Patti Drew Interview

[boba]

Hi. Today on my radio show I did a rare interview with Patti Drew. Patti is from Evanston, IL (just north of Chicago) and was the original lead singer of the Drewvels, who, under the management of Peter Wright, cut 4 singles for Capitol records (including their hit "Tell Him") as well as a single for Wright's Quill label. After the group broke up, Patti continued as a solo artist, cutting a couple of records for Wright's Quill label before recording four albums for Capitol records (which included her hit remake of "Tell Him" as well as her hit "Working on a Groovy Thing"). Drew recorded one more record in the mid-70s -- a tribute to OJ Simpson -- on the Innovation II label (a Warner Brothers subsidiary) before finally leaving the music business. You can listen to my interview at the bottom of my interviews page:

https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html

thanks,

Bob

[Djmelismo]

Hi Bob!

Recently revisited Patti Drew- In Love Again (1969), one of my personal faves.

Have downloaded many of your interviews and listen to a couple of them every week!

My Patti Drew file was very short, but I suspect my lappy got disconnected from the Internet

while downloading, yesterday listened to Channel 3 and Teacher´s Edition, interesting to

hear how those groups got their names.

So appararently "your" Sounds Of Blackness has no connection with the well-known Minneapolis group Sounds Of Blackness

who become huge in the 90´s on the Perspective label, but made their first local recordings already in the early 70´s.

Your shows and interviews are very educational!

Best regards

Melismo

[boba]

Hi Bob!

Recently revisited Patti Drew- In Love Again (1969), one of my personal faves.

Have downloaded many of your interviews and listen to a couple of them every week!

My Patti Drew file was very short, but I suspect my lappy got disconnected from the Internet

while downloading, yesterday listened to Channel 3 and Teacher´s Edition, interesting to

hear how those groups got their names.

So appararently "your" Sounds Of Blackness has no connection with the well-known Minneapolis group Sounds Of Blackness

who become huge in the 90´s on the Perspective label, but made their first local recordings already in the early 70´s.

Your shows and interviews are very educational!

Best regards

Melismo

thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.