Andy Rix

I had a response from Joey ... it was brief to say the least ... full text below "Hi Joey ... I trust this finds you well ... Just a quick ask ... Many yext belowrs ago we spoke about Johnny and you said you hadn't seen him in a long time and thought he might have ended up in a psychiatric hospital ... I just wonder if your paths have crossed since we spoke or if you have heard anything about him .. Additionally any idea about Horace Pinkard or Walter Lewis Smith who were co-writers ... Before you recorded Johnny .. releasing his 45 in Nov/Dec 67 he was in a group called John & The Wierdest who had a 45 released in Sept 67 .. did you know anything about that ..I've attached some pictures ..Best wishes, Andy" Joey's reply "andy,walter smith has been deceased ,i recorded john hendley first"

I've dropped Joey a line .. will have to see if he responds Andy

Walter Lewis Smith ... I know nothing about him .. I could ask Joey Jefferson but he's and bit hit & miss in responding Andy

No ... it's Horace Pinkard ... I believe he died in 2011 Andy

superb .. buy it .. support the guys and the artists Andy

I spoke to Joey Levine a few years ago about another matter but this came up in conversation ... he said the idea for the song happened when he took his favourite leather shoes, which were pretty worn out, to the cobbler for repair ... he said, and I quote, the cobbler said "I'll do my best but there ain't no sole left in these old shoes .. I'll do what I can with them" Priceless Andy

Agree ... I think the strangest one was Jackie Beavers - I Need My Baby ... covered up as Mel Britt ... what was that all about !!! Andy

Nigel Parker had clocked that 'Try Me' was Junior McCants ... he spoke to Pat about it but Pat, as one would, denied it .. Nigel had done a compare and contrast to 'The Boy Needs A Girl' which makes it barn door obvious When Marvin was first played it was pitched up .. not intentionally as the cassette tapes had everything at a faster speed .. so it wouldn't have been immediately obvious it was Marvin Andy

It would have been at least 40 years ago ... 78 or thereabouts ... I was still living at my parents .. I left in 81 ... in the same pile of 45s was a Del Larks with a damaged label that had been repaired, Joann Courcey on Twirl, Major Harris on Okeh ... so my memory of it actually is pretty sharp A

Yes I’m sure Pete had one ... I remember being surprised to see it .. but it might be a false memory!

I called Dennis Anderson yesterday to ask him but he didn't pick up .. I'll keep trying to see if he can remember what they recorded for the B side Andy

Another sad day R.I.P Mary Andy

This is so sad ... my condolences to his family and friends Andy

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20140829_Beryl_J__Wolk__85__ad_innovator.html

But they will not .. I've been saying it for 20 years and am ignored ... I report fact not theory but that still isn't good enough .. never mind Andy

Herman Lewis Griffin is his full name ... he died in 1989 so I never met him .. and had completely forgotten that he had passed.. but I had an address for him so I sent him a letter and it went to his mother who gave it to his brother Bobby who then wrote back to me I originally got 3 white demos of the 45 from him ... and when I went to visit Bobby in Cincinnati I got the acetate and a blue Stone Blue issue Andy

it was recorded in Cincinnati at Don Litwin's 'Stone Blue' recording studio ... his brother, Bobby, was there and his wife, Gi Gi, said the same ... so two very reliable sources Andy

The DJM Anderson Brothers are a different group to the GSF guys .. Dennis & Bobby Andy

Good reminder .. I'd totally forgotten about that Andy

Thanks Seano The Parlettes acetate featured above is a George Clinton composition, Jobete published, and recorded at the A-1 Sound studio Best Andy

Thanks for the clarification Keith ... well I have never heard of or seen that Maurice Jackson 45 .. it really must be a tough one indeed Andy

Thanks Keith Ok .. misunderstood .. thought the Maurice Jackson 45 had a Motown band track .. I'm very familiar with 'See Saw' as I think I supplied John with the track ... I certainly sent him lots of stuff back then .. might be wrong about that .. it was a long time ago I recall the first time I ever spoke to him after Carole Gardiner said I should ring him .. spent 3 hours on the phone playing him unreleased Motown stuff he'd never heard before .. he was very excited ! Andy