And in case anybody missed it, there is a very enjoyable book ("King of the
Queen City") about King Records -- some information here:
http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/67rsc9mz9780252034688.html
Thanks.
Gene
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Didn't James Brown record a bunch of hits in that studio? Some local group
> should get up efforts to create the James Brown Museum and Educational
> Center there, like what Al Bell and others did with the Stax site (the old
> movie theater had been torn down so there's a new building on the site of
> what was Stax Studios and the Satellite Record Store). In this case, if the
> King studio building is still intact, they can do along the lines of what
> was done with the old Motown studio in Detroit -- set it up to operate and
> look like when James Brown was there. I know King did a bunch of other
> stuff, but wasn't James Brown the most famous, most likely to draw the most
> attention?
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewis" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 7:04 AM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Good News About the King Building
>
>
> [forwarded by Uncle Dave Lewis]
>>
>> For Immediate Release
>> Contacts:
>> Patti Collins 513-236-2724
>> Marvin Hawkins 513-448-8980
>> Ed Vardiman 859-801-3543
>>
>>
>> *Mayor Cranley and City Council Expected to Designate King Records
>> Landmark*
>> *--> Owner is suing to demolish the actual studio structure where civil
>> rights, economic inclusion made culture that changed the world*
>>
>>
>>
>> (Cincinnati OH) After unanimous votes from the Historic Conservation
>> Board,
>> Planning Commission, and City Council Neighborhoods Committee, City
>> Council
>> and Mayor Cranley are poised to designate the remaining former King
>> Records
>> buildings and parcels as a Landmark Designation. Joined by Evanston
>> Community Council President Ms. Adkins, King recording artists like Otis
>> Williams, Denise Kinnard, Jimmy Railey, Philip Paul, and the proposed King
>> Records Experiential Learning Center, the Cincinnati USA Music Heritage
>> Foundation's and Bootsy Collins Foundation's joint application has helped
>> to significantly raise the importance of these buildings.
>>
>> "There is no other place in Cincinnati that busted down racial barriers
>> like King. At this civil rights landmark The Stanley Brothers joined with
>> Hank Ballard and changed the world," said CMHF President Marvin Hawkins.
>>
>> "It will be an exciting day for Cincinnati and the King Records fans
>> across
>> the world,' said BCF President Patti Collins.
>>
>> BCF and CMHF will continue to reach out to owner and team of lawyers to
>> try
>> and find win-win for all that does not tear down any of the buildings,
>> especially the structure where the studio still stands and where Danny
>> Adler proved recording can still be done with The Last Session On
>> Brewster. BCF and CMHF greatly appreciates an open dialog, even while
>> owner sues city, and hopes owner will sell to #SaveKingOnBrewster.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *#SayItLoud to City Council and Mayor to #SaveKingOnBrewsteras
>> #CivilRightsLadmarkwhere rock and roll, funk and hip-hop were conceived*
>> *Contact Us - Clerk of Council
>> <http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/council/contact-us/>*
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