"The Casualiers"
If you can remember back to the late 1950's, early 1960's, here on Long Island we had
"The Group"! Arnold Davis, James "Jinx" Johnson, Mike Furr, Milton DuBois, Eddie Ward and
Jr "Slick" Love. They were "The Casualiers"!
There was no need to buy a record by anybody else, they gave us all the music, that an
ear could handle. And the routines! That's where The Temptations got theirs from.
Talking about "smooth".... it didn't come any smoother than this!
Eddie Ward and "Slick" are going to give us their view on what the music business
was like in the late 1950's. Check back with us!
May 7, 2001 interview with Isaiah Love, Jr (aka "Slick")
Hey Slick! What year was this picture?
Slick: Oh! It should have been around 1966.
Did you guys write any music?
Slick: Yeah! we wrote a song "Dance, Dnace, Dance"... and another
group did it a few years later....
Who was you manager back then?
Slick: Oh back then ...our manager back then was Neil Hollender...
He's in Florida now... But our first manager was Jeannett Dubois
who was 'Volona' from "The Good Times"! Her name is
Janai now... hahaha! You know she Hollywood now!
How did the group last?
Slick: The group broke up in 1969.....
How old are you now?
Slick: I was 62 .... Sunday, May 6th
I was born May 6th, 1939 in Orlando, Florida.
Slick: Don't forget when I was singing with the
"LoveLetters".... you remember Eddie McGruder, Eddie Sones
Bill Smith, Bobby Fuller, and ME! That's when I first started
singing.... We did two records, "Walking The Street Alone"...
and "Oooh We Nellie"
END! (for now!)
We talked about the Marvin Gaye, The Temptaions, The Four Tops
and more! That's coming!
Shep and The Limelights
