IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE THE LATE, GREAT, KEYBOARDIST,
DONALD ' RAZZEL DAZZEL' RAMSON LEFT US TO BE WITH THE LORD IN HEAVEN. WE LOST ANOTHER BROTHER, BASS PLAYER JONNIE "WHO'S MAKIN' LOVE" BOWENS ON MAY 21, 2011 WHO WAS SUDDENLY TAKEN FROM US AND SENT TO HEAVEN. KNOWN FOR HIS STYLE, WIT AND BEAUTIFUL PERSONALITY, RAZZ WAS THE BEST FRIEND, MENTOR AND BROTHER WE COULD EVER HAVE. RAZ STARTED WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE ALL VERY YOUNG AND WHEN OUR GIFTS AND TALENTS WERE JUST BECOMING RECOGNIZED. WE IDOLIZED EARTH, WIND AND FIRE, AMONG OTHERS AND WE GREW OLD TOGETHER, SIDE BY SIDE; AND THERE HE WAS, OUR RAZZ, ALWAYS DEPENDABLE. WE NEVER HAD ANY WORRIES WHEN RAZ WAS WITH US BANGING THOSE KEYS! JOHNNY JOINED US SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND HAD BEEN ROLLING STEADY WITH US UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY AND SUDDEN DEATH. THE NOTES WERE PERFECT AND THE TALENT WAS OVER THE TOP WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE WITH US PLUCKING THAT BASS! WE BELIEVE THEIR SPIRITS WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US AND GUIDING WHOMEVER MAY BE ON THE KEYBOARDS AND BASS. REST IN PEACE OUR BROTHERS, THE BLACKLITES LOVE YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS. FOREVER MISSED....FOREVER LOVED... |
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http://blog.syracuse.com/kirst/2007/07/the_blacklites_and_sunshine_on.html
CHANNEL 3 COVERAGE OF JAZZ IN THE CITY 2008 TRIBUTE TO DONALD "RAZZ" RANSOM CLICK LINK BELOW http://www.wstm.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=168200 http://www.wstm.com/news/video.aspx?id=168200 CLICK BELOW FOR VIDEO OF DONALD RANSOM AT HIS BEST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmr3Y9KDZz4 CLICK BELOW TO READ ARTICLE AT SYRACUSE.COM ABOUT THE BENEFIT WE PARTICIPATED IN FOR FRED ABOUD AND DONALD RANSOM http://www.syracuse.com/weekend/index.ssf/2007/09/music_notebook_4.html |
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![Donald Ransom("Handsome Ransom," "Razz")1956-2007](http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/theblacklitesbandcom/images/photos/gallery/1721165.jpg?0 "Donald Ransom("Handsome Ransom," "Razz")1956-2007")
