Post #544979 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 9:50 AM

Trav, that is a well-made Wahine chair, congrats. I don't really know how to fix the blemishes. I use Feed'n'Wax wood preserver, but the lighter, scuffed spots always stay a little lighter.

For you, for PTD, and for all the other Wahine chair holders, here is the Eddie Kendricks album cover I bought at Chub's yard sale a week or two ago:

Now this is exactly the kind of image I KNEW existed somewhere but could not find anywhere for my Leopard print chapter in Tiki Mod, where I talk about "that some of the offerings by Witco Inc also struck a chord with young African Americans who were looking for their roots during the black liberation movement of the 1960s and early ‘70s"

I scoured Blaxploitation film collections and other black pop culture sources, but came up empty. Now here it is, the visual proof of my supposition. Here is the back cover with Eddie and his "tribe":

The title track on the album varies from the album title in that it is called "MY People Hold On"...was that too political for the album title? The track has a lot of drumming and chants about brothers and sisters and that time has come when the lion must take on the lamb....the kind of stuff that got lil grannies scared of our new president. :)

It is most unfortunate that Eddie has his legs crossed in both photos, so the face on the front of the chair is not visible. Was he perhaps embarrassed to pose in such a kitsch throne?

I say: My people, the time has come to be proud of our Witco!