EUGENE B. REDMOND

Poet Laureate of East St. Louis+founder/editor of internationally acclaimed journal "Drum Voices Revue". Principal architect of black cultural arts movement of the 60s, teacher & acclaimed writer of countless volumes of poetry, Redmond has been called "the preacher of poetic rhythm" by Maya Angelou, "a carver of high song magic" by Quincy Troupe & "a worker & healer" by Ishmael Reed. On this spirited, funky, streetwise collection of 12 vintage cuts recorded live in the studio in Sacramento in 1973, Redmond raps with characteristic braggadocio & bravado accompanied by friends Jimmy Daniels on guitar, Ed Jefferson on percussion & Ike Paggett on sax with the raucous adulations of a roaring in the groove crowd of friends & fans. Frequent collaborator with David Nelson (Last Poets), Amiri Baraka, Raymond R. Patterson, Quincy Troupe, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison & others