TypeO Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 A brotha that was too much for Archie Bunker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 So sorry to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betteremily Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 ... He was too much they had to move him up to the east side. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul carruthers Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 The Jeffersons was one of my favorites growing up. RIP Sherman, you will be missed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) Who knew he was a prog rock fan? I certainly didn't. Weezy, Get Me Some LSD: 'George Jefferson' When Sherman Hemsley Met Gong Edited July 25, 2012 by Jahfin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I have first dibs on his apartment on the Upper East Side! I'll let the laundromats go way cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 But seriously he seemed to be one of the most in touch Americans that I'd ever heard speak. I will miss him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Who knew he was a prog rock fan? I certainly didn't. Weezy, Get Me Some LSD: 'George Jefferson' Is A Big Prog Rock Fan Link appears to be broken. Here's a post from Note From The Edge, a Yes Facebook Page, regarding Hemsley: RIP Sherman Hemsley. His character George Jefferson (on "The Jeffersons") probably had little in common musically with that of the actor: Sherman was a huge Yes fan, and I remember a profile on him in TV Guide from the mid-1970s where he was photographed sitting in the lotus position, and the article mentioned how his music of choice was prog rock, including Yes. I spoke to Sherman on a few occasions when I was running YesWorld, as he somehow got my phone number and asked me to put him in touch with Jon. The following is what I posted to NFTE #213, from February 12, 1999, following one of our conversations (don't know what became of "Festival of Dreams"). High Vibration go on, Sherman, and our hearts go out to his family and friends. - He gets it all the time. George Jefferson of the '70s TV series "The Jeffersons"...a Yes fan?!? While it's highly unlikely that television character George would be rocking to CTTE, for actor Sherman Hemsley it's something he's enjoyed doing since the album was released in 1972. Before discovering the band Sherman was a keyboardist with a background in jazz, grooving to the likes of Mandrill (whose tune "Universal Rhythms" was an inspiration) and Horace Silver (with his album UNITED STATES of MIND), music that proved influential in introducing him to spirituality and meditation. He soon latched on to progressive rock (he was into Emerson Lake and Palmer prior to Yes: TARKUS is his favorite ELP album), and though his introduction to Yes with FRAGILE was unexceptional due to an abysmal sound system he immediately embraced CTTE. He has been a major fan ever since. (Some Yes vets may recall seeing a TV Guide article on Sherman during "The Jeffersons" heyday; a photo depicted Sherman in a lotus position, and the text described how he embraced spirituality and listened to such "far out sounds" as Nektar...and Yes' TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS.) While Sherman continues to act (he'll soon be making an appearance on the ABC series "The Hughleys") he is exploring his own musical side: he is in the process of composing a musical titled "Festival of Dreams" with lyrics written by Yes' own Jon Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Link appears to be broken. Thanks, it is. It appears it's since been updated in light of Hemsley's passing. I've updated it in my original post as well. Here's the new link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Thanks, it is. It appears it's since been updated in light of Hemsley's passing. I've updated it in my original post as well. Here's the new link. I immediately like him even more! lulz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Damn, I wonder if he was at any of the Yes or ELP concerts I saw from 1972-on? What a trip that would have been to bump into George Jefferson at a Yes/Black Sabbath concert! RIP Sherman Hemsley. Enjoy your new "DELUXE apartment in the sky"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 RIP Sherman Hemsley. Enjoy your new "DELUXE apartment in the sky"! +1 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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