byline goes here

Hi all. Busy day here at TMM. We're putting together some great segments for later this week. We'll continue our coverage of the late Michael Jackson. A group of musicians whose careers were influenced by The King Of Pop plan to play us some of their favorites from the Jackson catalog!

In the same spirit, one of our listeners June Jeffries, sent this in after she heard the news of MJ's death. Thanks for sending June ...

I was driving back from Detroit - land of Motown - today when my husband called to tell me they were reporting that Michael had died. I was stunned. Later, when I was 90 minutes or so outside of DC, I put on the radio. I could then receive WHUR and WMJC. Both were playing non-stop Michael. It was evening; I opened the sunroof, rolled down some windows, drove at 65MPH, and sang along with Michael as loud as I could. I felt so alive. I remembered youth and good times. When I was 16 and Michael was 11, Mary Street, Henri Varner, and I went to Olympia Stadium where the Jackson Five performed as part of their first tour. That was the very first concert I ever went to. Years later, in 88 or 89, I went to the Capital Center here in Maryland and saw Michael as a solo artist. He was electrifying!!! I know Michael was supposed to perform 50 concerts in London. I was hoping that he'd be wildly successful and then do like Celine Dion and Prince and hook up with a casino and perform in Vegas. (Of course I was hoping he'd give up the weird stuff as well.) I wanted to go see him in Las Vegas. I just went to YouTube and saw the Thriller and Billie Jean videos. Since I'm retired and have some time...I think I'll learn those dance routines. I will be sure to wake up set my clock for 6 a.m. tomorrow morning so I can listen to Steve Harvey and Tom Joyner. Ciao ... JMJ

4:00 - June 29, 2009

What is this?

Share