VINYL FORMAT. By 1967, East St. Louis, Illinois, once dubbed an "All-American" city by the US Chamber Of Commerce, had become St Louis, Missouri's evil twin. Unemployment, drug addiction and vicious gang activity put a dark and heavy lid on a bi-state area that once birthed world-changing talent the likes of Chuck Berry, Josephine Baker and Miles Davis. But both cities still spawned their heroes, and Allen Merry was one of them. Already a living legend for his early work with Ray Charles and Ike Turner, Me...   [ read more ]

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By 1967, East St. Louis, Illinois, once dubbed an "All-American" city by the US Chamber Of Commerce, had become St Louis, Missouri's evil twin. Unemployment, drug addiction and vicious gang activity put a dark and heavy lid on a bi-state area that once birthed world-changing talent the likes of Chuck Berry, Josephine Baker and Miles Davis. But both cities still spawned their heroes, and Allen Merry was one of them. Already a living legend for his early work with Ray Charles and Ike Turner, Merry channeled ...   [ read more ]

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