I know Bob wishes he could grow a giant Afro .......

... so to give him some inspiration .......

.... here's a guy from Cleveland who was in the Elements / Moving Violation ...

..... bet he looks nothing like this these days ...........

do you have a photo of the whole group where that pic came from? Actually I think I've seen one and it was pre-afro, they were wearing nice suits.

you got my hair all wrong, i try to keep a tight buzz on the head and beard. Except I don't care enough to get haircuts enough and it turns into a mess.

........... Your wish is my command .........

the group's image changed quite a bit when they left the Elements behind to become Moving Violation

Edited July 12, 201212 yr by Roburt

Holy sh!t, that's an insane photo.

I think the photo I saw was not of the elements but of the out of sights. I don't think I've seen an elements photo before.

these dudes were going for the same thing but were in the minor leagues compared to that

p.s. which one of the smoked sugar guys is jimmy conwell?

p.s. which one of the smoked sugar guys is jimmy conwell?

I'm no expert but he's probably the bald one on the left

according to some youtube comments, the guy in the chair is (now deceased...) rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard's father. The group does have someone with the same last name, I think it's probably true.

p.s. which one of the smoked sugar guys is jimmy conwell?

I met Jimmy Conwell's aunt once on a Casino Boat trip in Florida in the mid 90's. She almost fell off her chair when I said I knew all his records and started reeling 'em off............

Ian D

As Cleveland's Moving Violation seemed to go down well .....

... I'll post up piccys of a few more Cleveland based acts ...

Dante C says that he has a Saru photo of the elements and that they have fros in that also. I have an exits photos where they all have pretty big afros (and it includes jimmy conwell, coincidentally connecting it to this thread...)

Also, I was wondering what the elements guy's hair looks like when he wakes up before he picks it out, and how much time it takes to maintain that hair each day. Also, does he even need a pillow?

Not really the right thread to post this under ...

... but as I started this thread .. who,s gonna complain ...

In France at present; well Lille to be exact.

Went out this morning with the camera & walking down one street, came across 3 shops next to each other ...

1st one was called Joe Tex ... next one Jet Set (after the DC record label or French reggae label?) and the last one FUNKSHOP .... most soulful street of shops I,ve come across.

Edited July 15, 201212 yr by Roburt

Not really the right thread to post this under ...

... but as I started this thread .. who,s gonna complain ...

In France at present; well Lille to be exact.

Went out this morning with the camera & walking down one street, came across 3 shops next to each other ...

1st one was called Joe Tex ... next one Jet Set (after the DC record label or French reggae label?) and the last one FUNKSHOP .... most soulful street of shops I,ve come across.

bet that looks cool, can you post it up?...and are any of them record shops just out of interest?

As Cleveland's Moving Violation seemed to go down well .....

... I'll post up piccys of a few more Cleveland based acts ...

Can anyone identify some of the acts?

did an interview once, with jimmy conwell at the ritz ( richard's 50th with the originals ) screamed and shouted so much during the gig, i lost my voice....when i recorded it, he had to read the questions and answer them himself!

bet that looks cool, can you post it up?...and are any of them record shops just out of interest?

One of them sold comics & records. I think Joe Tex sold jeans, I can,t recall what the Funkshop sold.I took pictures of all 3 shops & close ups of their signs, but it will have to wait until I get home before I can download em from my camera & post em here. BTW, came across an open market & one of the stalls sold records. Only got to look thru the 45,s (the wife was on my case) but I came away with 3 French 45,s (all 70,s soul).God, these French computer keybords are difficult, they have loads of wrong keys (they don,t follow QWERTY rules anyway).

Some of the acts in that Cleve soul montage are .....

Lou Ragland, O,Jays, Intertains, Billy Wells, Kim Tolliver, George Hendrix (of Challengers & more), Taurus & Leo, Edwin Starr & Seven Miles High (Lou R,s old Hot Chocolate).

I have a 7 miles high publicity photo, will dig it up and post

Here's a piccy of the 'soulful' Lille shop names ...............

... & all these were next to each other in one small back street ....