001-2019-016

35:09 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4

Sun Apr 28 2019

Interviewer - Melissa 'Soul Sister' Weber

00:42 Melissa Weber remembers Allison Miner and her legacy 02:44 Eddie Levert and Walter Williams discuss the O’Jays latest and last album, The Last Word 05:39 Clip from “Above The Law” 06:38 Levert and Williams discuss how they view their music as less political than informative; explain how they met and began singing together as children, and are the only founding members of the O’Jays left that are still alive and performing 10:38 Williams explains how the O’Jays formed, and how they came about their name 12:00 Clip of “Lipstick Traces”; Williams explains how they came to record “Lipstick Traces,” and Levert tells how he came to have to sing it on a ten-day stint 14:43 Levert describes how the O’Jays came to be with Gamble & Huff 16:11 Williams explains how they landed the song “Backstabbers,” and both he and Levert reflect on their immediate realization that it was going to be something special; they name their favorites among their own songs 19:32 Levert describes the experience of recording Stevie Wonder’s “All I Do” 21:29 Audio clip, “For The Love of Money”; they discuss recording and performing “For The Love of Money” 23:53 Williams and Levert discuss what set their group apart from others on the Philadelphia International label 26:28 Levert reveals his theory as to why there may never be an O’Jays movie; Levert agrees to record a celebratory song if the Browns win the Superbowl; Levert gives some background on “Ship Ahoy” 30:30 Levert describes part of what made the “Philadelphia sound” of Sigma Studios so special 33:51 Demonstration, “Enjoy Yourself” 35:09 Interview ends

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