Before I go into this tribute any further, let me say this. Two days ago, the people of Haiti suffered tremendous losses when a 7.0 earthquake went through their island. It was further hurt when aftershocks of 5.0 hit them after the fact. Now there is talk about tsunamis; I am a person of Caribbean roots. I know for a fact that plenty of my relatives have been through Haiti at one point or another. But this is the time to be your brother's keeper, and help the people of Haiti. Wyclef Jean has started Yele Haiti which has money to help the people of Haiti directly. Now he has set up where you can dial "501501" on your cell and $5 goes on your next bill. or you can donate directly. I cannot emphasize that we need to start being our brother's keeper and dang anything Rush Limbaugh or Pat Robertson says. Help the people of Haiti!! what they went through is plain terrible. If you are a praying person, PRAY!!! if you are the type to give, don't sit here hesitating; Help the people of Haiti. I do know about the Yele Haiti cell you can do or you can go to the site and donate which I will do today and urge others as well. I will also pray for these people and if there is any other way we can send something, do it!! this isn't the time for hesitating. DO IT NOW!!! I will put up links on that at the end of the blog.
Moving along, It really hurt about the people of Haiti, but things came right back home when after I put out an appeal about Haiti on my facebook page, I see little trickles about Teddy Pendergrass. To be honest, I was about to shut down the computer because the girls went to sleep early, and I was inclined to do the same, then Sam Redd was doing a blog talk radio and he mentioned Teddy Pendergrass first on Facebook. Well, I thought he was inspired but I heard little rumblings here and there. So I went to Wikipedia and there was a brief mention. Come to find out the man had JUST died when the news came out online(reminding me of Michael Jackson again)so as a part of a music appreciation group I'm a part of, whenever someone of musical accomplishment passes, I pass the word on to them, and I went to them immediately, there was NO word there so I put out the first announcement on him there and went back looking for some proof. sadly, official news was scant about him but thank God, I was able to get to a Philadelphia news site that did have it and I passed it on. I would hate to know that I said a person died and have nothing to back it up with. Sadly in this case, I found it. My momma would say, if you want something, you'll find it. she didn't lie.
Teddy Pendergrass was one of the best soulful crooners on the planet in the late 70s and early 80s. Shoot,if his accident didn't sideline his career,there's no telling where he would have gone. If you was a sister, you went to a Teddy Pendergrass concert. women would throw their drawers at a brother. Got so, he had For Women Only concerts and took his show to the women prisons. And it's safe to say that between the time that Teddy was actively singing, you had a serious population spurt. A lot of folks born during and after that time can give Teddy some credit for being here because he surely made things happen. Sadly, in 1982, he got into a serious automobile accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. But it didn't stop Teddy not one bit. He kept on singing and performing. But I surely didn't know that he had cancer and was fighting it until now. My boyfriend said he was the High Priest of Begging. I felt that he was the Goddaddy for all them babies coming here back in the day and he gave a lot of men serious game to get the ladies. Honey, put on a Teddy Pendergrass record on in private quarters, and like they say, it was a serious wrap. Especially if they played "Close the Door", "Turn off the Lights", and "Come On Over to My Place". But before then, he was the lead singer for Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes and was front and center for such songs as "Bad Luck", "I Miss You", "Be For Real" and the anthem "Wake Up Everybody", which to me, was the wake up call then and even now. People, Teddy Pendergrass gave us some great hip and often reflective music and the best we can do is to pay tribute to him and get his music. I already have. here is a link to leave your respects
www.legacy.com
Here is some more on haiti; God Bless.
http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/eappeal.nsf/egift-haiti-earthquake-relief?Open&campaign=113655125&cmp=KNC-113655125
www.yele.org(Wyclef Jean's organization)
www.joycemeyer.org(she has a section where you can donate for Haiti and supposedly, she is there helping out at present)
Text:90999(International Red Cross)$10
501501(Yele Haiti)$5
25383(Internal Rescue Mission)
85944(Rescue Union Mission and Medcorp International)
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