By medusa9e (66.73.0.192) on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 - 11:50 pm:

Does anyone know what happened 2 Leon Haywood?
ummmmmmmm the man that made the statement~~~~~~~
"I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You"
I heard that song 2day and...my goodness, didn't he make me wanna say 'Whew'
Now Iknow everyone has a song that press certain buttons... What's yours???? LOL!

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 - 11:58 pm:

How about"Ïts Got To Be Mellow", by Leon Haywood.

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.94) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 12:04 am:

How about
"it aint no use"
or
"Skate awhile"
or
"mellow moonlight"
but for me it's just got to be
"BABY RECONSIDER"
SAY NO MORE.

MEL.

By JSmith (212.39.231.20) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 02:34 am:

Last I heard he was running his own blues label out of LA (EVEJIM) but I havn't seen any releases from the imprint in 3/4 years now.

By dvdmike (65.208.234.61) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 07:05 am:

Tom Tom 84 told me he spoke with him a few months back and he is still active.

By medusa9e (66.73.6.42) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 08:17 am:

yess, but my favorite was the one I mentioned first on this topic. LOL!
Sooo, he's still active????WOW

By BassLand (64.165.226.170) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 10:35 am:

Leon has a recording studio here in Los Angeles (I work there on various projects). The engineer I work there with in the past has been none other than Reggie Dozier.

Leon also has a triving blues lable (not sure of the name)

BassLand

By Heikki (62.71.79.239) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 02:52 pm:

Hi!
On Clay Hammond's latest cd called I Kissed Her Gone (on Desert Sound Records) there's one track titled Leon Stole My Freak. This cd was mixed and mastered by Leon Haywood and is distributed by his Evejim Records.
Best regards
Heikki

By Keith Rylatt (213.104.88.104) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 03:52 pm:

If anyone is interested, Leon Haywood's Fat Fish recording, `Baby Reconsider` was probably the record that started the whole Northern / Rare Soul scene in England. There were other in demand records, Earl Van Dyke, 6X6, the Dynatones, Fife Piper and Jackie Lee, `Darkest Days` for example but they were obtainable, at a price but `Baby Reconsider` was RARE & unobtainable at ANY price. It also started the `pressings` (bootleg) scene over here on a label called `Soul Sounds`.
Leon........what did you start! Keith

By Common (209.2.55.169) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 04:04 pm:

Why do I keep hearing "Ain't Nuthin But A G Thang" by Snoop when I think of Leon? I wonder what he thought about Snoop sampling his song.

Peace!

PS: Medusa9e, please don't hurt me! LOL! I couldn't help it.

By Sly fan (64.169.106.177) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 04:35 pm:

Common: he got compensated VERY well, that song is still a seller!!

By Sly fan (64.169.106.177) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 04:36 pm:

thats is if he owns any publishing. Hopefully.

By 1Wicked (24.126.64.120) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 06:01 pm:

Sly Fan...Leon is laughing all the way to the bank on that one....he does own his publishing !! He's stil active, as Bassland stated, and he's mentor/Godfather (as are Paul Humphrey and David T. Walker) to L.A. artist Lisa Gay.

By Sly fan (67.119.53.101) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 07:38 pm:

I am very Happy to hear that!! I kinda figured so..Much props to Mr. Haywood!! an LA Legend!!!

By Nish (66.119.33.170) on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 08:11 pm:

I love Leon Haywood! And I love "It's Got To Be Mellow" cuz my baby loves me and I'm her only fella!!! Yeah!

By medusa9e (66.73.12.5) on Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 10:17 pm:

Oh yeah, I remember that one 2, back then, didn't Guys know how 2 make songs that made us women feel good?
what's sweeter than BN called "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch??? that's even sweeter than Brown Sugar...
Oops, (nothing against D'Angelo), so PLEASE... I wasn't trying 2 offend anyone...Ok?..OK.

By Mark Speck (199.183.75.50) on Monday, June 02, 2003 - 12:17 am:

He also did a nice cover of William Bell's "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday" for Decca and there's also his great track for Capitol, "Consider the Source".

As for Leon's later material, don't forget "Don't Push It, Don't Force It".

Best,

Mark

By Lonnie Cook (198.81.26.231) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 03:30 am:

Anyone in Detroit know how to contact Carl Carlton? Leon Haywood produced two lp's on him one was never released and i would like to find Carl to add to it for a cd. Leon will never go broke because of the Carlton hit he produced in the early eighties "She's a bad Mamma Jamma". It went to #1 on the pop chart and Leon has been smilin' all the way to the bank ever since. James Ingram was the guy that walked into the studio and proclaimed "That's a bad Mamma Jamma", it stuck. Have Carl look me up and e-mail me from
www.soulwalking.co.uk/Lonnie%20Cook.html .

By Lonnie Cook (198.81.26.231) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 03:41 am:

forgot to say you can go to www.evejim.com to see what Leon has been up to. I do not think he has a functioning e-mail but his business # is listed (323)292-3452. Call him and tell him that Lonnie Cook gave out his number maybe he will listen. I have been trying to get him to come up to date technologically for three years now. I am meeting with him Tuesday.