Dionne Farris "I Know"

True story- I had no clue that Dionne Farris, often referred to as the "haunting voice" of "Tennessee", sang the 90s hit and VH1 mainstay "I Know."  I've heard that song a thousand times but never put two and two together until the Unsung episode aired.  Yikes!  Anyway, here's the video in case you somehow missed it in the 90s, this thing was everywhere back then and made it all the way to number one on the pop charts.

Speech's Response to Unsung

Here's a video response by Speech to the recent Unsung episode.  I didn't personally think that this was necessary, but I can kind of understand why Speech felt it was.  Some cool tidbits here not necessarily related to the show- for example, apparently on stage at the Grammy's they receive prop awards.  For some reason weird little trivia items like that entertain me.  Anyway, here's his brief response, mainly covering the issues with Dionne Farris.



As far as Speech, I saw some crazily negative things said about him on Twitter.  I don't know him at all, but all I can say is that he has been unbelievably supportive of this site and has done a couple of nice things for me that he didn't have to do.  Yes, this site promotes his music, but you'd be surprised how little that often matters to some "celebrities."  And everyone around him that I have dealt with either from the group or Vagabond records has been nothing but pure class, and I can't imagine those kinds of people would put up with it if he wasn't the real deal.  Were there problems with the group, especially in the early days?  Of course.  Find me a group where there wasn't!  And that's my two pennies.....  :)

Arrested Development Unsung Episode!

In case you missed it, like me, click here for the episode, and it's completely commercial free.  I'm about to watch it right now.  Enjoy!  I will have more thoughts later.

Unsung Tonight!

The Arrested Development episode of Unsung is on tonight, make sure you check it out if you get TV One.  Warning- judging from the liner notes of the new album it sounds like Speech might get thrown under the bus a bit....

And here's a behind the scenes clip courtesy of Eshe:

Set Your Calendars

August is shaping up to be a big, big month for Arrested Development.  First off, their new album, "Standing at the Crossroads," is scheduled to release on August 6th.  The craziest thing is this will be a FREE album.  Yes, free.  Why, I've paid up to $40 for new AD albums!  How can this be?  Is this to good to be true?  You'd be crazy not to download a free AD album.   

Yes, you would.  But like those TV infomercials that sell a good deal, I will now hit you with:  But wait, there's more!

Because also on August 6th we will see the long awaited "Unsung" episode featuring the group.  It will be interesting to see how their history is presented- hopefully they don't ignore the long run of excellent albums they have cut since reuniting with "Heroes of the Harvest."  I won't be able to watch this on air, but I hope to find a way to do online, and if I do I will certainly share it here.  So keep your ears tuned and make sure to check out the free album on August 6th.