[Via Brenda Vaughn] Calvin Youngblood's (August 5, 1954 – April 18, 2011) service will be held on Friday April 22, 2011 at 11:30 a..m at the Memowaru Hall 045-251-5631 Yoshinocho station Yokohama subway line. Please contact Yuki Sudo, David King, Takako King, or Gary Adkins if you require additional information. By the way, Brother Calvin will be suited in a black tuxedo and we are asking all of the men, if possible, to REPRESENT... come in a tux or black suit! Please pass information on the funeral service to others.

You can read about Calvin and see some of his performances here via Japan Wax Poetics. Check out Calvin's rendition of It's a Wonderful World below, one of my favorites![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71QWcX_EE4Y&feature=player_embedded#at=18[/youtube]A TRIBUTE TO CALVIN YOUNGBLOOD[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IDupUr1vDg[/youtube]Check out Destiny solid ground with Dennis Bradford featuring Calvin Youngblood here.