Ady Croasdell

I've decided to cancel all future events at Jack's due to an unexpected increase in the rent and a decrease in the hours at the last one. I should have notified everyone well before now but Kent's 25th celebrations just took over eveything. My apologies for the very late notice. Now we are back at the 100 Club it seems people much prefer going to those dances rather than the ones at Jack's. I'd like to thank Johnny Gamlin for coming to our rescue earlier in the year with the venue, when we really needed it. The first night was brilliant about 400 people enjoying a great atmosphere in the impressive club. However there were only just over 100 at the second and perhaps 150 at the third so it's obvious that 6TS members hadn't enjoyed it as much as I thought they had, or perhaps they were just happy to be back in the 100 Club. Either way Jack's was a short but memorable experience. The next 6TS will be at the 100 Club on December 1st, 9pm-6am. The Xmas party is on Dec 20th 9pm-2am. Membership is optional for all 6TS events now. Thanks Ady

Kent 25 Years Celebration - A Lookback by Ady C Thanks for all the great comments and sentiments from Soul Sourcers and I agree it was a truly great night. It's been just about the toughest period of my life work-wise and if I looked a bit distant on Friday night, it was because I was still working up to 1.45, dealing with an event like that was new territory for me. I think we had about 1500 people through the doors including guests and though it was a big success all round it was totally Kent's backing that made it possible. All the directors and staff supported me and the project completely, through some bleak moments as well as good. My immediate boss Roger Armstrong was responsible for the initial idea, gave me lots of good advice and stuck his neck out and put his company's finances on the line. One of the most gratifying moments for me was seeing him grinning from ear to ear over the whole thing. In fact there was a lot of that going on, from my 16 year old son and his mate who ended up on stage with Maxine (not nepotism, everyone else nearby bottled it!) to 60 year old stalwarts of the soul scene who remembered the original 60s revues and compared this one more than favourably. Neil Scapelhorn Ace's press person put in a lot of hard productive work and Yvette Deroy who ran the Kent stall contributed immensely too. photo from soul source members gallery - supercorsa see below for link The acts really excelled and pulled together, they didn't even ask where they were on the bill until rehearsals and were all happy with being vital parts of the show. Winfield Parker was a slight gamble in that I'd never met him or heard him sing but Tommy assured me he was good and how right he was. Professional, energetic, cool and talented about sums him up and the clothes he wore to rehearsal were as stylish as the suit he was sporting on stage. Mary has always been dear to mine and Kent fans' hearts since she sang track 1 on Kent 001 and every time I hear that opening drum roll and beautifully sung "You" I get goose bumps. She was the star act at the first Cleethorpes Weekender and sang at Ace's 25th and the Jazz cafe celebrations for us too. Every time she's on stage her church singing and love of her music gives us a memorable performance and her rendition of Randy's favourite I'm In Your Hands was just perfect. The Flirtations not only provided glamour with a capital Wow, but also showed they can sing their socks off, as well as shimmy their butts off. Their UK Deram tracks in particular sounded at least as good as most songs cut in the States at that time and were full of soul. They brought along Jimmy James, Carl Douglas and a whole UK soul entourage too. Linda Lewis turned up as well and got to talk with Mary about them both cutting Bitter Into Sweet as their first records. Tommy Hunt looked resplendent and sang beautifully, particularly on his great ballads which is always the sign of a class singer. Lover was a treat for me, having originally unearthed it and his charm and enjoyment of the occasion won the crowd over effortlessly. Maxine has been the patron saint of the 6TS Rhythm & Soul club since 1979 and her presence is always an honour and a treat for us. This time though she really surpassed herself and I believe it was her greatest performance, if not ever, then certainly since she came back into our lives in the 90s. Utterly prepared and professional, she combined that with her natural singing talent and a great stage presence. Every move was for a purpose and I really felt we were in the presence of a great star. The acts all got on like they were the best of friends and enjoyed every minute of their stay. They were knocked out by the audiences support, knowledge and love for them. I eventually got to DJ for the last 15 minutes after original 6TS DJs Tony Rounce and Roger Stewart had kept the dancefloor buzzing to the end, my thanks to them and MC Eddie Pillar who was called upon at very short notice and did a great job for us. Like the acts, I too was so pleased with the fantastic turn out and the sea of faces of soul friends and family that filled that huge, noble venue up. People had made a lot of sacrifices and effort to get to a do that could only go on until 2 am an expensive affair, but that made the previous months of work totally worth-while. Even though it's going to be a long time before anyone tries something on that scale again, at least we know we can now at least consider it. View a whole hatfull of photos from @Chalky Chalky and @Supercorsa Supercorsa in the Soul Source gallery https://www.soul-source.co.uk/gallery/album/1460-kent-25th-anniversary/ https://www.soul-source.co.uk/gallery/album/1467-kent-25th-anniversary/ Visit 6ts Website Visit Forum thread - Lookbacks https://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/topic/58550-kent-25th-anniversary-do/ loads of views of the event from the floor and beyond and more pics

We'll be selling tickets up to 2pm on Friday afternoon, after that there'll be plenty on the door at the venue. if you've reserved to buy them and have not paid yet just queue to the right with the paying on the night punters. Due to the post strike Ace Records and myself will be putting any tickets bought and not received yet on the door at the Forum. They will be on a separate table by the guest list at the left hand entrance to the foyer. So if you've paid or are on the guest list queue to the left. Reserved or paying on the night queue to the right. The first of the live acts will be on stage at 8.15pm the live music should run to approx 11.15 and then it's a 6TS soul record rave up until 2am. There will be tickets on sale on the night we are holding back a few hundred for that purpose (the venue holds 2,000+). Be early to make sure you get a ticket if you are planning attending this way. Ace Records still has tickets, £22 each; state either Upstairs (with unreserved seating) or Downstairs (standing and dancing). Credit card only bookings now (due to the strike) to Bus Stop 020 8453 1311 office hours. There are no additional booking fees. See you at the Forum, Ady Kent records celebrates its 25th anniversary on Friday October 19th 7.30pm – 2 am at The Forum, Kentish Town, London. A spectacular 60s Soul Revue has been arranged with US soul singers Maxine Brown, Tommy Hunt, Mary Love, The Flirtations and Winfield Parker performing in front of a full backing band and celebrity MCs announcing them on stage. The live show will be followed by a three hour 6TS and Northern Soul disco with original 100 Club DJs Ian Clark, Tony Rounce and Ady Croasdell. It's been 20 years since an authentic 60s Soul Revue hit London and brings back memories of the Stax/Volt and the Motown Revues of the 60s. It will be a major event for all the music fans who remember those heady days and for all the younger ones who will want that atmosphere recreated. Kentish Town is an apt area to stage this celebration as the Kent label was formed in the legendary Rock On record shop (said to be Nick Hornsby’s inspiration for High Fidelity) and the offices were in Kentish Town Road for its early years. Maxine Brown Maxine has been singing soul since its very inception. The late music journalist and soul guru Dave Godin considered her self-penned hit ‘All In My Mind’ to be one of the very first soul records and a pinnacle of Deep Soul artistry. Maxine’s most prolific and best loved work was recorded for New York’s Wand label and included the original and best version of Goffin and King’s soul anthem ‘Oh No Not My Baby’, a big hit for Manfred Mann. While at Wand, Maxine cut a string of sublime 60s soul dance tracks that have been adopted by the UK’s Northern Soul crowd. These include ‘One In A Million’, ‘Let Me Give You My Loving’, ‘One Step At A Time’ and ‘It’s Torture’. She continued to record through the 60s and 70s for Sony’s Epic label and Commonwealth United records, but it was not until an appearance at the legendary Cleethorpes Northern Soul weekender in the 90s that she revived her career singing her hits and new material to sell-out crowds around Europe and the USA. Tommy Hunt Though Tommy has had a hit-studded singing career in the US, he is most famous in this country for his live appearances at Wigan Casino at the height of its popularity in the mid-70s. His live LP recorded there is a classic of the era and he has been a resident of the UK since those heady days. His best known hit here is ‘Loving On The Losing Side’, a Northern Soul recording in 1976 which became a disco smash all around the country. Prior to that he had a massive US R&B hit with his ballad ‘Human’ and he recorded the first version of Bacharach and David’s seminal ‘I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself’, a big hit here for Dusty. Tommy is a legend for his fabulous live shows at New York’s Apollo theatre and he is going to treat his UK followers to just such an event at the Forum on the 19th. Mary Love Mary was the first voice to be heard on the Kent label when her Northern Soul classic ‘You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet’ opened the first side of the “For Dancers Only” LP in 1982. She had a string of classic 60s soul recordings for LA’s Modern label and her ‘Lay This Burden Down’, apart from being a perennial Northern dancefloor filler, has been re-mixed by several inspired soulful house DJs. She continued to record into the 80s and beyond but mainly gospel tracks since the late 70s. One of these, ‘Come Out Of The Sandbox’, was adopted by the Modern Soul crowd at the Southport weekenders and is a soul anthem to their educated ears. Mary has appeared at the Cleethorpes Northern Soul weekender and the Jazz Café before and brings the house down with her magnificent vocals every time. The Flirtations Like Tommy Hunt, the girls came to the UK in the early 70s due to public demand and loved the country so much they stayed for good. Originally known as the Gypsies, they had a big R&B hit with ‘Jerk It’ for the Old Town label and a massive underground Northern Soul hit with ‘It’s A Woman’s World’ for the same label. On moving to the UK they cut a great version of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Little Darling’ for Polydor before recording a string of classic soul singles for the Deram label. Best known among those are ‘Someone Out There’, ‘Need Your Loving’, and ‘Nothing But A Heartache’, which has a massive London club following and was made more famous by featuring in one of the recent KFC adverts. They regularly perform to their legions of fans throughout Europe and have just emerged from the recording studios with a brand new Ian Levine-produced Northern Soul dance track. They are thrilled to be appearing on this prestigious 60s soul revue and will be singing up a storm for their home town crowd who may not even realise they are their fellow citizens. Winfield Parker This will be the first visit to the UK for Baltimore, Maryland Deep Soul singer Winfield Parker. He has been singing for local labels in his home city since the early 60s but gained a much bigger following when he started to record out of nearby Philadelphia in the late 60s and 70s. His ballad ‘I’m Wondering’ for Wand Records is considered a Deep Soul classic and his 1971 cover of Edwin Starr’s ‘Stop Her On Sight’ was a 1971 national R&B hit for him. Further records, including the excellent ‘I’m On My Way’ for New York based Spring Records, were critically acclaimed and ‘I Wanna Be With You’ for his own P&L label in 1978 is regarded as a modern soul anthem, so his first appearance in the UK will be a big deal for a lot of soul fans. Ady Croasdell 2007

Due to the uncertainty caused by the post strike Ace Records and myself will be putting any tickets bought and not received yet on the door at the Forum. They will either be on the door of the Box Office where people are paying on the night, or we'll have a separate table in the foyer which we'll tell you about on the night. Either way queue to the right of the building unless told differently. There will be tickets on sale on the night we are holding back a few hundred for that purpose (the venue holds 2,000+). Be early to make sure you get a ticket if you are planning attending this way. Ace Records still has tickets, £22 each; state either Upstairs (with unreserved seating) or Downstairs (standing and dancing). Credit card only bookings now (due to the strike) to Bus Stop 020 8453 1311 office hours. There are no additional booking fees. OR PayPal to ady.croasdell@btinternet.com £23 each ticket by this method to cover PayPal's charges. Again state upstairs or downstairs. IN ADDITION the following outlets have tickets for sale at cost price at the stated hours. The Jazz Cafe, Parkway Camden Town 12 - 6pm Mon to Sat, closed between 2-3 for lunch Hammersmith Apollo - Box Office is open 4 - 7pm on Show Days Only (Please call in advance) The Forum - Box Office is open 12 - 6pm on Saturdays only In addition an independent ticket agency near Oxford Circus has tickets, they will charge a fee but not as much as seetickets, to be sure ring them first for details. - Stargreen Ticket Agency Open 10.15am-6pm Mon - Sat 20-21 Argyll St, Oxford Circus, W1F 7TT 0207 734 8932. Take the Tube to Oxford Circus (Bakerloo or Central Line, Zone 1). Leave the station by Exit 8, which brings you directly out on the east side of Argyll Street. Stargreen Box Office is on the other side of the street, between Warehouse and Laura Ashley See you at the Forum, Ady

Latest 6ts News inc 18 Aug Event and Anniversary Ticket News Irish Pip belatedly added to Jack's 6TS nighter due to malfunctioning of promoter. The DJing sensation of the last Cleethorpes weekender (no pressure there then Pip!) has just reminded me I booked him for next Saturday (18th Aug) nighter at Jack's and like the weevil I am, forgot to put him on the flyer. He's trecking across the sea so this article should put that right and emphasise what a stunning line up of DJs it will be. Butch, Keith Money, Ady Croasdell, Adam Torel, Warren Boogaloo and Pip. Also don't forget that ickets for the 28th all nighter (Sept 22nd at the 100 Club) go on sale on the night.

Johnny G, Jack's manager, just rang me to say there were rumours at Stoke this weekend that the next Jack's nighter had been cancelled. Not at all, it's never been in doubt. Butch, Mick Smith, Keith Money, Warren Boogaloo, Adam Torel and I will be playing some superlative soul sounds from 10pm-7am. The rumour probably started because the R&B nighter Hard As Nails that I have nothing to do with has cancelled all their future nights at the venue. See y'all on the 18th when 6TS 28th anniversary tickets for the 100 Club nighter on Sept 22nd go on sale. Ady

Due to computers being really mean and nasty to me and the odd crisis or three, I’ve not been able to do a proper mail-out or even get the new memberships sorted properly. Rest assured you’ll all get in tonight, the memberships are optional now anyway with the new licensing laws and you don’t really need them. The new membership cards will be on the door to be picked up. We’ve got a great DJ line up tonight featuring Butch, Mick Smith, John Weston, Mick H, Paul McKay and myself. As a rough guide, we’ll be playing club soul and well known stuff up to 1 am and the rarer dog’s bollocks after that through till 6 am. Don’t forget you can legally drink now right through to 5 am; so pace yourselves! Ady

So after 25 years plus of 6TS dances down the famous Oxford Street stairs of the 100 Club, we are upping our decks and travelling south of the river to Jack's at London Bridge. The inaugural Jack's nighter is on Saturday March 10th from 10pm-7am at 7-9, Crucifix Lane, London SE1. Membership is not strictly required though we will be carrying on with the scheme to keep it family and to give us an excuse to turn undesirables away. If you or a friend don't have a card you'll get in anyway unless you're too drunk or can't name a Northern Soul nightclub once in Wigan. For the first night we have the massed ranks of the Tower DJ Kru - Andy Brazil, MC Donna and Bad Boy Kenny to warm you suckers up. Then on the stroke of midnight Mick Smith will usher in a new era of 6TS sounds at Jack's, closely followed by Butch, myself, guest DJ Dave Abbott and last minute super-sub James Trouble (Keith Money has been detained in auld Aberdeen). We'll keep you entertained until 7am when you can head for the trains, tubes, Triumph Heralds or taxis or simply dive into the welcoming waters of the nearby Thames. I popped down to Jack's a couple of Saturdays ago to check out the place in the daytime and it really is a great venue. We're going to use the big spare room for over-spill, record dealers, chilling out and nervous breakdowns. Eventually we might make it an alternate room, but that will depend on numbers and whether we want to split the crowd or not. London Bridge station is on mainlines from all over the South East and if you're down from the North just hop on the Northern Line at Euston or Kings Cross (City Branch NOT Charing Cross Branch). The Jubilee line is the quickest from the West End (Bond St or Green Park tubes). Folks from the West could get a barge from Henley and Eastenders will probably just hijack a minicab. When you come out of the station head for the London Bridge or Tooley St exit, not the Borough High St exit. Turn right into Tooley St and walk past The London Dungeon, then go past the Britain At War exhibition centre, keep on past the Shipwrights pub on the right (or perhaps meet your chums there), you'll see the modern glass-built Unicorn theatre on the left and turn right into Shand St opposite the theatre. Go under the arches and Jack's entrance is just the other side, it sounds long but is only an eight minute walk. The local borough is a lot more laid back than Westminster and the owner Johnny says you can easily park around the place at the weekend, most people do it on single or double lines and he's never seen anyone get nicked. We'll have a cloakroom, two all night bars and the smiling faces of our 6TS staff to make you feel at home. Specific queries E-mail me on ady.croasdell@btinternet.com and we'll put info and news up on www.6ts.info from time to time. The month after, on April 14th, we're back at the 100 Club for the new 9pm-6am sessions and then we alternate the dates throughout the year so it's 10th Mar, 19th May, 18th Aug, 27th Oct (the 1st Sat in Nov was booked) at Jack's and 14th April, 7th July, 22nd Sept and Dec 1st at the 100 Club. So with the new sociable hours, there's no excuse for anyone to miss out on the rebirth of the 6TS rare&Northern soul experience. Be there at the start of something beautiful. Ady

Fellow Soul Sourcers, I just sent the following out to all my mailing list, it speaks for itself. It is with great sadness and a fair amount of shock that I must tell you that all future 6TS 100 Club all nighters are cancelled for the time being and that includes the forthcoming Saturday January 20th one. The reasons are mainly due to a change of promoter on Saturday nights at the club so that those functions go on until 3 am and there is not enough time for all nighters afterwards. However the 6TS Rhythm & Soul Society is nothing if not resilient and I know Randy Cozens and everyone involved in the club in its 27 year history wouldn't want us to give up our legacy to London's soul scene with this set back. I am therefore happy to announce that through the generosity of club owner Johnny Gammel we have acquired his excellent "Jack's" club at London Bridge for the next scheduled nighter Saturday 10th March from 10pm-7am. This is the place that Johnny Timlin celebrated his 40th birthday in last summer and everyone agreed that it was ideal for our music. Since then Andy Brazil and Tony Smith II have run their successful R&B "Hard As Nails" all nighters there and they will continue to be on the first Fridays of each month. We will be aiming to fill in the rest of the year as close to the 100 Club 2007 dates as possible, though avoiding Andy and Tony's weekends. The club is a short walk from London Bridge tube and mainline station which is on the Thameslink line and easily accessible from the north and south of London. In addition there should be more 6TS events at the 100 Club as some Saturday nights from 9pm-3am will probably be available to us later in the year; so we'll still be dancing to Northern Soul on that hallowed minefield of a floor. There is even an outside chance we may get a nighter licence back but we're not holding our breath. The new Jack's nighter will feature warm up DJs up to midnight when we then kick off a new era of 6TS rare soul music with Butch, Mick Smith, myself and other top DJs to be confirmed; Keith Money will be on his rig and not available until the April 14th nighter. Also due to the cancellation of the January 100 Club nighter the warm up event earlier in the evening at the Sols Arms will also be cancelled. Of course the original 6TS club started in Covent Garden in 1979 and moved all over the capital until finally settling on the 100 Club for all nighters some two years later. We're used to being itinerants from the early days and each time we have moved, the club went from strength to strength and I'm sure that will be the case again. I'll do another mail out in a week or so, with more details of location, car parking etc, and will also put the new club address and directions and DJs up on www.6ts.info and the great Soul Source rare soul discussion group. Ady

Detroit soul legend "Little" Carl Carlton has been added to the bill for the 6TS Northern & Modern Soul Weekender on the 9th, 10th & 11th June. Like his Cleethorpes co-star Darrow Fletcher, Carl was a teenage soul sensation in the 60s and also went on to have a long and successful career well into the eighties. His biggest hit "Bad Mama Jama" has featured in three major films recently but it's his more soulful dance numbers like "I Can Feel It", "Nothing No Sweeter Than Love", "So What", "Drop By My Place", "You Can't Stop A Man In Love" and of course the monumental "Competition Ain't Nothin'", that he will perform live for his Cleethorpes crowd. Like Darrow, his early start to his career means he is younger than some of the more weathered DJs appearing at the weekender. These include Butch, Mick Smith, Keith Money, Ginger, Pat Brady, Bob Hinsley, Soul Sam, Roger Banks, Terry Jones, Andy Davies, Ivor Jones, Cliff Steele, Arthur Fenn, Mark Randall, Dave Rimmer and the fresh faced Harboro Horace; to name but a phew. There are weekend dance passes available. Go to www.6ts.info for booking details.

Chicago soul legend Darrow Fletcher will be appearing at the world's longest running Northern Soul Weekender in Cleethorpes on June 9-11th. The sprightly 54 year old will be prforming his classic 60s &70s soul songs The Pain Gets A Little Deeper, Infatuation, What Good Am I , My Young Misery, The Rising Cost Of Love, Changing By The Minute, It's No Mistake and What Have I Got Now. Run by the 26 year old 6TS organisation, dance passes for this exceptional event are still avalable. Go to www.6ts.info for details. We now accept Pay Pal

Following on from the success of the Crossfire events and with the continued popularity of Northern Soul nighters in the Smoke, 6TS and NewUntouchables are delirious to announce a new London all nighter at The Rocket on Holloway Road on Saturday January 28th 2006 10pm-6am. It's not in the cavernous upstairs gaff but the more intimate downstairs suite of rooms. Northern Soul will be in the main room with the biggish dancefloor, bar and sofas, R&B will be in the second room the long bar to the side and the psycho stuff is around the back of the main bar. more from ady c and view new flyer via read more.... I'm running the Northern set up which will kick off with Butch, Mick H, Val Palmer, Ady Lupton, Matt Bolton and me (or should that be I?). It will be held twice a year in the opposite quarter years to the two Crossfires, the next one will be July 22nd while the Crossfires are April 29th and 7th October. DJs will be different each time and with this and the other events there'll be more opportunities for Northern Soul DJs in London. The R&B room will be 90% R&B and Popcorn much more so than at the Crossfire dos where all mod black music gets played. That is reflected in the DJ line up, which is Pete Coulson, Roger Banks, Niamh Lynch, Jodie Daley and Rob Bailey. God knows what they play in the psych room but it looks like fun! Entrance is a tenner on the door, no advance tickets or memberships needed but if you have any soul club membership card bring it along in case the bouncers aren't sure about you. If you're not sure about yourself you may need to refer to it anyway. Any queries post on here or E-mail me at ady.croasdell@btinternet.com site note - the rocket is just one of many venues featured in the new soul source venue guide a static reference which provides , dynamic maps, zoom in sateliite views, directions to and from and more on all major worldwide soul venues!

Ernie "Sweetwater" Johnson, who with Eddie Campbell performed as the 60s soul act Eddie and Ernie, died on Saturday 20th August in a hit and run incident at 16th Street and Broadway Road in his home town of Phoenix, Arizona. Teaming up with fellow Phoenix resident Edgar Campbell they became Eddie & Ernie in the early 60s and first cut 'It's A Weak Man That Cries' in 1963 for the Nightingale label, which was then picked up by Checker records. They then had a run of seminal singles on the Eastern label a subsidiary of Juggy Murray's Sue records. 'Time Waits For No One' was their only R&B hit but gave the duo the chance to play the Apollo Theatre where they knocked the audience cold. This fruitful period also produced 'I'm A Young Man', 'I'm Goin' For Myself', 'Outcast' (covered by the Animals), 'I'm Gonna Always Love You' and the Northern Soul classic 'I Can't Do It (I Just Can't Leave You)'. They then had the great double sider 'I Believe She Will' / 'We Try Harder' released on Shazam and picked up nationally by Chess. A one off recording session with Columbia included the ballad 'Falling Tears (Indian Drums)' which came out on a single, and a terrific uptempo mover 'The Groove She Put Me In' that was unreleased until Kent licensed it for the duo's only solo CD; CDKEND 214 "Lost Friends". At this point the two singers cut solo singles for Phoenix's Artco label. Ernie's 'I Can't Stand The Pain' is now valued at ¡ò1500 and Eddie's 'Contagious Love' isn't far short of that. Back as a duo and with Hadley Murrell, their original producer, who could almost have been described as their guardian, they released two singles on LA's Revue label, including the great 'Thanks For Yesterday'. Their final single, still with Hadley, showed they could still produce wonderful performances. 'Hiding In Shadows' on the Buddah label was good enough to be featured on "Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures" series of CDs for Kent. In fact they were the only act to feature on each of the prestigous four volumes. Dave's championing of the group over the years meant he had access to some excellent material they had recorded as The Phoenix Express in 1971 and six tracks, back as the duo, cut in 1972. Most of these were featured on the 'Lost Friends' CD including the excellent ballads 'A Man To Love A Woman' and 'You Make My Life A Sunny Day'. The duo wrote most of their own material and also provided songs for acts such as Jackie Wilson, Jean Stanback, Dee Clark, Jacqueline Jones and James Carr. By the time the idea of the CD came into being, Eddie was dead (we have subsequently found out that he died in 1994 not in the 70s as stated in the sleeve notes) and Ernie was living rough in Phoenix. "Discovered" by local DJ and musicologist John Dixon, he was made aware of the appreciation of his work, in the UK in particular, and was so happy to read Dave Godin's "Treasures" sleevenotes. The subsequent financial dealings from the CD eased his plight to an extent, but he remained troubled. Always dreaming of finding another Eddie and getting his inspired act together again, his hopes were ended on a dark Phoenix street. Ady Croasdell Ace Records August 2005 An article (2004) on Ernie "Sweetwater" Johnson was on AZ Buzz but seems no longer there “I’ll need to get a ride with you,” said Ernie out of the middle of nowhere. We were waiting for his turn to sing Karaoke at the AmVet Post #15 at 7th St. and Broadway in South Phoenix Wednesday night. “I live at 13th and Pima on the west side,” he followed. “I wish I would have known you were going to need a ride, Ernie,” I said. “I have to leave early, before you sing the last time, sorry.” Transcripts of recent interviews with Ernie "Sweetwater" Johnson can be found in the soul people section via the link below