The Aleem Brothers Interview – Parts 1 and 2

what happened to the website urbanstreettales.com?

this url appears to now be selling video games with no
mention of the Aleems or Jimi?

Can you please tell me what’s up?

Thanks…also your video has poor sound quality, can you beef it up?

These fellows are formidable in their own right and in their own terms. They are part of the inner circle of JMH who were there from the beginning. They loved and protected Hendrix before he was the world wide rage that he became. Unlike most of the people who were drawn to and surrounded Hendrix, these two men understood exactly the force and phenom they were blessed to have encountered and embraced. Along with the Isleys, Juma Sultan, Buddy and Billy, Fayne, Larry Lee, and a few others, the Twins were very healthy influences on Jimi. These politically conscious twins could usher him into roots cultures and communities, as respected people themselves. They were the membrane between JMH and various strains of black liberation culture, politics, and economics. Had they been along on the fateful Euro tour in late summer 1970, events would possibly have played themselves out differently. They provided Hendrix physical and creative space that could not be penetrated so easily by his management and other negative forces who latched on and glommed on to his power, warmth, aesthetic appeal and overall personhood. If ever a gatekeeper was needed, it was in Hendrix’s case. The more time he spent with the Allen/Aleem brothers, the less time he was surrounded by the more negative influences. These men are very under appreciated, but thinking people who dig into it recognize their centrality to the JMH living legacy and the Jimi Hendrix hard funk word sound power prophecy project.