, as. 00:19:14 Speaker 6: Much as we could. 00:19:15 Speaker 3: Yes. 00:19:15 Speaker 9: Yeah, no, I've been to I've had the privilege attendant on one of your shows. You came to my hometown at Raleigh, North Carolina. This was this was some years back, and y'all played this amphitheater. It was outside and I mean you came out and it was full of people and they sang every word. 00:19:33 Speaker 7: They sang every word. I was like, if Frank you want to chill the night. He didn't got the same. 00:19:38 Speaker 4: We gonna sing form, you know what I mean? 00:19:40 Speaker 9: But I think, you know, speaking of what like he was saying, just you know, I just want to make sure that we communicate to you today. You know, you were just a staple in our households, you know what I'm saying. 00:19:50 Speaker 7: Like your music was like always there. 00:19:52 Speaker 9: And it was, and it was oftentimes too. It wasn't just your music was there, but your music was the soundtrack to some of the best times of our lives. 00:20:00 Speaker 7: It's like you. 00:20:00 Speaker 9: Always associated I always associated Frankie, Beverly and Maids with good times, you know what I'm saying. And like what you were saying about him singing with love we need love to live. That was like one of my favorites. So like I would always play that. I even a very long time ago, I said it was like, Wow, I sampled it and wrapped over it did not come out. 00:20:20 Speaker 4: I was sixteen. 00:20:21 Speaker 2: Yeah, Shine, Golden Time of the Day was the original music the Clones. Oh my god, if you can ever imagine, Wow, but we couldn't make the loop work and so then we start all over again. 00:20:36 Speaker 9: Yeah, but but no, no, you it was just always a spirit that came through in your music and just really spoke just to all of us and just made us all feel really good. And you know, I've seen it, just the magic of you performing and people. 00:20:50 Speaker 7: You know, it's like your family member. 00:20:52 Speaker 6: Yeah, that's it's so beautiful. 00:20:55 Speaker 3: You guys gonna make me start crying. 00:21:00 Speaker 2: This is called the Frankie Beverley takes his flowers today. 00:21:05 Speaker 3: That's what it is. 00:21:07 Speaker 2: You know, I'm curious about because now we live in a time when bands are almost non existent. I come from a band of eleven members that like, I mean, it's just you're you're You're hard pressed to find any bands existing today. 00:21:24 Speaker 4: But can I ask you, like. 00:21:26 Speaker 2: At times in your mind is it easier fronting a band or did you ever imagine a life from which you were just a solo artist by yourself, without like Frankie, Beverly and Maze. 00:21:38 Speaker 3: Like always part of it. Never thought of myself it's a single actor ever. 00:21:51 Speaker 4: Say, at no point were you just like hey, I like. 00:21:54 Speaker 3: No, oh, it was very moved by Frankie Lahman and the. 00:21:58 Speaker 4: Te Okay, so you're aways wanted to be in a band context. I see that for you. 00:22:04 Speaker 2: Do you have any memories of like how you write songs or how our ideas come to you? 00:22:10 Speaker 3: Even today, I write songs that that I want to sing about, you know, I want to say things that I think people want to hear. 00:22:20 Speaker 2: Well, I have a question about one particular song, which is the National Anthem, because this is just hitting me right now. 00:22:26 Speaker 4: This is the happiest breakup song. 00:22:28 Speaker 5: Yeah. 00:22:28 Speaker 2: I literally when he said that, when he said that I was going through the I said, wait a minute, that's what I'm saying. 00:22:35 Speaker 4: Like, even it's the happiest breakup song, it still makes. 00:22:38 Speaker 10: Us you better get on that act, right. 00:22:53 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm afraid to ask, like was that based on it? 00:22:57 Speaker 4: Like do you write from real life experiences? 00:22:59 Speaker 2: Or I have friends that write they'll express where their friends aren't able to express, or his experiences. 00:23:04 Speaker 3: But you know that song, I don't I remember, right, but I don't. I don't remember what motivated you forgot. 00:23:18 Speaker 2: But then again, some of the some of the biggest hits ever are just like afterthoughts, you know what I. 00:23:23 Speaker 3: Mean, Yeah, something something happened. Maybe maybe it was some thing I was in I was some it. 00:23:35 Speaker 2: Well then you know, because the thing is is that that song is on the live album and there's only two other studio cuts on there. So I oftentimes I'll ask X, like when they stick an extra song or two on the Greatest Hits or the live album, and they always say, oh, it was just an afterthought, like we didn't put much deep thought into it, just on there, and it became an anthem. 00:24:00 Speaker 4: Were you shocked? Were you shocked at how that song was received? And won't go away? 00:24:06 Speaker 3: Ever? I think I was shocked how that song took off. Okay, that's a good point. I mean I liked the song, but I was blown away about how it how the people liked it so much? 00:24:23 Speaker 2: Has there ever been a franky Beverly show in which. 00:24:30 Speaker 4: You don't perform that song? And is there. 00:24:35 Speaker 7: Home? 00:24:35 Speaker 2: Look, Nirvana spent a whole year never playing smells like teen Spirit like some different. 00:24:42 Speaker 6: Crown these aunties, and you don't happy feeling? 00:24:45 Speaker 4: We got dress you want to hear before I let go? Period? Is that a lot? Right? 00:24:52 Speaker 3: No, that's that's true, honey. Yeah, y'all mentioning songs that people still want to hear it now, right. 00:24:59 Speaker 6: But there's no songs like that you can skip, like a mir said, you can't skip happy feelings at a show you want to sing it. 00:25:06 Speaker 7: How did y'all decide on the name made for the band? 00:25:09 Speaker 2: That's that is a good question because I like ros Soul too, But like, why was it Lark and Arnold or is someone that capital? 00:25:17 Speaker 3: That was just like no, no, no, no, it was it was bam, it was well, I can tell you that Marvin gated like ras soul. 00:25:26 Speaker 1: He did. 00:25:30 Speaker 4: What did he feel was didn't sound just ordinary to him? 00:25:33 Speaker 3: Or well he just thought I need to change, you know, and they find a little better name. 00:25:40 Speaker 9: For I just remember being a kid, and you know my aunt she would have y'all albums and it was always. 00:25:46 Speaker 4: Try to solve that. I actually would try to do too. I used to get down cover and try to solve the maids. Like. 00:25:52 Speaker 9: No, it didn't get in trouble for writing on her album cover, but it was worth it. 00:26:01 Speaker 2: Like we have our favorites of yours as far as your songs are concerned. But what songs are your favorite in your catalog? Like what, What's Near? And Dear to your heart? 00:26:13 Speaker 11: Boy? 00:26:14 Speaker 3: Just about all of them? I did? I mean if I recording them, they meant something too. They got me in there your kids. 00:26:25 Speaker 2: So it's hard to pick a favorite one one that you like more. 00:26:29 Speaker 3: Than the other or oh no, I don't like none of them more than all of them. Yeah, I thought it was a it's a blessing, you know when you do when you're a writer and you that's a blessing. It comes from a man above, whether it be me or whoever you know, like Stevie Wonder and people like you know, they must be the same thing for them. When you're a writer and you come with this one thing after another that comes from from the major place. 00:27:12 Speaker 7: From another s vessel. 00:27:14 Speaker 2: Yeah, of all your albums, is there a favorite one of yours that you love more than? 00:27:22 Speaker 3: If? 00:27:22 Speaker 4: I can't get you one song? 00:27:26 Speaker 3: Love them? 00:27:27 Speaker 4: Okay, I'm a remix this question. 00:27:28 Speaker 6: All right, this is my question. If there was a way for you not to have to sing one of these songs that you're always singing at every single show, which song would you be like, Oh, I'm so happy I don't have to sing that tonight. 00:27:39 Speaker 7: I love it. 00:27:40 Speaker 4: I'm tired. Well wait a minute, yeah, yeah, don't throw off the bag. 00:27:48 Speaker 6: I mean, because these are songs you've been singing for a long time, and I'm just like you never get tired of. Just come on before I'll let you go. 00:27:56 Speaker 3: I'm tired. 00:27:58 Speaker 4: Yeah, sing it for him. That's true that I've seen it, like, it's so like he. 00:28:04 Speaker 7: It was a show you came to. 00:28:06 Speaker 9: You came to Raley and uh Mint Condition was opening and so men condition. Oh it was a great show, and you know you were doing your songs and everybody I mean like literally, like the whole empathis he could have put he would have danced, he could do the step, he could have ate chicken, he could do whatever. 00:28:26 Speaker 4: It was over like that they had him and you. 00:28:29 Speaker 9: Another thing that I was curious to know if and if y'all can add on this as well. You know, the thing that's so amazing to me about your legacy is that you've been able to tour like people. A lot of times with black artists, we have to, Okay, if you want to go on tour, you got to have a new album out or what. 00:28:45 Speaker 7: New you got? 00:28:46 Speaker 9: What got There's always this kind of pressure to feed the machine in order to be able to tour whatever. And you are always an example if I'm like, look, Frankie Beverley ain't put out a new record in how many years? But people show up for him every time. You know what I'm saying, every time? You know what I mean, what do you attribute to that longevity? 00:29:06 Speaker 3: God that I wish I was that smart, but no, it's it just is what it is, and that's what I do. 00:29:17 Speaker 4: You know, I have a question, what part of. 00:29:21 Speaker 2: The United States do you feel is like your biggest fan base. Yes, I mean I figured New Orleans because that's where you made the record. However, I've learned that you know, Asville, North Carolina also has a great audience, and and Oakland has a great audience. 00:29:39 Speaker 4: So for you, like what what? 00:29:41 Speaker 2: What are you the favorite cities of yours that you've toured throughout the years most of them? 00:29:48 Speaker 3: Mm hmmm. 00:29:51 Speaker 4: I think this is why you're a success. 00:29:53 Speaker 3: Because you. 00:29:57 Speaker 8: Can say d is okay? 00:30:00 Speaker 3: Uh no, I was that's one of them. I think you know all of the major cities, all of them. I mean, I. 00:30:11 Speaker 6: Can't where we are, where we are and where we have passion. 00:30:17 Speaker 3: I'm telling you it's it's it's amazing to me. I'm blown away by it too. I don't know what. 00:30:26 Speaker 8: Excuse me, what is the white thing? 00:30:27 Speaker 3: What is the questions? 00:30:31 Speaker 6: What is the inspiration behind wearing so much white? 00:30:35 Speaker 4: Yeah? When did that become a thing? 00:30:37 Speaker 3: Oh? 00:30:37 Speaker 4: I didn't. 00:30:38 Speaker 3: I don't think I've been chipped on that. I think I was told to do that. None of the people who's making my clothes saw any different than that. You know, they all suggested the same thing I was wearing all the time. Yeah, So some somehow they thought I'd need to stay in that google that U was always in. 00:31:05 Speaker 8: And if you saw some of his earlier outfits in the earlier years, he would wear red, all red, really all black. 00:31:15 Speaker 5: And then he just stuck with it all white. But back in the day it was all red red hat, yes. 00:31:21 Speaker 6: Because back into video that was definitely not a white out that was a white outfit time. 00:31:25 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't know too much else. I've done nothing crazy, you know. 00:31:36 Speaker 2: Right, Okay, you're right, I'm looking right now. I did go on Soul Train to see and you're wearing. 00:31:42 Speaker 4: All red right here. 00:31:46 Speaker 2: But with the hat though, yes, and the beard. I didn't know you from Philly, and then you know, your beard was like. 00:31:55 Speaker 4: A beard. 00:31:55 Speaker 8: So he asked the question. 00:32:00 Speaker 5: I think it was that that was back in the early eighties and he was actually in LA when he did this show. And on that show he asked having a conversation with the audience out there, and they said, I understand that you all think that I'm bold, right, because right right, But he says, I he pulls off the hat and he says, I'm not bald, y'all. 00:32:28 Speaker 8: This is just a Philly thing. 00:32:29 Speaker 5: Philadelphians wear hats, so that was a good moment for him. 00:32:33 Speaker 2: Actually, wait, all right, so this is a Philadelphia question, and you know, I grew up with a lot of uncles. My dad almost went through this phase, and of course, you know we knew the Sphinx family and all that stuff. 00:32:50 Speaker 4: Did you ever go through the urban cowboy phase? 00:32:54 Speaker 5: You mean the stables or in the stables over in the West Philly, are you talking about, Well, you're talking about that kind of phase with all the kids were going well. 00:33:02 Speaker 2: No, no, no, just there was a period in like seventy six seventy seven in which the entire like all black men were just dressing up as cowboys. 00:33:12 Speaker 4: Tight jeans and a cowboy. Yeah. 00:33:27 Speaker 7: It was just. 00:33:30 Speaker 3: Now my mother and my family would have been jumping out. 00:33:33 Speaker 2: Over Is there anything that you have yet to creatively achieve or embarkle on that you would like to do that you haven't done yet. 00:33:49 Speaker 4: I'm trying to figure out, like your your other talents as well. I mean, besides singer, songwriter, producer. 00:33:56 Speaker 3: There's some stages we're gonna go. Yeah, there's some things. 00:34:03 Speaker 4: Anytime I've seen you, it's been in the United States. But has what is his is worldwide? 00:34:10 Speaker 3: Yeah, he has the same thing, right, Yeah, everywhere likes us just like Yeah, he's toward. 00:34:21 Speaker 8: Europe in London, Paris, yeah, Japan. 00:34:26 Speaker 7: If you've been Africa, you know, have been. 00:34:28 Speaker 3: Africa, Yeah, yeah, we haven't done a bunch of Africa. 00:34:32 Speaker 7: South Africa would love y'all like y'all. 00:34:37 Speaker 9: Well, I think it used to be a jazz fest in Cape Town and now y'all would I think y'a would kill it long overdue. 00:34:46 Speaker 4: Before you were at I do have one question. I'm certain that you're tired of answering this question. What was your. 00:34:51 Speaker 2: Feeling on Beyonce covering before I let go and the reception that the world gave it. 00:34:59 Speaker 5: I was blown away with it and what he told me when then when they were approached, we were approached about Beyonce doing that. He respected her and he had a good relationship with jay Z and Beyonce and so that he thought it from what our discussion was, he thought that she would do it justice and it would bring forth a whole new generation of people knowing his music. 00:35:27 Speaker 6: So she didn't play it for you first. They didn't ask you for like had the song right now They. 00:35:31 Speaker 4: Didn't play it well. 00:35:33 Speaker 2: You know that's that that song is a mighty mountain to climb, so you know, and you know, I will just say that, you know you you have provided us with such a timeless, beautiful soundtrack that you know will will never go away, will be here forever. You know, you're you're, you're the original feel good music. And you know I want to thank you just for stopping. 00:35:58 Speaker 4: By and saying hello to us. 00:36:00 Speaker 9: Man, thank you for all the years of music and times and everything. 00:36:04 Speaker 6: All my joy, my joy and I love we felt it. 00:36:09 Speaker 3: Yeah, I really do appreciate it. You know you're gonna make me cry. 00:36:16 Speaker 6: You're gonna make us cry never stop. 00:36:22 Speaker 4: No, but thank you. 00:36:23 Speaker 2: Thank you for coming on the show, and thank you for taking your flowers and you know, more flowers for Biel Sherman. Yes, that's all feels there to make sure that everyone gets flowers. 00:36:35 Speaker 4: Frankie, Beverly, ladies. 00:36:36 Speaker 6: And gentlemen, the best cousins in the world. 00:36:39 Speaker 3: Yes, thank you all. 00:36:42 Speaker 2: Right, and on behalf of you know, Fan Ciccolo, Sugar, Steve Unpay built this long giant applause. Thank you guys so much for coming to visiting us, and we'll see you on the next go round, of course, Love Supree fine, beautiful. 00:36:57 Speaker 3: Thank you. 00:36:59 Speaker 7: This is Sugar Steve. 00:37:00 Speaker 11: Thank you for listening to Quest Love Supreme. This podcast is hosted by a Mere Quest Love Thompson, Lias Saint Clair, Fante Coleman, Sugar Steve Mandel, and unpaid Bill Sherman. The executive producers are a near Quest Love Thompson, Sean g and Brian Calhoun. Produced by Britney Benjamin, Jake Payne and Liah Saint Clair. Edited by Alex Conroy. Produced for iHeart by Noel Brown and Mike Johns. Audio engineering by Graham Gibson at iHeart La Studio. 00:37:33 Speaker 7: West. 00:37:33 Speaker 1: Love Supreme is a production of iHeart Radio. For more podcasts from iHeart Radio, visit the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.