This is quite a picture. I thought it was about time to share it with you . It was put together with the help of Joe Medwick Veasey, whose idea was to write songs dedicated to Mickey Leland. I was renting from his brother Gaston Leland at 2916 Blodgett at the time.
It was quite a time and we were all saddened by the first the disappearance and then the confirmed death of Mickey, especially since his wife was expecting twins. He was the community! Joe felt this and no matter how much people have tried to denigrate him, let me say this again, his heart was as big as a 10 pound watermelon. It was only in his dream of memoralizing Mickey that this project was put together.
On the picture you will see a good cross section of the best and busiest and best producers, musicians and vocalists at the time including Tulie Evans, Joseph Mayfield, Johhny Torres, Mark Northam, Lizzette Cobb, Eric Niztberg, Arnett Cobb, Ronnie Winn, Beverly Xeno, Mr. Gibson, Carl Adams, Terry Thomas, Beverly Davis, Arianne Jackson, Charlene Belt, Terri Smith, Peter Skolka, Norma Zenteno, Webster Williams, Horace Grigsby, Terry Rodriguez,Jimmy Walker, John Harvey, John Babe Martin, Sylvester Leblanc,Johnny Pena, Charles Spooky Dancey, dave Harris, Ben Turner, Groove Holmes, Jezelle Hebert, Carla Peters, Kinney Abair, Roberto Zenteno Jr. , Lyle Harris (Columbia, Mo.),
Alonzo Peters Jr., Felicia Nannette Peters, Donna Peters, Kimberly Peters , Sam Jackson, Robert Phelps, Rumalda Castillio, Oliver-drums, Lynn Duhe, Malika Shabazz, Davetta Peters, James Smith, Stank Leblanc, and Terri Powell to name a few of those on the picture!