This website is dedicated to Detroit, Soul Music, 45 RPM, Northern Soul and the great Motown era of Detroit Musics. It covers Golden World, Berry Gordy, Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, Funk Brothers, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Tamla, Wheelsville, Robert West, Darrell Banks, Johnnie Mae Matthews, Rose Battiste, Tera Shirma, Fred Bridges, Dennis Coffey, Bob Babbitt, James Jamerson, Twisted Wheel, Wiggan Casino and many more Detroit Souls topics.
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The Robert West Story
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scans courtesy of Lars G Nilsson
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A much publicised altercation with Herman Griffin seemed to
herald Robert West's departure to Las Vegas,
An interview with Betty Lavette for In The Basement magazine
uncovered that Herman claimed to have been acting in
self defense when he shot Robert in the eye in an incident in
New York City.
Apparently Griffin's ex-wife, Mary Wells, was at the centre of
the incident but Robert always maintained that he was the
innocent party and that all he remembers is "ending up on
the floor".
Once in Las Vegas West issued a small amount of material
from his Detroit days through a Post Office Box.
Notes thanks to
David Meikle
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DESIGN AND
GRAPHICS BY
LOWELL BOILEAU
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This website is dedicated to Detroit, Soul Music, 45 RPM, Northern
Soul and the great Motown era of Detroit Musics. It covers Golden
World, Tamla, Wheelsville, Robert West, Darrell Banks, Johnnie
Mae Matthews, Rose Battiste, Tera Shirma, Fred Bridges, Supremes,
Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, Funk Brothers, Dennis Coffey, Bob
Babbitt, James Jamerson, Twisted Wheel, Wiggan Casino and many
more Detroit Souls topics. |
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