Remembering Edwin Starr

[Pete S]

Purposely posted to All About The Soul - if this doesn't bring a lump to the throat then nothing will.

[Bazza]

Pete-S said:

Purposely posted to All About The Soul - if this doesn't bring a lump to the throat then nothing will. If it says 'not available', give it a minute.

 

He Was " The Man" I went to see him a couple of times at Nottm Palais..big regret was he was on in Chesterfield couple of month before he passed on..and I forgot..

Bazza.

[Dave Thorley]

Pete-S said:

Stunning!!!!!!! so sadly missed

All time fav 'Don't tell me I'm crazy'

[Winsford Soul]

Pete-S said:

Top Man, We arranged for Edwin to come over to Widnes for Jimmy Buffs 40th

( muck fee 13 years ago ) and it was one of the greatest nights this scene has given me in 30 odd years on it and he sung " faith "so its a special tune anyway. thanks for posting Pete

Steve

[Guest]

pete..

starr..or should it be star..

whatever he was well named..

and he was almost a thatcher too..

8=)

bless

jc

[Guest]

pete..

starr..or should it be star..

whatever he was well named..

and he was almost a thatcher too..

8=)

bless

jc

without a doubt a true star i have faith still makes the hair stand up on my neck ,sadly missed Edited August 25, 2006 by wolvessoulboy

[Guest Bearsoul]

EDWIN , CHARLES WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL HIM WAS A GENIUS AND ABOVE ALL A GENTLEMAN, SAW HIM MANY TIMES AND STILL REGULARLY STICK 'HEADLINE NEWS' ON AT HOME AND SOMETIMES OUT.......HIS VERSION OF 'MY SWEET LORD' IS BRILLIANT......HE COULD, AND CAN, DO NO WRONG FOR ME...THANKS FOR THE CLIP PETE

[vnicepce]

I saw Edwin Starr (Charles Hatcher) three times, twice in Medway, and once, at the Jazz Cafe, in London.

At the Jazz cafe (11/02) I recall him telling the audience to 'Keep the faith', and, down at the front, we were, in the audience , all shaking hands with him.

He also appeared on Jools Holland's 'Later with..' prog., and I recall him reminiscing on Family Groups, in music, on another TV Prog, at the beginning of the '00s.

He was a Brilliant Performer, and knew so much about Motown, and the Soul Music Scene-his death was a geat loss to us all, and the World of Music, generally.

As a consolation, we do,at least, have his music, as a way of remembering him.

[macca]

sir edwin could do no wrong in my book. songs like 'happy radio' & 'contact' were never my personal cup of meat, but one could never reproach him for doing them. 'I have faith in you' is an incredible testament to his vocal power. I saw him two or three times in the 70's & he always brought the house down. a lot of people used to grumble about the presence of live acts at all-nighters, but I like to think that edwin was the one exception that brought people together. sadly missed indeed.

[Guest rigs28]

THE GREATEST.SAW HIM MANY TIMES AT LEIGH CASINO AND THEN FOLLOWED HIM TO WIGAN FOR THE ALL-NIGHTER.A TRUE GENTLEMAN.HE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN HAD THEY BROUGHT HIM TO THE CALA GRAN WEEKENDER.

[Simsy]

Bless him. He had a good understanding of the Northern scene. I met him once in Harlow, years ago. Shed a tear when he died.

[Supercorsa]

I first saw him at Tiffanys, Great Yarmouth (scooter run 1985) and was totally in enthralled by his performance. Funny how because he was always performing, and let's be honest, living in England, don't you sometimes think his performances were taken for granted. I mean look at the comments about acts when they come to perform (one off gigs) at weekenders, just get the feeling that he wasn't really appreciated as much as he should have been.

Sad how you never realise how much you have until it's gone.

[Guest]

Sad how you never realise how much you have until it's gone.

never a truer word said ian

i saw him at least 5 times and in my opinion he sounded as great the last time as he did the first even though over 15 yrs apart

ive got 2 signed pics on the wall in my computer room

top class act and gentleman

we bumped into his son at a cafe while in birmingham waiting for an aldayer to open

very sadly missed as an artist and a man

moldie

[Guest soul_hull]

i've met ES also - buddies nihgtclub dundee circa 1986

top guy - still got his autograph - Winny - peace - Edwin Starr (winny was my nickname - my last name being Wynne). he signed his name with a little star too.

a real gent - full of smiles - and a great performance - he was also much remembered by the disco scene. he also has 'hits' on the funk scene as well - so an all round top guy.

i know it's overplayed - but SOS is as swinging motown (sound) as you'll ever get. play it forever.

Scots on swingers.

Edited August 26, 2006 by soul_hull

[Bigsoulman]

Our Edwin...what can you say ...he was doing a pub chain PA a few years ago, not singing live but to backing tracks and as soon as he entered the building he walked right in amongst the (healthy) crowd and started talking to people, me included, you just cannot imagine that such a stalwart of soul would want to talk to you.. and he spoke to me like he had known me for years!, my wife and I were awestruck to say the least, a bit later on a club bouncer came over and handed us tickets for the VIP lounge so we were able to meet our hero again and once again he spoke to us and posed for photo's...at his insistance! , he then said to me did I have a favourite song and before I could open my mouth he "don't tell me...I Have Faith In You"...to which I just nodded...open mouthed, one of my all time hero's as so so sadly missed by all of us, see pic on attachment RIP our Edwin

Lenny

[Guest rasfoz]

Saw him several times through appearing at scooter events & club appearances, i remember him getting hassled by some little right wing idiot one night at morcombe scooter rally they had an alnighter on the pier, the crowd went mad could really off turned nasty for the big booted baldies but being the man he was he settled the crowd & gave an A1 performance , no matter to what audeince he performed to (as i saw him in the local nightclub once in high summer) he always spoke of & payed homage to the northern soul & scooter scenes, a real top voice & a great man

[Guest Coxy]

Have to agree with all on here, Evrytime ive seen him he gave 200% for every perfomance.

On a funny note though, he was on one time at the Flamingo in Cleethorpes (it`s now the family pub across the road from the weekender). My wife, desperate for the loo went to the first PINK door she came to and on trying it found it locked.

She then proceeded to barge it open and when it did finally fly open there was a very frightend looking Edwin ( turned out it was his dressing room and thought someone was after him ). The poor fella got himself together and escorted her to the right door like the true gent he was and even dedicated a track to her when he finally went on stage.

Trev

[Dave Thorley]

Could this be one of those rare occasions, when we all agree

[Glyn Williams]

yep, think we do Dave.

I had the pleasure to interview Edwin on the radio twice and also went out to a few gigs with him.

His wife was nice too.

If anyone would like to hear the interview there is a copy on the soultimepromotions website in the music section. One of my prized recordings that one - me and edwin dancing in the studio - how cool was that!