Sis Wendal, a lovely lady who I met in New Jersey earlier this year and a very good friend of Laura Lee. She often sends me bits & pieces and her latest was a link to 3 videos of Laura singing with the Meditation Singers on Youtube.
If you go to Youtube and search for Meditation Singers then you'll find a B&W clip of video from an early 60's show called Gospel Time - I didn't recognise the song. The other 2 clips are in colour and from 1969. "Oh Lord Have Mercy" features Laura on lead and is a revelation seeing that she had just cut the Chess sides when this was recorded. It was not widely known until recently that Laura had a dual career at this stage in gospel and secular music. The last clip "Lord, I Want You To Help Me" features Ernestine Rundless on lead and can that lady sing!!!!!
Sis is a mine of information on Detroit gospel and soul music and she often contributes her knowledge on the Sixties Detroit forum as well as keeping us in touch with what is currently happening in the Detroit area.
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