YOUR HOST, GLORIA EDWARDS IS BACK FROM JAKARTA INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE AND I'M READY TO PARTY!

 IN FEBRUARY 17TH WE CELEBRATED GUY SCHWARTZ BIRTHDAY PARTY AT DAN'S ELECTRO. THE BAND DID SOUND GREAT AND HEATH SPENCER IS STILL JUST TOO BAD. NELSON MILLS SAT IN WITH THE BAND AND THEY DID BURN THE HOUSE DOWN! I DID 3 NUMBERS AND MY NEW SONG MANGUA DUA!
LOOKING FORWARD TO RECORDING THIS ONE!

NELSON IS PLAYING WITH GRADY GAINES BAND. THE BAND FEATURES YVETTE BUSBY AND SHE IS REALLY GREAT!   THE BAND COMPLETED THEIR NEW CD WITH NELSON MILLS III AT THE HELM AS CO-PRODUCER AND ARE THE TRACKS THE BOMB!  

 

SPEAKING OF CD'S WE  RELEASED "THE HOUSE IS BURNIN' DOWN" AT SUGAR HILL STUDIO WITH CALVIN OWENS, TRUDY LYNN AND LEONARD "LOWDOWN" BROWN;  WITH YOURS TRULY BELTING THE TRACK WRITTEN BY GUY SCHWARTZ "THE HOUSE IS BURNING DOWN."  MY SISTER, LAGATHA WHARTON, MY DAUGHTER FRANKIE STEVENSON AND NELSON MILLS III BACKGROUND REALLY  "BURNED THE HOUSE DOWN!" 

NEW RELEASE!

EFFECTIVE AUGUST 6TH, GLORIA WAS RELEASED ON

"I'M A GOOD WOMAN, VOL3" COMPILATION ON THE UK HARMLESS LABEL, w/Jeannie Dee, Gladys Knight, Barbara Acklin, Pointer Sisters, Marva Whitney, Patrice Rushen and many, many more women of soul and blues!  CHECK IT OUT!

 

*PICK (PER IN THE BASEMENT)

"KING SERIOUS SOUL, VOL 2, COUNTING TEARDROPS"

GLORIA EDWARDS IS SHARING A DUET WITH ALLISON

ON "NEVER LET YOUR LOVE GROW COLD". Also on

this cut is,  from Houston "Lil' Joe Washington and many others!

TO ORDER COPIES, CHECK OUT CDNOW OR AMAZON.COM

AND CDWORLD!

 

YOURS TRULY, WENT TO AUSTIN, TEXAS AND LAID DOWN FIVE ORIGINAL TRACKS FOR THE CD "TEXAS SOUL SISTERS" WITH MS. LAVELL WHITE, GLENDA HARGIS AND MS CANDY! (WOW)  NELSON STOMPED ON HIS SOLOS SO HARD IT WAS AMAZING!  YOU MUST GRAB A COPY OF THIS BADDDDDDD CD.  JAPAN RELEASED THEIR COPIES O P-VINE AUGUST 14TH AND DIALTONE RELEASE DATE IS SEPTEMBER 28TH.  THE CD RELEASE PARTY WILL BE ON THE 5TH OF OCTOBER AT CACTUS RECORDS ON ALABAMA & SHEPHERD, SEE YOU THERE!      

 

THE BLUES JAM IS STILL ON GOING AT THE BIG EASY  MONDAY THRU THURSDAY.  SINCE RETURNING TO THE STATES, CAUGHT LUTHER AND THE HEALERS! WOW! 
IT IS SO SAD THAT WE LOST BILLY BLUES THIS IS A BLUE DAY IN HOUSTON WITH THE LOST OF ONE OUR INFAMOUS BLUES AND JAZZ VENUES. SANDY HICKIE HAD TO GIVE UP HER CLUB, SILKY'S.

 

WE HAD BEEN MAKING THE BLUES SCENE AT MS. ANNES' PLAYPEN AND CAUGHT MS TRUDY LYNN AT HARLAN'S BARBECUE ON MONDAY NIGHTS.

TRUDY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ONCE AGAIN AND IT WAS TOO MUCH! A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!

 

I AM SAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE LOST MS ANNES PLAYPEN, THANKS BOBBY LEWIS FOR ALL THE FUN TIMES AT MS ANNES AND THE GREAT BLUES ARTIST THAT GRACED THE STAGE.  WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE BLUES IN HOUSTON?

WELL, ONCE A MONTH JENNIFER WEAVER AND JOE MONTEZ SPONSOR A LIVE BLUES SHOW ON THE RADIO AND THE INTERNET ON SATURDAYS FROM AROUND 4 UNTIL 7 PM.  THEY HAD A REALLY GREAT LADIES SHOW WITH ME AND TRUDY AS GUEST.  THEY DO HAVE A REALLY GREAT LINEUP INCLUDING GENE KELTON, "T"-99 NELSON AND OTHERS.

 

I WILL BE ON, AT MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, 2003 A SYMPOSIUM SPEAKING ABOUT THE "BLUES" AS A CAREER. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! THERE WILL BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SYMPHONY, AN ARTIST, JEWELRY CREATOR AND OTHERS, I WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER REPORT LATER.

 

IN 2002, THE CALVIN OWENS ORCHESTRA GRACED THE STAGE AT THE KEMAH JAZZ FESTIVA, WE HAVE COPIES OF THE "LIVE" SHOW AND IT IS ON CD AND CAN BE VIEWED ON MICROSOFT WINDOWS MEDIA.  WE WILL BE APPEARING AGAIN THIS YEAR ON 092803, 7:00 PM, SEE YA THERE!  CALVIN PLANS TO FILM  FOR A DVD THIS TIME!