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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Ike Turner

From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
Date: 2007-12-13

It has always slightly bothered me that a true rock and roll pioneer
will be forever remembered as being the person who allegedly beat his
wife, despite there being little evidence to back the fact up.

Mike

john barrick wrote:
>
> I just heard that the king of the bitch slap, Ike Turner, passed away
> today at the age of 76. No matter what one thinks of the way he treated
> Tina, there's no denying that their music was a forced to be reckoned
> with.
>
> Here's one of my favorite clips from the TNT show:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRMi61NkrXY
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRMi61NkrXY>
>
> Don't ask me why David McCallum appears at the end...
>
>