I never knew it could be done that easily! He then helped me to get a couple of the songs down that I already had in my heart. I sang one of my songs to my then music pastor, Larry Graham, one day while at work at our church and he helped me by playing the song on the piano exactly as I had sung it. But still I had the songs in my head and my heart. I have had some of these songs for many years but never had the opportunity to perform them due to my lack of skill in not being able to play an instrument. I later learned they took a vote before they left Greenville that it would be their last time to fly on that plane. The next day after my dream, I called to try and warn them to please not get back on the plane. That night when I went to sleep after talking to Ronnie I woke up after God giving me the most vivid dream of my life: I dreamed the plane crashed! I saw the whole thing in my dream two nights before it really happened. but I told him I would meet them in two days in Little Rock, Arkansas, since it was only 150 miles from where I was staying in Mississippi. That was music to my ears! He asked me to fly to meet them in Greenville, S.C. Ronnie then called me and asked me to come back on the road that he missed me and he needed me. It is a hard life being a rock & roll star! They played four shows without me right after the "Street Survivors" album came out. Honestly I did not care at the time because I was tired of that lifestyle. I had heard through the grapevine Leslie was hired back, then Cassie. I had been physically sick due to being hooked on drugs and alcohol, so I went home to stay at my mother's for a while in Senatobia, Mississippi, where I was under a doctor's care. 1977 the last gig I sang with them was at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ronnie told me he wanted to try going back to just the male members of the band and as a result in Aug. I had my problems but one thing is for sure I could and can sing. It is a long story, but it is my side of the story and I am glad to set the story straight. I miss her! She was one of the most vibrant and remarkable people I have ever met. She did, we did, and the rest is rock and roll history. I told her to go and buy their two first albums and listen to them. She was living in Oklahoma at the time when I called her and asked her to come with us on the road. So after the band hired me they asked me if I knew any other female singers and I told them about Cassie. A little known fact about Cassie is that she sang in the original Broadway version of "Hair". She was my friend, and she was attending Memphis State University like me and was involved in their arts, drama, and music department. She knew I was a singer, and I knew she was a singer, but that is all. Leslie came from "Wet Willie" band and I knew Cassie from working with her in Memphis at a place called Pancho's. No we had never sung together before we were hired. I sometimes wonder what my life would have been like if I had. Here is a little known fact about me: I was once invited when I was 16 to visit and attend Julliard School but my dad would not let me because it was in New York City. I am glad I did leave school when dad asked me to so we got to have that time together. He died just three months later at the young age of 51 with a heart attack. My dad called me while I was attending college and asked me to leave Ole Miss just a few months after I enrolled and come home for good. but have no real knowledge of what key they are in or how to play them, but I just KNOW. I have the ability to hear vocal harmonies and different instruments in my head like guitars, trumpets, violins, etc. I was born with a gift for music that God gave me almost like an audiographic memory. I do not read music or know how to play any instrument (except percussion). I received a scholarship to attend the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) but had a difficult time because I never had music theory. I was also involved in the music program at my school choral group, girl's vocal ensemble, etc. I also was church soloist by the time I was 10 or 12. I started singing at age three I took dance lessons (tap and jazz) from the time I was three to about age 14, and did recitals about twice a year which were like showcases of all the students.
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