Frankie Beverly, who with his band Maze inspired generations of fans with his smooth, soulful voice and lasting anthems including “Before I Let Go,” has died.
Frankie Beverly , legendary R&B artist and founder of Maze, dies at 77What are the laws for riding horses on Texas streets?Laundry day is so much easier with this viral cleanerFILE - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly , right, performs during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2009. who with his band Maze inspired generations of fans with his smooth, soulful voice and lasting anthems including “Before I Let Go,” has died. He was 77.
Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and a former mayor of New Orleans, said Maze's 1981 album “Live In New Orleans” cemented the city’s relationship with Beverly. Morial said he always sat in the front row for Maze’s closeout show at the festival and remembers turning around and seeing a crowd that was “joyful like a choir” singing all of the words with Beverly.
Maze started out in Philadelphia the early 1970s as Raw Soul before heading to the San Francisco Bay Area. It waswho convinced him to change the band's name to Maze and, in 1977, helped them release their first album, “Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly.”
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