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in 1970 Keith Winslow was road manager and personal assistant to Little Richard. He assembled Richard and his band to record some unique songs. The album is finally out on limited vinyl.
LITTLE RICHARD HONORARIUM 2024
Like a quasar burning past the gaslight, director Lisa Cortés’ eye-opening documentary explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music. Little Richard: I Am Everything shines a clarifying light on the Black, queer origins of rock ’n’ roll, and establishes the genre’s big bang: Richard Wayne Penniman.
Testimonials from legendary musicians and cultural figures, Black and queer scholars, Penniman’s family and friends, and interviews with the artist himself all exuberantly reclaim a history that was willfully appropriated by white artists and institutions. Cortés updates the canon with a treasure trove of rarely seen archival footage of Penniman. Among the gems are scenes with his Black and queer predecessors and contemporaries, like Sister Rosetta Tharpe: the mother of rock ’n’ roll who gave 14-year-old Penniman his first break.
Cortés depicts Penniman’s complex journey as a conflicted revolutionary who careened between religion, sex, and rock ’n’ roll, navigating the extreme tensions of race and sexuality of his time. She reminds us that outsiders and outcasts can possess superpowers that, given the chance, can create new worlds for us all to dance in.
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Little Richard, known as "The Architect of Rock and Roll", had already had a very successful career and had amazing artists, like Jimi Hendrix, tour as part of his band through out the years. We all know about the iconic songs like "Good Golly Ms Molly", "Tutti Frutti", and many more. This new album is a departure from that, and more of Jazz/ Funk sound.
Producer Keith Winslow brought this project to life with a focus on the amazing band Little Richard was working with in 1970. Such greats as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, San Francisco Sound, Tower Of Power (horn section), Eddie Cornelius, Duane Winslow, Larry Williams, Ernie Watts, Tony Matthews, Jessie Boyce, Freeman Brown, Bobby "Youngblood" Forte, Melvin Wonder, and many more musicians friends were brought in to record this incredible album..
Songs include "Try To Help Your Brother", "Latin X", "Treat Her Like a Lady", "Dew Drop Inn", "People Don't Care No More", "California I'm Coming", "Good Good Girl", "Iron Horse", and "Funk Proof".
Songs include "Try To Help Your Brother", "Latin X", "Treat Her Like a Lady", "Dew Drop Inn", "People Don't Care No More", "California I'm Coming", "Good Good Girl", "Iron Horse", and "Funk Proof".
In 2015, Producer Keith Winslow brought this project to Sound Czech Studios for mastering and release. Mastering was completed by Engineer: Rick White [Shockwave Productions]. The artwork was handled by Tracey Schnaare and Yoshi Gish..
Executive Administrator of the project was Sound Czech Studios owner, Tim Goodrich. On December 15, 2015 the album known as "The Little Richard Band" was completed and sent out for online distribution. The deadline coincided with Little Richard's 83rd birthday.
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