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There was a group that did nothing but background singing and I was a part of them. That was a separate entity by itself when you went to LA. But I mean if I need to get in touch with her, I know how.īE: Tell me some of the other people who you’ve backgrounded for? The young lady who use to keep us connected she passed last year so we don’t really have the connection that we use to.

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Robbie: No, she’s not well plus she’s in Switzerland. She was like a sister to me.īE: Do you still stay in touch with Tina? Robbie: We got along well – 40 of us sleeping on the bus, eating together, we all got along together well. It was basically a job a different type of job.īE: Did you get along with Tina Turner and Ike Turner? Did you form friendships with them? So it was never the partying that people think entertainers do. Doing a gig and then getting back on the bus and going to the next city. Being an Ikette, we rehearsed all day, went in the studio, it was just a job getting on the bus traveling to the next city. We got up every day, rehearsed, went to work, thought about what we were going to wear that night.

It is what I love so I’m just going to do it.īE: You got your start as an Ikette background singer for Ike and Tina Turner.

I’m just going to see how far I can go with it. So I’m working on that and then another video. People my age know what I’m talking about (laughing). It’s called “Feel Like Cheating.” (laughing) I’m staying in my bracket.

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You never get too old to stop looking.īE: Are you working on additional songs? Is it going to be a full album? I’m not turning up rocks but I’m looking. Ain’t my stuff good enough – why ain’t you home with me?īE: Are you seeing anyone right now Ms. That this lady’s doing everything she can to please this guy and he’s still going out cheating so that was the moral of that story. Robbie: Actually in the video I had to keep in mind that I’m 81 so I couldn’t have my hooters or my tooters hanging out so I just stayed true to my age and got some young people to show their hooters and it was just a real life situation – a man cheating on a woman or vice versa that was the story and that’s how we tried to show it in the video. it doesn’t just apply to ‘ain’t my sex good enough.’ But it gets attention so that’ll work for me (laughing). You can apply it to sex, but if you’re at your job and you do a great job every time and everyone passes you and you don’t get promoted you want to know “Aint My Stuff Good Enough?” It covers a lot of things. Now today it’s not dirty enough (laughing). My girlfriend wrote the song for the Ikettes like 40 years ago and it was a dirty song. And it turned out pretty good so I’m impressed by it. I backgrounded everybody in the world but I never had my own hit song so that was my inspiration. So now at this point in my life I can do what I want to do. Robbie: Singing is my first love, chicken is my second. And hoping we don’t get sick doing it but trying to take the precautions.

We are just struggling, holding on and praying we come out alive. And truthfully we have not been back up to capacity. Robbie: Yes, my business was we had to close several times. I’m just staying prayed up and thanking God every day. I’m still working in the restaurant every day and that’s basically it. I got a song out called “Aint My Stuff Good Enough?” It’s on social media so I’m just really excited.

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