The Boston Globe, March 2nd, 1996
LOS ANGELES -- This year's Grammy Awards crowned a new generation of artists accustomed to lavish contracts, jet-setting tours and constant media attention. There's a very different awards show, though, held the night after the Grammys each year. It's the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Awards, which spotlight older artists who were routinely cheated by record companies and promoters during the '40s, '50s and '60s. "We are the ones who paved the way for what you're listening to today. We went up and down the highways riding raggedy buses while the promoters went away with the money," said ...
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