The B.O.N.E. Chronicles

Hey Folks:

Welcome to another edition of Old School Thursday.

Earlier this month we lost another Gospel Music great Bishop Walter Hawkins!

Bishop Hawkins passed away on July 11th after a bout with pancreatic cancer. Hawkins career included singing with his brother’s in the Northern California State Youth Choir, later he formed a group with his brother Edwin and founded The Edwin Hawkins Singer. Through this group Hawkins became world known with their hit song “Oh Happy Day”.  In the early 1970s Hawkins left the group and became the Pastor of Love Center Church in Oakland, CA which he founded. There he started a Choir which received lots of love with well over a million copies sold from the 70s until the 90s in their  “Love Alive”  series! Bishop Hawkins also produced and collaborated on over 100 hit songs including recording with Diahanna Carroll, Sylvester and Jeffrey Osborne.

In honor of Bishop Hawkins I’d like to feature five of my old time fav old school Gospel tunes.

Tramaine Hawkins – Going Up Yonder

Timothy Wright concert Choir – Let Us All Go Back

Walter Hawkins – When the Battle is Over

The Carvans featuring Shirley Caesar – I Won’t Be Back

Aretha Franklin – Precious Lord

Hope you enjoyed that.

Until next time…
Keep Jammin!

Hey Folks:

Welcome to another Old Skool Thursday. Today I’d like to take you back… way back… back into time.

Back to a time when television was about creative writing and funny sitcoms, not reality stories that aren’t at all real! A time when everyone knew the theme song and sat down to listen to it.

Here are five that I love and think are creative and  good enough to listen too without watching the show!

Gimme A Break

Barney Miller

Hill Street Blues

Fat Albert

Cheers

Hope you enjoyed this little journey with me.

Until next time…

Keep Jammin!

Hey Folks:

Welcome to the first edition of Old Skool Thursday’s! On this lovely day I’ll prep you with weekend smiles by featuring three Old Skool songs that have provided me with many days of happiness and found memories.

The first three to set off this series are really old skool as they are from my childhood. Enjoy and sing along!

Owl Jolson

Uncle Paco

Tom Cat

Until next time…
Keep Jammin!