Drew McCraven, Harold Scotty Scott, Stanley Campbell

The Historic House of MTenzi Museum presents Rise of 300 Moral Leaders says Drew McCraven, Stanley Campbell, and Harold "Scotty" Scott of The Temprees on The Bev Johnson Show on WDIA Radio.

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As I said earlier, we'll betalking this hour. We're gonna learn about
the Historic House of Intz. That'shere. We have very special guests in
the studio. No strange ozz tothe Ben Johnson Show. Uh, we
have Drew mc craven is here.Stanley Campbell. We're gonna I'm gonna surprise

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you with our next guests. Sodon't I don't want these fellas to say
anything, but let me say don'tsay nothing here. I got something for
you. Good morning, Stanley andDrew. What's up? Brother? How
y'all doing? I am actually doinggreat. Always glad to be here with
you. Of course, you knowI'm always glad to have you. Drew.

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Yeah, Drew, appreciate Drew bethe spokesman. I said, but
no, we letting, we lettingcan talk today. Stanley Campbell, I
know we need to say a prayer. Right. How you doing, Queen
Bell? Thank you for having us. You are so welcome. I had
said earlier, Stanley that what isthe historic House of Intense? And I

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said, well, we'll find out. So what is that House of Intense
Museums? The museum tells the storyof my mother, the late great Thelma
Brownlee. She was definitely a humanitarianadvocate for the city of Memphis and the
Delta, Mississippi. At the ageof four years old, she was singing

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I think w S a old radiostation in Polota County. She was a
sharecropper crop head at the age four. So the storyline of the museum is
this woman that had nine kids,great, great, great inspirational type of
she role. We say that thisgot so tired of just picking cotton in

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the sixty you know, with hereight siblings. That was the youngest in
this drag bag hearing from my storyabout my my story as far as my
oldest siblings that I don't know.Have you ever seen a drag bag like
cotton picking cotton drag bag that themother would have a long drag bag and

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have the youngest kid inside the dragbag while they picking cotton. They would
pull yeah, while the mother wouldput yeah, pick cotton. The youngest
which that was me, was inthe drag bag. She was picking cotton.
Now understand why my my butt hurtsso much. That's why, yes,
she was dragging me yeah, yeah, and and yes yes ma'am.

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And my older siblings like the firstfour I would say, uh, sees
uh. They would pick cotton withmy mom at age eight and nine,
ten years old, and seed numberseven and six they was a little too
young. They would sit underneath thetree. I was too young to sit
underneath the tree, so she woulddrag me. But and this is in

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sixty six when she just got fedup and she walked off the cotton field,
and the part of the museum thestoryline goal the singing sharecroppers just walk
off the cotton field to the hotgravel road, you know. And for
many years they assumed that it wasmore like a folk tale about my mom,

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about this woman walking down the hotgravel road with these kids walking behind
her. And in twenty fourteen,Fox thirteen got the word that no,
it's not a folk tale. Sheactually true here in the city of Memphis,
and they did a cover feature storyon my mom in twenty fourteen.

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Now that's the storyline, and that'sthe storyline starts with my mother and the
other eight siblings, from Memphis historyto the Delta history, from the blues
to the gospel. Because she wasa gospel singer and she moved to Memphis
in the seventies, she met theworld famous Earl Farrer, which was a
blues singer and writer. So thestorygo with that bell, this gospel singing

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meeting the devil man, you know. So there was a conversation at the
seventies about my mom and so themuseum has all the history of Memphis in
the Mississippi Delta started with my momand just thank God for that. And
I have to say, with thelate diam And Bailey, it was his
suggestion that I should convert it's mytime, it's my time before twenty fourteen,

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that I should convert it over toa museum with all the history of
my mother, myself and the othersiblings. And it was his advice.
And he's staying on me for athree or four times, stopping by twelve
eight and nine Madison Avenue, likeyou really need to convert this over to
a museum. And that was hewas my mentor, late diaminant, Judge
Diamon Bailey, and it was hisadvice to convert it over to a museum.

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Just just a short story. Ohwow, I never knew. You
never told me that story. No, And then the museum has all the
history of never done in the Delta, and it's a continuation. It's not
a time it's not a time period. With this museum, we have artifacts
of my family we called copy slaveledger of my great great grandmother which her

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name was Sarah. We have thatpart of the museum and who bought her
and it starts there with the wallthe other wall of the Brown League which
my mom was a Brown Lee.So Stanley, people can come to the
museum, yes, ma'am, theycan come to the museum. Twelve eight
and nine Matterson Avenue House, IntendeeMuseum. It's amazing, it really is.

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It is. Absolutely I've been inthat. Yeah, you know,
I've been in there, but I'venever taken the time drew to just to
stop and look and read. I'mgonna have to do that, right,
I've on many opportunity. Matter offact, every time I'm in there,
I'm always go into an amazement becausewhen you look at the history and you
know, you know, Stanley isa historian. You know, he may

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not want to carry that label,but he's an historian. I don't even
think he added that. In thepast couple of years, he actually went
back to Mississippi. He actually wentback to that plantation. He actually met
the plantation's owner sons that actually camedown for the last dedication that we did,

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and they are good friends, Imean good friends. So yeah,
so when you look back at thehistory of his mom and the fact that
she pulled him around in that bag, I mean, a lot of us
we can't tell that story. Butyet you can come to the house in
INTENSEI you could see the museum setup. You can see all the historical

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artifacts from the civil rights movement.I mean you will actually be amazed,
and I mean some of the thingsthat are in there. It's a hitting
jewel. As I said, becauseyou know that this last month was actually
deemed the month of March was theHouse of Them Tenzee month based on a
resolution that was read the city Councilin the City Council chambers last week the

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build Yeah, they passed to builda city Hall. They passed the build
a demon a month of March asthe Houseman Tensee Museum month. Wow,
tw weeks ago, right, Yeah, on April nineteenth, I'm sorry,
March nineteenth. March nineteenth. Sowe're we're gonna encourage folks who've never been
to the House of the Intendee Museumthat we need to go there. Oh

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yes, it has a lot ofhistory. It tells the story, and
I mean it's just amazing when yousee it and when you walk through the
displays, it's like, man,I didn't even know this was here.
It is truly a jewel of Memphisthat people really need to come out and
check it out. Yeah, andnot only they give him a donation because
of you know, because of whathe does there on their corner A twelve

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eighty nine Madison Avenue is absolutely amazing. Oh wow, thank you, camp.
I'm gonna come there. And becauseit takes my time to look at
the information, I know, areyou you? And and and one of
the things about Drew and Drew knowsis standing camping. You do so much
good work for the community, andyou you encourage people, but you spotlight

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and highlight a lot of people inthis community that people may have not even
heard of. Right. I lovethat about you. So it's coming up
now, something is coming up,Drew, Yes, what's happening? Let
me tell you? We are gettingready for the Ford Inaugural Inductees Anniversary ceremony.

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Ceremonies. Should I say, youknow, the Rise of the Three
hundred Moral Leaders is accountability is thebattle cry. And when we look at
this gathering, it's a gathering ofcourse moral leaders. And then we're looking
at the fact that you know,most people don't know, but the total
eclipses coming. That means that somethingis happening in the universe definitely, you

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know, so we we can't overlook, you know, what's happening. But
when you look at this particular event, it's a great event when you select
different people and what Stanley and mondanine Muscle sees. Of course, this
year they have selected ten, ifI'm not mistaken, ten additional people that's
going to be inducted in of courseto commemorating the MLK fifty six on April

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the third, that's the top speechin the legacy. We fight to the
finish line. And on Sunday,April the seventh, at the Historic House
and potendency is either going to bein the back parking lot or it's gonna
move on the inside if it rains, we're going to be inducting the rise
of the three hundred Moral Leaders,ten new prospects. And I am really

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excited about that. I really am. Well, I think I think the
weather man says, we're gonna havegood weather this week. I hope him,
pray, hope and pray. Weprayed, We hope and pray.
We hoping praying around here because we'regetting ready for our sister strategy that I'm
prepping outside for Saturday morning. Ohyes, Saturday morning is supposed to be
perfect. Yeah, but I thinkwe're supposed to be good. I would

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hope that both of us, allof us, have a great weekend going
into and so so we go toYeah, so the Rise of three hundred
Moral Leaders inductee inag ceremony and youyou all are going to be inducting some
wonderful people. But I know wehave the special guests in the house that
that you're all going to induct.But hold on, fellas, because I

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love to do this. So letour listeners know our special guests. I
just have to do this right,Just hold on for a second. I
love it, I love it,love it. You ready, yes,
ma'am, Ready do it? Herewe go. Hey God Lord, come

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on now, come out, comeout, come out. Bill ball dreams
came true. They all of you. You stay on my man all the

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time. Oh yeah, when afeeling blow the faction. Is you cut
up? I'm caught up, y'all. I'm going back to the seventies.

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What what through? What can cutup? That is? That is?
That's powerful? You know what?That's powerful? That that and and and
I'm not My special guests is notJabbo ladies, ladies, and gentlemen,

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My very special guests, my brothercam and and Drew's special guest, Harold
Scottie Scott of the the Love Manof Memphis. Scotty, That's the first
song I ever wrote in my life, you know, and I want and

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that's why that's my my favorite andScotty knows my favorite song of the tim
Prees love Maids and Scotti wrote thatsong those very That was the first song
I ever wrote in my life.And we went into the studio and did
it and it came out to bea record. So I was like,
wow, I mean, the thelyrics and that dog on Jabbo. Let

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me tell you the lyrics to thesong that they were from my heart.
They were true. It's true whatI'm saying in that song. I really
meant it. I remember I wasstaying in the townhouse here in Memphis.
I won't say where and I gotdown in front of the fireplace and wrote
that song by myself that night.Wow. And I took it to the
studio and Tom Nixon, who's ourproducer at Stax, he said, becauting

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this just like that, and hesaid, but you're gonna sing And I
said, I said, wrote thissong that was saying yeah. And Gabo
tore that song. Gabo tore thatout, you know, so I guess
he was caught up in The LittleMaids too. I don't know. I
think back then we walked right rightright, and you know what, and
I think about fellas in Scottie.I think about when I saw you all

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sing that on Soul Train. Yeah, yeah, that was. That was
the first time that we were ontobecause we didn't do dedicated a Soul Train
with Don Conelia's to a club inWashington, DC where we were performing,
and he saw us. He cameback to the dress ro room. He
said, Uh, do you don'thave a manager. We said, yeah,
Josephine Bridges, and so he saidgive me her number. The next

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thing I know, we were ona plane on the way to California to
do Soul Trained. And the dayhe did Soul Traine, Marvin gave us
their Bear White and our Donald Somersbecause they record and segments. Yea four
houris at one time they show two. You know. It was a wonderful
how wow memories memory. But Iloved it because that And I've always told

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Scotty that of all the songs they'vedone, mine was so she always I've
never until, like I remember backin the day, I was younger,
but as I sat here and listento those lyrics, it's like, dude,
come on, man, if youdon't get no girl out, you

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know, I mean honestly, butright exactly. But that's what we have
to value when we look at legendssuch as Scotty, you know, and
that's what the ceremony is about,because tell them why Scotty is and celebrating
Scotti Bell. We're gonna be celebratingScotty. He's a living legend and of
course the co founder of the Staxgroup, the Tempees, and of course

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his leadership role. Because I didn'tknow this, but even back in the
day, you know a lot ofguys out there that's probably listening, and
we will let Cam kind of gointo this. But in nineteen sixty seven.
He was the founder of the CarverHigh School. The Duke and those
were future the future Leaders fraternity.And of course, I mean he prepared

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the Dukes in the Dutchess Organization reunionthat's gonna be coming up October twenty ninth
at the annual Stonews, we're gonnabe actually celebrating it. We're gonna be
honoring him. And now Cam wasa part of the Dukes, and let
me tell you he was. Hereally got excited when he found out that
this guy, the legendary Scotti,actually founded that. He came up with

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that, and then he was Camwas telling us stories about how they went
through the process of being inducted intoit, and know what I mean,
And you know that's amazing because youknow, you hear about the different frances
and the sororities, and you hearabout the different initiations, but when you
hear about the Dukes, the GrandDukes, the Grand Duke's of college,

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damn knows, my mom and thehouse that we were raised in, all
that kind of stuff. I wasin a junior or a senior in high
school. It was nineteen sixty seven, and I know everybody came singing.
Everybody came, dance, everybody can'tplay sports. So there are a lot
of guys who needed some kind ofrecognition to feel proud about something and bring
some unity to the school. SoI sat there in that living room and

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got a piece of paper and sitdown and saying, I'm gonna call it
Brand Dukes of Car, and thisis what's gonna happen. So now,
the first guys in the group,it was because I kind of hand picked
them and chose them. They didn'thave to go through the initiations that the
other guys went through, you know. And I started, I created the
outfits what we were gonna wear,and it was surprisingly enough bell it stuck

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and I didn't even know it.I'm on the road trying around the world
singing and dance and I don't evenknow the Grand Dukes was still in existence.
They were still in existence. Istarted in nineteen sixty seven and the
last I know, they were stilltogether in nineteen eighty eighty five. Okay,
And so so what it was likea fraternity? It was like it
was like a fratern The other schoolshad organizations like the Esquires and this and

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that, but carvery didn't have anything, no girl or guy. So Rochester
fascess that you know you want tocall it. So I created one,
and I called hell for mister Thompson, the principal of the school, to
get it through. I went tohim by myself, Scott, I know
this could be a lot of troubleand that we can't afford this and the
other I said, Miss Tompson,please just set us try. I see

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you got to pay no money.He let it go through and it became
something. A lot of important peoplethat was that became was a part of
it. But me and me andCamp was talking about something else. I
was getting ready to participate in somethingelse, and that's that's when I find
out. But he was he wasa grand dude. I said you were

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a grand dude. I said,I create you to that organization and that
started started. Yeah so so soScottie. What were some of the things
that you all did at Carver asas the grand dudes? We know we
had parties, dances, fashion showsand trying to raise money for things,
you know, and just just tomake that group of guys feel important and

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feel united. You know. Theybecame about the people. Yeah, oh
yeah, they ah, they becamefuture leaders. But I would like to
segue a bell as far as thisguy right here in nineteen sixty seven starting
the dukes, you know, AndI found that out in twenty twenty two,
and we had a conversation possibly tryingto galvanize and get everyone together have

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a big reunion, which we willbe doing this year. So any if
you have duke or dutchess from sixtyseven to nineteen eighty five, please call
me in a nine on one twoseven three five zero three eight nine on
one two seven three five zero threeeight. One thing I can say with
the rise of three hundred bell ifwe're paying tribute to Scotti, is that

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it is a valid connection with therise of three hundred more leaders and the
fraternity and sorority dukes and duchess,which is the co found I mean,
the founder of it here, thecoalition of it, the coalation of it.
Is the fact that this guy herehad the idea who gavanized young leaders

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in sixty seven in the in thethe midst of civil rights, the whole
civil rights movement, and we talkingabout gavinized future leaders, you know,
academically, you know that was amazingwhen I found out that he he was
the founder. That blew me away. I'm like, okay, we wanted
to have a conversation in the choiceof pieces. Yeah yeah, Like just

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in my class, there was quitea few, like like Derrek Christopher known
as the Doctor, you know,the DJ. Yeah have my class a
year before me was We're talking aboutKeith Norman, you know, the pastor
keep Norman wrong. He's a member. I think he was at his senior
year. He was the president ofthe Duce. Then yeah, you have

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Nathaniel Jones, which is the sonof Fred Jones. He's a member of
the Duke. And Timothy Timothy Horden, which is the drum of cooling the
game. Yeah he was. Hehe's a member. This is my class
bell, my class alone, youknow. And of course the late attorney
Ricky Wilkins was a member. Andthose those names like Ricky Wilkins, Timothy

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Hording, myself and a few othertheir members of the Rise of three hundred.
That's that connection. Their members ofthe Rids of three hundred. But
can I can I give you alittle sure, tell you a little bit
about my experience in joining the Duke. I know, Scotty. We was
outside in the lobby. He waslike, well, what happened after this?

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You know sixty seven that there wasno there was no initiation, right,
yo, you're right. You handpickedwell my year in eighty two,
Ricky Ricky will because late Ricky Wilkinswas my he was the president at the
time and he became he was mybig brother. He selected me. I
didn't know why. Oh no,no, no. I knew this was

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going to be a bad situation here. This is this is the stage of
you know, being a prospect ofa duke and going through initiation. But
Ricky Wilkin one one day had mego to go out in the back park,
the back of the field, thefootball field of Carver High School.
He had that big old steal footballgold post and he in this day beb

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it was raining and he had atleast thirty prospects out there. So he
told me to claim the football poleand he wanted thirty push ups, I
mean pull ups, and he hadall the prospects grabbing muddy, you know,
making mudballs, And while I'm doingmy pull ups, he told he
ordered them to throw to throw themthe mudballs at me and He's like if

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you if you drop, if youfall, it's you know, you're out.
So the whole town Strain is justtrying to do my thirty pull ups,
you know, while they throwing mudballsat me. And that and that
there. I carried from eighty twoto right now today on able the first
twenty twenty four you did our thirtyyes, yes, all thirty all thirty

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Yeah, so much love to thelate Ricky Wilkin. And that's the connection.
And Ricky Wilkins, it is thenumber. His number is number three
of the rise of three hundred.So that's that, you see it.
Just I really appreciate your your yourfuture thought process of organized you know,

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young future leaders, and just lettingyou know that I'm a product of it.
And then you didn't know and manyand many, many many others.
And hopefully we'll have a nice turnoutthis October well and this Sunday. They
can come to the ceremony. Butthat's just my story and I'm sticking I'm
sticking to it, sticking to it. And because a lot of people have

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never heard that story, and I'msure a lot of people who are graduates
of Carver High didn't know that theystill had that. Yeah, they didn't
and he and he was the founderof it, right. I'll tell you
what, if I had to gothrough some deitiation stories that I've heard about
going through, I really not havecreated. Yeah, but you know that's

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something though, even though I wasn'ta part of it when I was in
school, but you know, alot of friends of mine were. And
I think that, you know,I've heard that you grow stronger through that
process of going through that, andyou know, and it's great to know
that when you get those leaders,uh that that started off earlier. I
think it's it's a more of abeing able to handle tasks that come up

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against you. You know. Anotherthing about it was that was some of
the people that I'm real sensitive andI knew that a lot of people didn't
belong to nothing or just didn't belongand I wanted to feel a part.
And it gave him a lot ofpride to a lot of guys. Man
that's you know, said he createdbecause he knew there was quite a few

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people that I felt like that theywas they was alone and was a part
of what wasn't good enough to bea part of anything. You know,
I was. I'm one of thoseguys because I always give a description of
myself Bill that I'm a guy thatwill hand me down clothes, you know,

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like from my siblings. You know, we grew up on the wrong
side of the railroad track, meanit, with the poor side, and
so growing up, I felt likethat I couldn't be a part of the
crowd. I tried to be apart of the dance group. No,
because I wasn't part of the elite, you know. And and I thank
god that was in Julia, andI became thanks to you. I became

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a duke, you know, intwenty two and I'm sorry, in nineteen
eighty three, I became the entertainedentertainer, producer of the Duke. I
was the one that put all theevents together and things of that nature.
Yes, and that's yes, andthat's something in the bill. When you
look at leadership, because Cam comesfrom that, right and when we look

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at the prospects this year that we'reinducting into the rise of the three hundred
more leaders, let me tell youyou have some prominent people out of the
community that operate businesses in our community. For an example, you got Mike
Brown, from Mike's Tuxedo. Youknow, Mike. We go back to
Mike, you know for years.Yes, brother Derek Dean, he's a
business owner as well. K threeStudio. You know, you have Lucille

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Catron, brother Joe Calhoun from theWithers Museum. I mean, I mean
Indian Invaders, I mean mister LewisMoore, Deborah Morley Bessel, I mean
Donald Richards. When you think aboutthese people, you know, when you
listen back to what they were talkingabout, what they went through at a

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younger age, and the fact thathe established this because a lot of us
were not a part of anything.So when you create something, then you
can say listen, I want youto to be a part of this,
and you go through a process ofbeing inducted into it. You know,
I'm just reminded of going from thento now because most of these people that
are part of the Rise of thethree hundred moral leaders have never probably been

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inducted in anything, but yet theyplay a permanent role in our communities.
They have a leadership role in ourcommunity. They have a responsibility to rebuild
our community. And I think thatwhen you look at those people going back
from when they were selected to bea part of that organization years ago.
So here'll we come years later.These people were selected to be a part

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of this movement, and you know, and that's what it's about. I'm
really getting a lot of power fromthis interview because because being able to connect
with these guys and being a partof the rise of three hundred moral leaders
myself, you know, and youlook at and you look at those people,
but that's when you plant seeds.What he did, Scotty planted the

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seed Harbor High School. Stanley wasa part of that seed. And what
has happened, what has transpired,It's almost like a three hundred and sixty
degree cycle because we're sitting here today. Scotty is here, Yes, Stanley
is here, and of course we'retalking about a creation that Stanley created that

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has a part of a change inMemphis. And not only that, but
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we're talking about the House of Intense. Their Rise of the three hundred More
Leaders inductee ceremony coming up. We'lltell you more about that. Stanley Campbell
is here Harold Scotty Scott better knownas Scotty of the Tim Prize. Drew
mccaven fellows. I'm going to ourphone lines to talk to Kelvin. Hi,
Calvin hey Bell. How you doing. I'm doing well today, Kelvin.

(44:37):
How are you? This is Kevinhow you? I just want to
yet, well, Stanley Campbell isin your studio. Correct, that's correct,
That's correct, Stanley Camber. Thisis Kevin Phipps Carver High School class
eighty three. I heard you.I heard someone shared the history of the
Grand Dukes in Dutchess and that wasvery impressive. But I just want to
let you know, Stanley, Ihope you remember nineteen eighty three win the

(45:00):
Royal Esquads when we beat out inthat basketball game. Said he wants you
to contact him as well, Kevin. He wants to me the contact Yeah.
Any yeah, any dudes or Dutchessplease contact me. Now. He's
actually he's won the Royal Esquire youtalking about go ahead. I just want

(45:24):
to I like what what you aredoing and stands you know. I've been
to some of your events, man. I appreciate what you're doing, especially
here for the city. And thenthat that's good and and and Scotty,
I like when you talked about thehistory of the Grand Dukes, and I
think back in our times when wehad those organizations at the school. You
know, it was a it wasa good thing because we had uh,

(45:45):
we had good sponsors who really wantedwas trying to develop young men and young
women go out there and do something. And I we had mister Freeman who
was our sponsor. Miss Leggett,uh was one of our sponsors trump as
Esquad. But they helped mold usto where we are today. That George
yeah, yeah, and Ricky Wigginson, Keith Norman and we were all classmate

(46:07):
but even though we were in differentorganization, we still work together as one.
So, you know, it wasjust just so happened to be in
different organizations. But Stanley, youknow, I've been to some of your
events that you've had down there.Man, keep you all keep up the
good work. I just wish theschools could go back to doing that.
It was you know, because therewasn't no fighting, there wasn't no games

(46:27):
that we had. Yeah. Yeah, we had parties, we raised money,
we volunteered, we actually and thatis one of the reasons I give
back to the community now because thatwas my dad, uh put it in
in as well as it followed methrough school and then even through college at
Southern University. So those are goodthings we're doing, and I just think
we could continue that, man,And it's good hearing that good history about

(46:50):
d. George Washington Carver High School. All right, thank you? Okay,
w D. I A hi,Norman, Hey Bear, what's up?
Norman Bell? I'm about have togone, but you need today,
Okay, Okay, Bell. Itwasn't Scottish Gotty was thinking it was really
me. It was you that youwas a okay, yeah, okay,

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I'm gonna tell you how I knowbecause you remember, because because because I
was the fine one, the goodlooking one who always who had a clothing
store, and I was dressed sharp, and I was singing like nothing you've
ever seen. That was me,Bell, that was you, That was
me. That was Norman. Ain'tno man, how you call Mama Red

(47:45):
wink and call I got you myfriend? I got you? Man.
Brother Stanleys there, brother standy?How are you Stanley standy here? Ain't
Norman? How you doing? Mybrother? Please give me a call now
on one. I'm gonna call you, hey Bell. Do you know that?
Brother? Understand it? My firstCommunity I'll Reach award was given by

(48:06):
him and his organization. He wassaying, standing a first first award was
that was one of my very firstone. The very first wards that he
got was from you. Was thatan eight run? Oh God, that
was. I don't how many eightto nine. There's been a long time
ago, but it was. Infact, I also believe I received a

(48:29):
black award from you, a writer'saward. I received a stone award,
I believe. Uh, let's saysomething else. A man, you you
just man, You're just gonnall overthe place, brother, and I just
I just admire you so much.Uh, you know, just keep up
the work man. Anything we cando with the African win is we got
you. Well, we will dowhatever we can to make it work.

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But I just got to remind Scottit got it. Man. I need
you to gonna tell the truth.Much I couldn't dance. Remember remember the
tim remember them moving, Yes,yeah, thank you, bye bye.

(49:22):
As we talk about Drew, thethree hundred more leaders, tell me about
it's gonna happen. It's gonna happen. This Sunday. Of course, the
red carpet kicks off at four pmand then the ceremony is gonna kick off
at five pm. I'll be hostingthe event along with Sonya Murphy and of
course my sister Tina Bird. Andof course this this year, our keynote

(49:42):
speakers are going to be the legendaryWiley Henry and from Salma, Alabama City
Councilman Michael Johnson and of course CassandraWade. Now you know we always have
a dress code. Yeah, now, now you don't have to wear a
tux, but if you got ablack tux, you can wear the black
tux and then you could put thered tie on it to accident. And
we already know the sisters are alwaysgoing to be real dapper in their red

(50:07):
gowns. So we're gonna be therelive on Sunday evening and as I mentioned,
outside in the back building at twelveeighty nine Madison Avenue, and if
it's and if the sun is beamingdown, it's gonna be a great blessing.
But if not, we will moveit on the inside. So it
is, it is gonna happen,and we are looking forward to it.

(50:29):
With ten inductees into it, andof course we'll be honoring highlighting Scottie on
that. Yeah, you know,over the years and Scotty, you guys
what fifty years singing fifty five nowfifty five fifty wow. That means that,

(50:52):
I say, practice all my life. I mean that's all. That's
all my life, you know,as being a typical well being in the
attainment in the entertainment world. Fiftyfive wow. You know, I look
fifty five, right, you know, it's it's been a lot. It's

(51:12):
been a lot, and I've dealtwith a lot of things recently and a
lot of life changes. Yeah,yeah, we all, yeah, you
know, but it's it's good andand I'm getting flowers before I leave here.
Things are happening for me. Thatphone call, we want you to
do this? Can you do this? Can you come and receive you?
This? Can do I'm just amazed. What was it? Was it two

(51:37):
years ago? And the tim gota street. Yeah, tell you our
listeners that are listening that you allhave a street name of South Members.
We all went to that elementary school, Realview School right there, Kansas and
Jobert, and we got the street'sname is from Kansas and Jobert all the
way to Riverside and Joe Jobert camorganized the entire parade stuff b f MC,

(52:00):
the entire thing for us. Andit was hot. It was it
was hot. It was so hot. It was exceptionally hot here in Memphis.
But that to me, in fact, I got my conflicts on right
now that we received from the city. Oh wow, the City of Memphis.
Big old gold conflicts. But anyway, I enjoyed it. I mean,

(52:21):
that's to me. That was oneof the highlights all the things we've
done to me, no matter whowe were with, and we've done some
really big things with some big namepeople. That was like most important to
me. And I felt that mostanything that we've done, you know,
I know, and yeah, goon be uh yeah. I had to

(52:42):
put the whole ceremony together, theparade and the requests of my godfather here.
But Bell my godfather, he's throwingquite a few requests of what what
his idea of this street name,and he wanted full parade and everything.
This my god fall want. Ifmy godfather wanted a whole circus to come

(53:02):
down the street, like you're talkingabout lions by what the title, oh
mind, you know the whole.Then he called and say, hey,
can you have a helicopter the hobbover you know the street Jubert, you
know. And then I'm like,what the hell? I'm just kidding,
but he wanted everything. Yeah.But even though you always figured like this,

(53:23):
think big and bring it down toreality. You know, I can't
start bringing down to reality and thinka little, because where do you go
from there? You know, Soyou think big, you think boom,
and then you can get it downto where it can't be. And you
did a really good job, man. Yeah, it was. It was.
It was simply fabulous rum lines.We're gonna get these last phone calls.

(53:45):
Folks want to talk and then wd I a hey caller Bill Jon
Yes, sir, but yeah,all right, this captain is letting you
know, Hey, captain, we'regoing to be there this Saturday, Sunday
and even Dr King Day. Iknow everybody going downtown, but I'm inviting

(54:07):
everybody come on down to the houseand Kim day. Security be tight.
You want you know, free parking, everything, Come on down and enjoy
a great day where it was rainingstorm on. We're gonna be there.
Doctor King gave his life here.We want to be there as well,
and all through the weekend, butSunday, look, come on down.
I'll be there. Make sure thecar park, Ke and everybody, I'll

(54:29):
be there. I want you toknow we're coming in force and Madison and
Clay Brook is gonna be taking over. We're gonna block the streets that we
have to whatever to get you downthere and get your free pocket if we
can, and get you on thelot. So we want everybody to be
there. And as Jabo would say, oh we goame all right, thank

(54:55):
you. We got these singers outhere. I call high caller, Hi,
Hi, how are you? I'mwell, thank you, diva,
congratulation, Study bro, Hey Tina, how you doing right? Because the

(55:15):
license started. Please let us knowexactly twind this event. You know I'm
in the car right now. AndBell Joson. Let me just say this
to you, dear, you playthe best music. Pride to your show
girl and another things they are studyDawn word that the Dukes were the somewhat

(55:43):
they were a handsome guys and theplayboys. That's what they were during the
time I was I was doing thathero okay, okay, booth starty yeah,
all right, Tina, Thank you, Tina, thank you, team,
have a good one. You twobye bye w d I A Hi,

(56:06):
George, how you're doing? Bell? You got Scott in there?
Uh? I got Scotty in here? Yeah? Man, how you doing?
George? Five face, gonna whoopyour booth in the name in the
name of love between oh boy,wonderful and Scotty. You know I love

(56:34):
you, don't I love you too? Man. It's good to hear from
you too. Hey. You remembercalm hempt and we wrote them songs for
and for me and I love you, you love me, all of that
and ruse and regulations regulation. Yes, that's the first song ever came out.

(56:54):
But I can slipped it and didfor you for me and made us
still. Oh man, nobody wantedus to sing fast man. Look here.
The love men were on that packageout there in California. They called
it whacks. Yes, sir Scott, you had a big Scott. You

(57:15):
had a big afro, the bigafro, big red afro. I ain't
messing with you. I ain't lookat what the Lord has done. But
we're still here. Ain't with We'restill Oh, we're still here, And
I ain't got no hand still here. That's right, hey, George,
his ball head, but looks gootty. Guess what. Guess what, Scotty.

(57:38):
I went through the chemo for thecancer. I went through the radiation
and I ain't got no eyesight,but it got a heartbeat all. They'll
let me talk on this radio,and that do so much for my heart
to keep my mind guns. Idon't know a fight when I got people

(58:01):
that love me like you over.I took a food box over to your
sister on Ingle Street. I wentby there. I said, if you
don't be at home, I'm aknock on the door and put it on
the poet and the neighbor gonna watchit for you, and she said,

(58:23):
thank you face. I said,for you and for Scotti, I'll walk
a million miles of love, y'all. Thank you, George. By and
take this last call up in here. W d I a hi caller,

(58:44):
Hi, miss Johnson, Hey missArlen. How are you? I'm doing
fabulous in yourself? I'm great.I wanted to say hi to mister Scotty.
I've been his neighbor forever. Hey, Arlee, how you doing good?
Uh huh? You know you shouldtell me all the time. I

(59:05):
want to be bad. I wantto be you. Remember that I did.
I did, and I had achance to. And I was just
gonna tell her that you all adoptedmy son and my daughter and just been
in love with my family forever.And I loved your mom and I miss
her and I just wanted to sayhello. And I heard your voice and
that was overwhelmed. I didn't knowyou were in town still, yeah,

(59:27):
good good. I wanted to sayhi, we love you, and the
family are doing good, and thegrandkids a while, and thank you for
being a big brother. And I'vealways been there. Groupie, missus Johnson.
I'm sure Tim Frees had a lotof group, a lot of group
before before before we let Drew wrapup. And last thing, Scott,

(59:49):
I never knew that they wouldn't allowyou all to sing fast songs. No,
we would keep putting out fast,upbeat numbers. Okay, this jack
is go click up every beast,so they wouldn't play them. Rules and
Regulations was the first song that wasput out on the back of following rules
and regulations. It's for you,You for me okay, yeah, Heerd,

(01:00:10):
decay, honey Boy, all themfifty everybody across the country fifty.
The second song we put out wasa more upbeat song, but they put
they did, uh, I lovedyou, you loved me. They let
explain until Mama go through as anupbeat song. Then we did a song
called I Found lovel on discol floor, zip up, none of that.

(01:00:30):
Then Dedicated. What happened was dedicated, Dedicated, It crossed over, Yes,
and uh, stacks just went crazy. Oh you know, all the
stations, black white, whatever wasplaying Dedicated. So we just they loved
me and you know, I cansay it was on my mind. I

(01:00:52):
love you, you love Me onand I could go on and on and
other songs that album cuts that someof you should really hear listen to.
Oh yeah, yeah, that wassome good exists. Yeah yeah, wow,
yeah and yeah, and they canlisten to I love It, I
love you, Harold Scotty Scott Legend, Legend Brothers, I love you,

(01:01:12):
he Drew. Yes. I cantell our listeners what's happening this weekend.
This Sunday, We're gonna be atthe House of Intenzee at twelve eighty nine
Madison Avenue for the inductees of thethree hundred Moral Leaders and let me say
this because a lot of time peoplewant to know what are the three hundred
moral leaders. The three hundred moralleaders, the three laws are unified in

(01:01:32):
accountability, rebuild a strounder, astronger foundation, and serve the people that
you lead. And we are excitedabout this weekend. So we want you
guys to definitely comeing out hang outwith us on this Sunday. Don't forget
the a tire is. You canwear your black tucks or you can wear
a black suit, a red tieand already know the ladies are gonna come.

(01:01:53):
Lady give it out in the redhot yes spam, So we are
gonna be excited. You definitely wantyou to come on out and take part.
And just in case you forgot westarted off talking about the House of
Them Tense. We want you guysto come and visit the House of Them
Tense, located at twelve eighty nineMadison Avenue. And not only that,
when you come, make sure yougive a donation. We thank you guys,

(01:02:15):
and we will see you on Sunday. And Drew that time again we
must make sure they got the redcarpet is at four o'clock, okay,
and the ceremony stars at five o'clockPM, and of course I'll be one
of the hosts. I know,Scotty, any last words you like to
say to our fabulous listeners across.I do love you guys, always have.
You all have stuff with us throughthe years, and like continue to

(01:02:37):
stick with us, and just there'snothing like memories. That's all I gotta
say. Yeah, and with that, we have to we have to come
home. Yeah. Oh, I'mdedicated to the one. I love that
that dedicated yourself, gone, Camtell me, yeah, I would like

(01:02:58):
to dedicate let me let me getmy smooth Yeah, I would like to
dedicate this song to my sister's mysibling. That's Dorus, Maybe Campbell,
London Branch Campbell and a Lord DeanCampbell and Emma Jean Boultman Campbell dedication,

(01:03:21):
Stanley Camber, Stanley Kemper and Scotty. If I was on the stage like
I always introduced you, I'll tellthe listeners and these are the tempre lo
pre I love that. I lovethat. Thank you callers, Thank you
listeners for joining us this day onthe BEV Johnson Show. We do we

(01:03:42):
really do appreciate you so until tomorrow, please be saved. Cable cool head.
Y'all, don't let anyone steal yourjoy until tomorrow. I'm Bev Johnson
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