Just returned a few days ago from the Still Black Still Proud tour. Pee Wee Ellis put together musicians from the West Coast, East Coast and Africa for this tour. For this tour, Pee Wee also added his old friend from the James Brown Band, Maceo Parker. What a musical journey, our last three stops Philadlephia, Minneapolis and Toronto were all fun, great crowds who were all into the music, we could feel the audiances reactions as they sent back a great message to us by their excitement. My personal favorites were Philly, where the fans were having way more fun then we were and Toronto where I sang “Try Me” for the first time, and at the end of the show we received a very long Standing Ovation. I’m looking forward to the next tour. Peace and Love to all….Fred Ross