I love him...

Ella Brown's "Love Don't Love Nobody" continues to be one of the most heavily viewed postings on this site. I don't exactly know why that is, but I hope it means there are a lot of Ella Brown fans about.

Here's another gorgeous tune by that fine lady. Much much rarer than "Love Don't Love Nobody", in fact, this is the only copy of the 45 I've ever seen in the "flesh". It definitely would've made my 'white whale' list last year, but I felt I could only choose one of Brown's two releases on Adams.

Many thanks to the Ebay Guru for taking care of business. Down to the last minute I was still dreaming about getting the record for $20 because the silly thing has been sitting for days at $10. The Guru was like, "don't be an idiot".

And sure enough, exactly as he predicted, the price jumped considerably in the last five seconds of the auction. If I had followed his suggestion, we would have won with less than $2 to spare. As it was, I made him throw in an extra $10, just to make sure.

Hope ya'll enjoy......

Ella Brown R.I.P.

I've just found out that Ella Brown Avery died on June 11th. I presume this was a result of the cancer she'd been battling for some time [my apology if that info is incorrect, I haven't seen an actual obit].

Now, I'm not a good enough writer to do justice to this woman, a woman who by all accounts was a very wonderful person, but I would like to say just one thing.....I think Ella Brown's solo recordings are some of the most beautiful ever made. So beautiful, they often make me cry.

While there are plenty of songs that affect me deeply, I can't think of any other artist that manages to make me tear-up so consistently. Every one of her four 45's carries at least one unforgettable song, any one of which would have been enough, all by itself, to make me a rabid fan.

My sincerest condolences to Jackie Avery and the rest of the family.

"Love Don't Love Nobody"