Charles Connor is the original pioneering drummer for Little Richard, and the man whom the "Godfather of Soul," James Brown, said, "Was the first to put the funk into the rhythm." As one of history's few successful left-handed drummers, the New Orleans-born Connor, created the "Choo-Choo Train" drumming style, which consists of eight notes. It has been used by nearly all subsequent Rock 'n' Roll drummers, whether they know it or not. Among the classic recordings featuring Connor's trademark drumming are Little Richard's "Keep A-Knockin'," "She's Got It," and "Ooh My Soul." In addition to...

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In 1970 a fashionably cynical and somewhat naive young Frank Hayes takes a job at City Hall in racially tense Macon, Georgia. Mr. John Glover, an eighty-nine year old illiterate black man, asks Frank for assistance in understanding a city condemnation order against Mr. Glover's home. Frank's efforts soon put him in the arms of Shirley Willingham, wife of Stafford Willingham, one of Macon's wealthiest real estate developers. But it is Johnny Mae Glover, the green-eyed granddaughter of the old gentleman he is trying to help, who steals Frank's heart. Frank is taken under the wing of a grizzled...