12/1/2008......!!!!NEW UPDATES ON YO' PRODIGY AND BLUES RAP WILL DEBUT IN THE COMING WEEKS....TO EVRYONE WHO HAS BEEN WATCHIN'...WAITIN'...ANTICIPATED....I THANK U 4 BELIEVIN' IN ME AND PLEASE KNOW THAT IT WELL WORTH THE WAIT...I AM COMING...IN 2009 BLUES AND HIP-HIP WILL...I REPEAT WILL...MERGE. I HOPLE I AM JUST AS FORTUNATE AS I AM NOW WITHOUT A CD. THANK EVERY AND I MEAN EVERYONE WHO CAME TO MY LAST THREE SHOWS @ BB'S JAZZ, BLUES, AND SOUPS. IT LETZ ME KNOW THAT I AM BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND AS I LEAVE THA SPACE 4 NOW...KNOW THAT IT'Z WORTH IT...YEA...IT'Z DAMN WORTH THA WAIT!!!!!!!! THE BLUES IS REBORN.-PRODIGYATTENTION:ALL FANS OF MY FATHER OR THE BLUES ALTOGETHER PLEASE SIGN YOU NAME TO THE ONLINE PETITION TO INDUCT MY FATHER AND ROBERT JT. LOCKWOOD TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HAME OF FAME!! MY DAD RECORDED IN EVERY DECADE SINCE THE 1920'S, THE LONGEST OF ANY AMERICAN MUSIC PERFORMER AND ROBERT JR. IS THE HOLDER OF MANY HONORARY DEGREES' FOR MUSIC THERORY FOR IS UNIQUE AND LEGENDARY PLAYING STYLE.
GO TO:http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mulelock/petition.htmlTO SIGN THE PETITION AND HELP PERSERVE THEIR LEGENDS GO TO:
www.PETITIONONLINE.COM/MULELOCK/PETITION.htmlTHANK YOU & GOD BLESS
ALONZO "YOUNG/PRODIGY" TOWNSENDY'ALL GET PREPARED....MY BIGGEST INFLUENCE COMES FROM MY LATE DAD, HENRY "MULE" TOWNSEND, ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST AND OLDEST LIVING PERFORMERS. MY DAD INSPIRED ME TO FOLLOW HIS STEPS IN MUSIC AND SINCE MY FATHER PASSED IT MAKES MY AMBITION EVEN STRONGER. MY MUSIC SPECIALTY IS "BLUES RAP" AN CONCEPT YOU NEVER HEARD OF AND UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER WILL EXPIERIECE. I WILL HAVE MY ORIGINAL SONGS AND NEW MIXTAPE UP A.S.A I CAN... BUT LOOK 4 ME AND ALL MY ST.LOUIS FAMILY LOOK 4 ME AND SUPPORT ME CUZ IM BOUT 2 MAKE THA LOU HOTTER THAN IT EVER WAS IN MUSIC.... 1 PRODIGY.....1 AZ
-Alonzo Townsend, Son of St.Louis Blues Patriarch,
Henry James "The Mule" Townsend has been bred and prepared for not only the blues, but the entire music world by his father since Henry first held his son. At just the young age of 19, Alonzo has traveled all around the world and U.S. with his father, and not only has traveled but was educated by Henry's way of life and lessons that Henry learned himself.
Also known as "Young Prodigy", Alonzo has dedicated his life and work to following in his father's footsteps and keeping his legecy alive.
"Young Prodigy, To me is a child,a young man that has been given everything necessary to excel in anything that wants in the future, because you can be the future. If you want to make the future, if you feel that whatever your call is will continue to mean something to yourself and the future, you are a prodigy....
If you take advantage of what you got while you can....You are a young prodigy."
If you can understand that, then you'll be a step closer to opening doors. "My dad was all about opening doors. He wanted everyone to have an opportunity to make something better for yourself. He was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship Award, the highest honor our country bestows on an artist of the Traditional Arts."The wisdom he shared with anyone who came to know him was powerful and thought provoking. He made you believe that anything is possible. Although there will be hills to climb,
with determination, one can accomplish anything.""I like to talk to younger people about their future, It don't mean that they have
to take a certain avenue, take an avenue yes, but be the best, or among the
best at whatever they do, and I'd like to leave that with the coming generations."Rather it be Music, Arts, it didn't matter. He wanted for me what he couldn't get, what he didn't know how to get." That alone does and will continue the drive of giving the opportunity to students and others that many never will have. With the help and mission of The Blue Shoe Project, Henry's wishes will never fade, with Alonzo's vision there is a brighter future for blues and music.--Alonzo Townsend(SHOUTOUTZ):
THE BLUE SHOE PROJECT
MY NIGGA DJ BOBO(GO_DJ_BOBO) THIS IZ MY LEFT HAND MAN...MIXTAPE KING OF THA LOU
BLACK BOYY RELL(BLACKBOYY_RELL) THIS IZ MY RIGHT HAND MAN RIGHT HERE.
MY NIGGA BIG D.
MY NIGGA NIGHTMARE "KILLA" CAM.
DJ T-GUTTA
J-NICKS
DJ KRISSSTYLE
MY SISTER
MY EXTENDED FAMILY FROM GRAFTON TO ST.LOUIS TO ATL TO CALI
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED MY DAD, MYSELF, AND OUR LOVE: MUSIC
I created my own profile using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM and you should too!Useful links with more information about My Dad Henry Townsend:The Blue Shoe Times news blog archives:http://blueshoetimes.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archiv
e.htmlhttp://blueshoetimes.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.h
tmlThe Blue Shoe Project photo album of Henry:
http://flickr.com/photos/theblueshoeproject/sets/72157594300
212365/STL Blues.net Biography:
http://www.stlblues.net/TownsendBio.htmIllustrated Henry Townsend Discography page:
http://www.wirz.de/music/townsfrm.htmMore Henry information on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Townsend_(musician)
