Flat's Last Tire and Black Country Western

Maria Gilmore Maria.Gilmore at gte.net
Sun Jan 24 06:01:32 PST 1999


Chuck Grimes wrote:

That was "T"eddy Pendergast, Chuck. In the seventies, one of the hottest, sexiest black pop vocalists around. Perhaps most famous in the mainstream for his incredible lead vocal on the #3 hit of '73, "If You Don't Know Me By Now".

IN COWBOY SUITS? I must investigate this...

Maria


> I am telling you the people you meet fixing wheelchairs just blows me
> away. One Saturday, I hear what sounds like a whole street full of big
> rigs pulling up outside. After a couple of minutes, three black guys
> come in dressed in the fanciest western cowboy outfits I have ever
> seen pushing a forth guy in dark glasses and a cowboy hat. Guess whose
> chair broke down on a gig in Oakland--none other than Freddy
> Pendergast(?).



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