User talk:Lefamu

Gary Nathan Lee(A.K.A.)Lefamu Gary Nathan Lee was born in Brooklyn,New York on September 5, 1950 to Frances and Henry Lee. Mr. Lee was a Master chef,after serving in the U.S. Army,he worked at the Waldorf Astoria,and many other fine establishments. His mother,Frances worked as a seamstress for the Ideal toy company. After some conmsideration,they moved to Oroville California after a transfer for Mr. Lee's job,working for the Veterans Administration came through. Gary always had a love for music,and the arts. He used to give puppet shows to entertain his friends and relatives. After the family re-located to Menlo Park,Ca. and then East Palo Alto,Ca. He attended Jerusalem Baptist church,where he met Ted Grant and Joseph Wilson. They formed an a capella vocal group called the Tandells. Shortly after,in High School,while still active with the Tandells,he joined a group called "Robert Singleton and the Babylonians" in which he played rhytmn guitar. His life drastically changed when the band had a talent show at Sequoia High School,that they where a sure chance to win,except thier lead guitar player,Eugene Hudson,did not show up! Gary had to sing Eugenes parts,as well as attempt to play his parts,which was quite a struggle,not being the accomplished musician that Eugene was! They took second place,and Gary gave the guitar up! After that,Gary went back to singing a capella with the Tandells. They did many shows, including opening up forGraham Central Station at Deanza College. Music was changing,rap had not caught on yet,and club owners wanted bands that could sing more than they wanted just singing groups. So Gary started play keyboards,hooked mup with Merle (Jakouba) Brown on bass,Teddy and Joe as front men,along with Roy Earls,a childhood friend from Jerusalem Baptist,and formed the group Mystical minds. After Mystical Minds disbanded in the late 60's they all met Anthony Simon (T.S.),Larry Geddins (Drums),and Mike Rosenbaum (Bass)and became Earth Sound. They moved to L.A.,and met Bumps Blackwell who hooked them up with "Kathy J" who became another lead vocalist. They cut an album,but due the contracal disputes,it was never released!

Earth Sound Personnel

Gary Lee: Keyboards and Vocals (Baritone) Larry Geddins: Drums and Vocals Anthony Simon: Lead Guitar and Vocals Mike Rosenbaum: Bass Joe Wilson: Vocals (First Tenor) Teddy Grant:Vocals (First and Second Tenor) Roy Earls: (First and Second Tenor)

Robert Winters and Fall
I can tell you that Robert Winters & Fall had two LPs that I am aware of. Robert Winters was born in Detroit. He suffered from Polio from the age of 5 & was confined to a wheelchair. In fact, on the back of the Magic Man LP, he speaks of some of the obstacles that he faced. My favorite song of his is When Will My Love Be Right. That was one beautiful song, God knows I love that song. "Fall" was Walter "W.T." Turner who was also a vocalist.

Robert Winters was later based in L.A. & was a session keyboardist who played with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Sly, Johnny Rivers & Graham Central Station The Magic Man Lp from 1981, contained the ballads: Into My World, Magic Man, How Can Love Be Wrong & When Will My Love Be Right

His L.O.V.E. Lp from 1982 contained the ballads: Do It Anyway You Want, I Love You Mom, Lady & a dance cut: Dancin' Lady.

Although he only released 2 LPs, I'll always remember him for making songs about love & good vibes!

He was a very talented singer,that never receive the slight bit of recognition for anything that he did. "I'm Your Magic Man" was a minor hit []

He was a great unsung talent!

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I didn’t understand how to use the site lefamu (talk) 14:14, 6 July 2019 (UTC)