I had to share something from the Wayback Machine...in the early 1990s, the Concord Community Music School approached Chubb (one of its major supporters) to participate in a Motown Night fund-raiser. Jim and I were picked to get a group together to cover a Motown song with a live band in a competition...the preparation, rehearsals, and competition -- which Chubb won -- were an absolute hoot and Jim and I had a ball coordinating this. In the attached photo, I am on left, Jim on right, as lead singers (I use the term loosely) of "The Attemptations."
The following year, we competed and won again -- as Gladys Fright and the Pits doing "Midnight Train to Georgia". While digging through my photos to find the first one, I found an envelope of photos with a handwritten note from Jim, who was traveling extensively to Field offices that year. The note says "For Distribution to Gladys Fright and the Pits -- Courtesy of Woo-Woo Ehrlich, the Left Coast Bopper." I would include a photo from that year as well, but the only one that I have shows Jim touching me (I was Gladys, resplendent in a blue chiffon dress) inappropriately.
I'm at a loss for words to say, except that may God be a rock and salvation for Jim and his wonderful, beautiful family. My thoughts and prayers are with them all.
Jeff Podraza
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