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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Real Talk Tuesdays:  Marriage

Some folks marry because they get knocked up.  Others marry their high school sweethearts not knowing just how much growing they have ahead of them.  Still others marry for money or to meet the expectations of their families.  I married my best friend.  Can't tell you how good that feels.

 

Feel Good Fridays: The Ronettes

Brb......gettin' hitched.

 

Throwback Thursdays:  TLC

Last night I covered for my buddy Mingram (who is traveling around Spain) at his weekly gig - 90s night.  It was a meager, inconsistant crowd but Linds and I put away our weight in gin and vodka and sang along to every last tune on the playlist.  By the end of the night the crowd had cleared leaving only us and the bartender.  I dropped this cut, Linds did the Left Eye rap.

Way Gone Wednesdays: Mark Gormley

Apparently the formula for a smash hit includes a camcorder, a copy of Adobe Premiere and a friend with butterface.  

Real Talk Tuesdays:  Prince

This is a video of James Brown in concert calling Michael Jackson up on stage who in turn calls Prince up on stage.  Prince (clearly altered and full of his tiny self) not only RIDES A SECURITY GUARD UP TO THE STAGE but also exits in ultra smooth fashion.  Real Talk?  I know exactly how this feels.  Ask BTW.