SUMMER FEST ARTIST GALLERY 2008/Photos by Butch Leake

MARVELETTS
G.VEASLEY
YOUNG STEFF
DANIELIA COTTON
2 UNIC

CHAMPAIGN
THE DRIFTERS
RICK SHEPPARD

J&R SUMMER FEST NY 2008

A rainy day but the show went on at J&R Music World Summer Fest
in the City Hall Park lower Manhattan NY.

J&R Summer Fest 2008 was sponsored by Canon/ WBLS Radio/ Fox 5/ Madame
Tussauds and The City of New York.

Hosted by WBLS, the beautiful Champaign..

Featured artist were The Drifters featuring Rick Sheppard/ Rhonda Franklyn
and the new Marveletts/ Southern Rock singer Danielia Cotton / Jazz Musician
Gerald Veasley/ 2 Unic / Rappers T team / Maino and Young Steff.

The show got of with a bang featuring the smooth jazz sounds of Gerald Veasley....

Next to hit the stage was a new artist by the name of Danielia Cotton singing her
new single Rare Child... www.myspace.com/danieliacotton
Danielia labels herself as a Black latin Jew who sings Southern Rock. She has an
incredible vocal range with a touch of Janis Joplin.

Too beautiful sister from the Caribbean, 2 Unic graced the the day with
there Island sounds......

For the younger crowd, rappers T team/ Maino and Young Steff doing his New
single Professional.....

A new incarnation of the Marveletts featuring Rhonda Franklyn graced the stage
Followed by Rick Sheppard and his Drifters Group to top off the evening.

Rick Sheppard is one of the last singers out of the Atlantic Recording Group
The Drifters along with Charlie Thomas. Butch Leake replaced Rick in early
1970. (CORNER TALK REPORT)

CLINTON TO SUSPEND CAMPAIGN

Senator Hillary Clinton is set to suspend her campaign at the end of the week
and concede to Barack Obama.

She is set to acknowledge her support and backing of Obama for the Presidency.
(CORNER TALK REPORT)

HISTORY MAKING

The Democratic party made history last night with the first African American nominee
for President of the United States.

Senator Barack Obama won out over Senator Hillary Clinton in delegates to clinch
the nomination. But as always Clinton refused to concede and maintained her defiance
while exploring a future strategy.

Some say she will try an use her political savvy as a bargaining tool for the Vice President
position on the ticket.....

It may be a little to late as this bitter battle winds down as bridges are not that easy
to fix owing to the ferocity that this campaign has taken.

Could they work together an be comfortable? that would be something that would
have to be explored. Then there is the Bill Clinton factor, baggage which might turn
out to be a bad liability owing to his shoot from the hip tirades....

Obama will have an up hill battle as he seeks to mend the unity of the
party that has been fractured over the coarse of the primaries.

Last nights primaries were split with Hillary Clinton winning South Dakota and Obama
taken Montana which gave him enough of the delegates to win the nomination.

Go to cnn.com for statistics and analytical commentary........ (CORNER TALK REPORT)

NUBITOONZ by Butch Leake/URBAN LODGE