I've put another video on YouTube that includes a variety of interviews, inc' ones with Gracie - Mike's wife, Johnnie Mae Matthews, Dee Edwards, Hindall Butts and others...

 

 

 

Love the Diet-Rite Cola empty bottle Ting-A-Ling rattling to the music special effect. Top Notch once again.

25 minutes ago, Tlscapital said:

Love the Diet-Rite Cola empty bottle Ting-A-Ling rattling to the music special effect. Top Notch once again.

Glad you enjoy that - it took some time to get it syncronised right using the video editing software. I guess you heard Rudy mention hitting a pop bottle - I wonder who it is doing that on the Dee Edward's' tune.

Graham

I guess you gave up on the book?

IMO your uploads pack more punch anyway and it’s wonderful to hear those voices again.

Debbie’s doing a great job too.

Five star and essential.  Well done to you both.

Regards

David

Hi, David - great to hear from you.

Yes, the book idea just evaporated over time... moving so far away from Detroit didn't help, but as you say, the videos give listeners a chance to hear directly from the people involved, and the audio samples and colour images wouldn't be possible in a book. The other plus is that many people now use YouTube, so it does reach a decent audience, some of whom may find the videos just by chance. It's actually me who compiles these slide shows - I just use Debbie's account - and it's been an interesting learning curve getting to know how the (free VSDC) software works. It takes about 40 to 60 hours to make each one, as the interviews have to be seriously edited first so that they follow some kind of chronological order. It's a shame some have poor audio quality - a few are basically non-starters for others to listen to - but I managed to use a bit of Johnnie Mae's. Unfortuntely a lot of my original one with her has her son (Chuck) continually interjecting. 

 

I am in hospital at the moment but will get around to commenting on as many as possible in due course. My mate Derek was up last week and thoroughly enjoyed the Fred Bridges one as I did.

Ah big Chuck. Remember him well!

Get well wishes to you, David. Hopefully it's not too serious. 

On 12/01/2024 at 04:26, G F said:

I've put another video on YouTube that includes a variety of interviews, inc' ones with Gracie - Mike's wife, Johnnie Mae Matthews, Dee Edwards, Hindall Butts and others...

 

 

 

Absolute Top Drawer,keep em coming.👍