Brother Solo and Ma Dukes; circa 2011 Barnes brother Solo tagged along with me last week when I took my mother to the eye clinic for a minor procedure. We came early. There were at least eight other people in the room, waiting in silence, reading magazine articles. I read an article in Men’s… Continue Reading
My Daddy’s Records#2 “I Can’t Get Over You”
Today’s installment of My Daddy’s Records was possibly the first R&B record that I remember coveting. I was seven and had heard a little bit of everything up until that point, thanks to Friday night dominoes/spades get-togethers at my mother’s favorite cousin Carrie’s house, or sometimes at my uncle Manny’s. There were three things that I remember most from… Continue Reading
Derrick Barnes 