"GROUP HARMONY:

ECHOES OF THE RHYTHM AND BLUES ERA"

                                                                     By Todd Baptista                                                                                                      

                                    PHOTOS FROM BOOK SIGNING AT THE TOWN CRIER IN FAIRHAVEN, MA AND OTHERS FROM AUTHOR'S COLLECTION      

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party2.jpg (116950 bytes) CHUCK  CARBO OF THE SPIDERS                       
party3.jpg (119765 bytes) DICEY GALLOWAY (HARPTONES), CHUCK CARBO & G-CLEFS
party4.jpg (136513 bytes) G-CLEFS
party5.jpg (133945 bytes) CHUCK CARBO                       
party6.jpg (124633 bytes) DICEY GALLOWAY (HARPTONES), CHUCK CARBO & G-CLEFS
party7.jpg (124075 bytes) DICEY GALLOWAY (HARPTONES), TODD & G-CLEFS 
party8.jpg (135076 bytes) ERNIE LEE WARREN, TODD BAPTISTA & 

ARTHUR CRIER        

partygrp.jpg (154936 bytes) GROUP PHOTO
Eldorados.jpg (83612 bytes) Todd and El Dorados (Pirkle Lee Moses, Norman Palm, Todd & Larry Johnson).  Pirkle Lee and Larry Johnson have since passed away.
scribes.jpg (86294 bytes) Marv Goldberg, Todd and Charlie Horner.  Marv has written extensively in various music magazines, as well as his book on the Ink Spots.  Charlie has also written for magazines and is finishing a book on the Delta Rhythm Boys
T&K2000.jpg (83685 bytes) "Without the love, support, and enthusiasm my wife Kristen brings to all our projects, I believe that many of the accomplishments I've been credited with would never have taken place.  When we put on a show, she works as hard as anyone."  This photo was taken in Mass. last year at Channels & Harptones concert.
silhouettes.jpg (146701 bytes) Todd with Bill Horton and Raymond Edwards of the Silhouettes (both have since passed away)
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This photo was taken at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana
on 2/19/99.  The Spaniels, (left to right) Pookie, Billy Shelton, Willie C. Jackson, Opal Courtney Jr., and Carl Rainge stood in front of Gerald Gregory's casket and sang "You Gave Me Peace Of Mind".  The minister visible on the pulpit is Ernest Warren, the group's original first tenor.