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| 2013-08-16 |
| Blues/soul singer Lester Chambers dedicated a song in a live set to the late Trayvon Martin and then sang a heart felt rendition of his hit "People Get Ready" only to be attacked by a female bully for his efforts: From TFA: The woman who brazenly attacked funkadellic soul music legend Lester Chambers on-stage during his July performance at Hayward Russell City Blues Festival has officially been charged with felonies, including Assault by Means Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury and Elder Abuse, according to the Hayward and Alameda County's District Attorney's office. The 73 year old former member of The Chambers Brothers and the singer of influential hits, "People Get Ready", "Uptown", "I Can't Turn You Loose", and many more, was just revitalizing his career before allegedly being assaulted in front of a crowd of hundreds by 43-year-old Dinalynn Andrews-Potter on-stage after he dedicated "People Get Ready" to Trayvon Martin while the jury was in deliberations. Just a day after his attack, the acclaimed singer spoke with American Blues Scene, and true to a decades-long career professing peace, continued to have nothing but love in his heart -- though it was clear the attack would have a lasting impact on him as he talked about his feelings of not wanting to perform any more after the attack, and the nightmares he's always had about things going wrong on stage, though he's quick to add that this is one nightmare he never expected -- but is now haunted by. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 See, there ya go, this incident would never had happened iff Obamacare had paid for her meds! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-16 20:11 |
| #6 Alcohol was involved. A lot of his fans are saying the attacker was a tea party type, ignoring she was apparently drunk at the time. So, she was a Long Island Iced Tea Partier? |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2013-08-16 15:34 |
| #5 Alcohol was involved. A lot of his fans are saying the attacker was a tea party type, ignoring she was apparently drunk at the time. The demands for a hate crime charge owe more to the fact that Chambers has no health insurance, and is out of pocket his medical bills. What makes the demand silly is that the attacker is probably indigent, with not much in the way of resources. |
| Posted by: badanov 2013-08-16 14:24 |
| #4 This site has more info: Chambers and his family had asked that Andrews-Potter be charged with a hate crime, but authorities said Andrews-Potter's motives were unclear and she might not even have been in a position to hear Chambers' dedication of the song. Andrews-Potter told police she had a stress disorder and that a repetitive part of the song caused her to snap. It wasn't clear if she had hired an attorney. "It is a hate crime. There's no other reason for it," Chambers said. "She had hate in her face like a demon. Oh, God, it was ugly." |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2013-08-16 13:24 |
| #3 I never said Trayvon didn't have it coming. He was drug addled, ignorant, violent young man who made a series of bad decisions that ended his life. He was going to die young, in a gang related crime of some kind. Zimmerman got to him first. That does not mean an artist, an elderly man whose music and political views were steeped in a long forgotten albeit fantastical environment of peace and love, cannot express his personal sorrow at the loss of a human life through art or song, nor does it means that a fan of the blues cannot express the sorrow that a young man, Trayvon, was led down a road that ended with his early death. I think that Lester Chambers understood that, but if he didn't, it seems to me the only way he could deal with that was to dedicate the song to Trayvon Martin. I won't fault him for that. |
| Posted by: badanov 2013-08-16 11:00 |
| #2 You know I have looked deep into my heart concerning Trayvon and after long consideration I have to admit there is absolutely nothing there. Bye, Trayvon. And people singing weepy songs about Trayvon, hey, I have even forgotten the words to Kumbaya...and I never was much good at humming. Admit it, you don't miss Trayvon either. Be hoinest. |
| Posted by: Threater Flusoper9823 2013-08-16 06:52 |
| #1 not wanting to perform any more after the attack, GOOD. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-08-16 03:42 |