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August Darnell August

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2008-08-12 10:35:08 by Jeff Klingman in Merry Swankster
...Darnell, clearly not sweating it I don't know if it's just me, but aside from a few scattered tracks (which I'll hopefully get to soon), the late summer has been kind of a wash for new music. Just little blips of interest, but nothing that's matched the compulsive need to listen and re-listen that Kala did a year ago. Fingers crossed that a...
 
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LaDonna & Darnell Today Wedding Video

2008-06-25 14:05:51 by Castina in Hip-Hop Crunch
 
Winning couple LaDonna and Darnell jumped the broom free of charge on The Today Show Wednesday. The couple, who walked down the aisle to Etta James At Last, will set off on an all-expense paid honeymoon to Bora Bora. (more
 
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Rep Confirms Murder Of Jennifer Hudson Mother & Brother Darnell Hudson, Jason Hudson

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2008-10-25 02:32:03 by Castina in Hip-Hop Crunch
...Darnell Donerson, and her brother, Jason Hudson, Lisa Kasteler, a rep for the actress, said in a statement Friday. No further comment will be made and the family has asked that their privacy be respected at this difficult time According to the Associated Press, Chicago Police are looking for William Balfour in connection with the slayings....
 
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Jennifer Hudson Mother Shooting Death: Darnell Hudson Donnerson Murdered

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2008-10-24 22:32:35 by Castina in Hip-Hop Crunch
...Darnell Donnerson, Jennifers mother, was one of the victims Developing
 
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Into The Groove, (08)

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2007-12-07 04:13:00 by Rho in Rho-Xs
...Darnell had taken another route writing and producing, ending up at New Yorks trendy ZE label. He used it as a stepping stone for a new musical career as Kid Creole backed by his wife and supported by Savannah percussionist Hernandez, their first excellent adventure can be joined here Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (76 ^ 83mb The...
 
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Into The Groove (18)

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2008-02-15 03:21:00 by Rho in Rho-Xs
...Darnell, better known as Kid Creole, 10 weeks ago-in another context- i posted Maladie D'Amour, would have fitted nicely today. For now i chose Tropical Gangsters, the album that got him some major coconuts, seriously, it's danceable and witty, they were really on a roll.... "the man likes milk, now he owns a million cows" Tell me that i'm...
 
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Small triumphs

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2008-03-02 11:53:00 by Jeane Goforth in Scrollworks & Metropolitan Youth Orchestras
...Darnell work on the drum set. Finally, the boys could resist no longer. They climbed up on stage and grabbed the guitars. Philip played the pieces he'd taught himself and the others joined in. The smile on Philip's face persisted for hours During the day, two young men came in to eat brownies and get sodas. They sat for awhile and listened...
 
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Kid Creole, all grown up

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2008-05-02 06:16:00 by Sean in Mainstream Isn't So Bad...Is It?
...Darnell , A.K.A. Kid Creole . I would love to tell you all about August, but the pages and pages of thorough and thoroughly enjoyable liner notes included with Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1974-1983 do a more than comprehensive job of telling his story. Let me cover the basics for you here though Darnells initial foray into the...
 
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Goin' Coconutty

2008-08-01 21:40:35 by Mike the Knife of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
 
...Darnell (a.k.a. Kid Creole) and his antic sidekick/musical director "Sugar-Coated" Andy Hernandez (a.k.a. Coati Mundi) fronting Kid Creole & the Coconuts, one of the two great show bands of the 1980s. The other was Morris Day & The Time, the funk-and-frolic machine from Minneapolis that also provided a showcase for musicians/eventual...
 
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Kid Creole Readies Retrospective Comp

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2008-04-11 17:30:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Darnell Years 1974-1983 Over the course of 15 tracks, Going Places chronicles Creole's progress as a musician, producer, and writer, from his beginnings under the given name August Darnell-- as a member of Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band-- through his development into the Coconut-fronting genre-masher known as Kid Creole DJ Guido of Paris DJs...
 
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