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Article Title:	Spirit Of Memphis Quartet: Tracing the history of a classic gospel group
Author of reported comment:	Adrian Bess
Comment Date:	19:42 on Oct 16 2011
Comment:	Born and raised in Memphis, Tn in the latter part of the fifties, when we went to church "Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church" on Kentucky Street, we (my brother and other kids our age) we could not wait for the Sunday evenings when the Spirit of Memphis would sing at our Church. A member of our Church, Robert Reed was a member of the group then. I remember names like Malone, Bleedsoe, and Reed. I remember my grandmother would say "we goin to hear sum hip slapping today". One of my favorite songs was "Pay Day"the part I recall is "hey hey hey, youuuuuu gottttt to work" and when they got to the part work, this one singer (a name remember people calling him "Mule") would always say "wow wow wow.........and he would cut it off, and sometimes would repeat it. man, that was great. I must add also that Theo Bless My Bones Wade's son went to school with me. his name "Emmit Wade" Thanks for keeping this part of our history alive.

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