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>Is Reconstructionist the same branch of Judaism that Rabbi Wine from >Birmingham sort of established?

No. That was Humanist Judaism.

Growing up in the sixties in Oak Park, there was a podiatrist on 9 Mile Road name Jerome Smelsey.

I see a lot of very good bands and artists there, but I'm not sure I'd consider any of them great, other than Marshall Crenshaw and Jr. Walker. "Very good" and "great" are subjective terms, but that...

I remember seeing Roger Ward at the auto show there. 1970? 71?

The Wicked Mr. Pickett.

Canadian Visitor -- I have no reason to question your characterization of a certain poster as being racist. How did you determine that the list itself is systemically racist?

The newspaper the link leads to is the "Detroit American". Anybody know what that is?

Try the Michigan Music History group on Facebook.

Justin Verlander is better than Matt Boyd.

Anti-semitism means prejudice against Jews, not against all speakers of Semitic languages. Look it up. Arabs can be anti-Semites, though of course, that doesn't mean that they are.

The most unrecognized genius of rock music is from Berkley, and I mean Marshall Crenshaw.

Thank you, Al.

I just read that Del Shannon lived in Southfield in 1962, when he was at the peak of his popularity after "Runaway". Does anybody know where in Southfield?

[MC5, The Dictators, Wayne County, [[Jayne County), The Stooges, Bob Seger, Radio Birdman... etc, where are they now...?[/QUOTE]

The only Dictators I'm familiar with were a New York band from the...

Been here since about 2004.

Right! And Frank Lary!

Great website, Herman!

Thanks. These are really good.

Thank you SammyS and EastsideAl.

Does anyone know how Oak Park, Berkley, and Huntington Woods got their names?

And let's not forget Bobby Vee. R.I.P.

He changed his family name from Papastergios.

His Wikipedia entry says he went to Cooley High, but does anybody know where exactly he lived?

Where did Gribbs live?

Thanks for the information.