• • • • Janus Records chronology (1970) 1970 Long Burn the Fire (1970) (2005) 2005 Long Burn the Fire is the second studio album by the Detroit band. The band’s name was altered to Mer-Da on the album’s front cover. It was released by subsidiary Janus in 1972. The album sleeve features only guitarists Anthony and Charles Hawkins and bassist VC L. Original drummer Tyrone Hite had left the band and was not officially replaced; session drummer Bob Crowder was hired just before the recording sessions.

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Complete your Black Merda record collection. Discover Black Merda's full discography. Shop new and used Vinyl and CDs. The group returned in 1971 with Long Burn. Black Merda began work on their second album without an official drummer, with session drummer Bob Crowder being hired just before recording. The album Long Burn the Fire was released in 1972 by Chess subsidiary Janus Records, with only Veasey and the Hawkins brothers pictured on the sleeve.

The original album was long out of print before being reissued on CD by TuffCity Records in 1996. All of the album’s tracks are also collected on the 2005 Black Merda compilation. Track listing [ ] • 'For You' – 4:38 • 'The Folks from Mother’s Mixer' – 4:09 • 'My Mistake' – 5:25 • 'Lying' – 4:25 • 'Long Burn the Fire' – 3:21 • 'Sometimes I Wish' – 3:45 • 'I Got a Woman' – 4:53 • 'We Made Up' – 3:41 Personnel [ ] • Anthony Hawkins – guitar, vocals • VC L. Veasey – bass, vocals • Charles Hawkins – guitar, vocals • Bob Crowder – drums.

• • • • • Years active 1968–1975, 2005–present Associated acts Soul Agents Website Members • Anthony Hawkins • VC L. Veasey • Charles Hawkins • Michael Kilgore Past members Tyrone Hite Black Merda ( ) is an American band from, active from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s and reuniting in 2005.

The core band members are guitarist/vocalist Anthony Hawkins, bassist/guitarist/vocalist VC L. Veasey, and guitarist/vocalist Charles Hawkins, plus original drummer/vocalist Tyrone Hite. Hite was a native of Detroit; the Hawkins brothers and Veasey were all born in Mississippi and came of age in Detroit. Black Merda in 2008 (L-R Charles Hawkins, Anthony Hawkins, VC L.

Veasey) In 2005, the Funky Delicacies label released the compilation disc, collecting all the songs from the two original albums, Black Merda and Long Burn the Fire. Vdo dayton ms 6000 update firefox. Thanks to the new attention brought by this compilation and a cult following that showed a growing interest in the obscure black rock of the early 1970s, the Hawkins brothers and Veasey reunited in 2005.

(Hite had died in 2004). The reformed Black Merda has played at several festivals in Detroit and the surrounding region as well as New York's Central Park SummerStage concerts series and The Ottawa Blues Festival in 2006. A compilation of rarities titled was released in 2006. The band has since released the albums (2006) and (2009). The long-delayed appreciation for Black Merda's influence was further reflected in 2005 when rapper sampled their 1972 track 'Lying' as the backing track for 'Exodus Intro' on his album. In 2007 The Detroit Metro Times named the 1970 track 'Cynthy-Ruth' as one of The 100 Greatest Detroit Songs Ever! Further recognition was garnered when 'Cynthy-Ruth' was featured in the HBO documentary The Nine Lives Of Marion Barry that aired in August 2009.