Harold Mabern - He was a jazz pianist from Memphis and performed mostly in New York and Japan, and taught music at William Paterson for years and years.
He started out in the 50s and played with Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, to name a few.
Greatest flex though is that he named an album after me (no, no royalties) and that he was an extremely loud loving kind guy.
Apr 11, 2024
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My great grandfather (the father of my mom's late stepfather) is Clancy Hayes. He was a relatively famous banjo player and jazz musician in the mid 90s; idk if anyone's heard of him here though! His music even was broadcasted on the radio and you can find some videos of him on YouTube.
... Also, my great great grandfather on my mom's side I think supposedly invented the machine that made Corn Flakes, (but sold the invention as well as rights to invention to make money for his family; I don't think he has any interest in the rights or being famous, which is fair --I mean it's a corn flake machine for gods sake, also in this world money can feed you far better than fame can!!!!) Unfortunately no one other than my family will know the person who invented the corn flakes machine was my great great grandfather š¤£
Apr 11, 2024
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1) my high school is the center of a Netflix documentary. Itās not good.
2) my mom was in the army and in Germany the same exact time Jeffrey Dahmer was. She was taken in and assessed where he was stationed, but she was not in his regime. my brother and i only found this out a few months ago and we told her about it. she was very distraught
3) my great uncle was in an acapella group that was sampled in Young Thugās āI Know Thereās Gonna Beā. Never met him before he passed though.
4) there is a house music singer named Barbara Tucker who i listened to as a kid. Her song āBeautiful Peopleā got me through some times in high school. Turns out her father was in the same group as my great uncle. I contacted her last summer to ask about him and she even gave me her number (but Iām just gonna respect her privacy). Sheās a lovely woman š
Mar 10, 2025
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My Uncle Bob is my momās sisters husband of like 30 years but theyāve hardly ever lived in the same state. He has his own kids but he loved spending time around my cousins and I and gave everyone their own nickname based on their personalities (mine is Buddy). Heās always going on about Star stuff and Taoism and Iāve only ever seen him drink black coffee or Diet Pepsi. He used to own a hardware store with a record shop in the basement and he saw the Beatles live like four times. he always greets you with a smile and is a treat to talk to, albeit a little grumpy from time to time.
Apr 1, 2025
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Itās Friday night and Iām off work late with no plans but I felt like being out in the world, even if for a moment. Turns out, a low stakes glass of orange wine tastes great when youāre waiting for a $10 burrito platter from down the street.
Feb 10, 2024
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Iāve spent so much time scrolling on this app that Iām able to discern some of your writing voices. There are a couple of you who have such a developed voice that I can guess you wrote a post before seeing the attached username.
Youāre all so observant, introspective, delusional, earnest, anxious, well-rounded, hilarious and loving.
Kind of breaks my heart that Iāll likely never meet some of my favorites because we all live everywhere, but I guess thatās why we thank God for the Internet!
Mar 12, 2024