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bk15dcx t1_j26yn7e wrote

Jimmy Carter!

Dude does everything

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Sufferment t1_j2735x6 wrote

>The founding members were Clarence Fountain (1929–2018), George Scott (1929–2005), Velma Bozman Traylor (1923–1947), Johnny Fields (1927–2009), Olice Thomas (b. 1926, d. unknown), and the only sighted member, J. T. Hutton (c. 1924–2012.)

Seems like OP is off by 5 years.

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MCMax05 OP t1_j29715z wrote

He was with them from the start and played live with them sometimes but didn’t become an official member until the early 1980s. The last original member that recorded from the start died in 2018.

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Splunge- t1_j274qog wrote

And when they perform they insist on being paid in cash. Up front.

Source: worked a show where we had to get a bag of $50k and give it to their manager to count before they would go on.

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Barziboy t1_j285t80 wrote

I mean they are blind, so it probably helps with trusting that you're getting paid for it if you can feel the cash.

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Splunge- t1_j28gc35 wrote

They grew up rural, and poor, and didn’t trust banks. So, no direct deposit.

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jonnyclueless t1_j29nwj9 wrote

A long time ago when I worked a lot of concerts it was typical to see facility and artist management together. in room counting cash. I think this was because at the time most ticket sakes were cash. Though in my experience this always happened during the show, not before. I remember Bill Cosby getting $80k per show and doing two a day.

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FreddieDoes40k t1_j275d4k wrote

They did the best version of the Wire theme song too.

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TharkunOakenshield t1_j29p7wh wrote

I prefer the original from Tom Waits, but their version was great too! Easily second best for me.

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TheClayroo t1_j26zir0 wrote

They're all NFL refs.

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IMTrick t1_j295wt2 wrote

Saw these guys in Gospel at Colonus in 1985 and it was pretty amazing.

Did some googling because I wasn't sure of the date, and was surprised to see Morgan Freeman played the narrator. It's strange to think there was a time I would have seen Morgan Freeman and not remembered it for the rest of my life.

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herbw t1_j2eiehe wrote

and for that original Miembre" he uses Viagra.....

Lord forgive them, they know not what they write...

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