fantasy of course reasons I mean clearly and do you remember like these are the three songs I think that most people love the most even though there are so many things in your catalog so I want to start just by asking something about this song I'm gonna go to you first for Dean um what was the original origin for those who don't know of this song where did this song come from

Well, really, it was a song that was written by Maurice, the late Ali Willis, guitar licks by Al McKay.

And that's really where the origin came from.

And it just blew up and blew up.

And now people tell us, my daughter was born on this day.

My son, it has so many meanings that really is not the real meaning.

this is fact if you hear because you know it's going to be toward the end and it's one of those things where y'all make people wait for it and then just like you go when you play it everybody's like oh especially absolutely i do have to ask okay a couple more songs we're going to do a couple things so i know we don't have you for long because you guys are actually on tour uh but verdine i promise you i'm asking this for everyone in america we need to know a list of all of your hair products because When I tell you have the best hair in R&B, rock and roll, or all of music, please tell us how do you keep your hair looking so

amazing? I put conditioner in it, I steam it, I flat iron it, all the stuff that, you know, everybody does.

So, you know, it's take, a, a lot of other, uh, uh, things have taken the space of music, you know.

Do, do you like when, sometimes I know that the songs go political, right? So political people will use the songs for their campaign.

Does that bother you? Do you cut it or do you just say, "Hey, let the checks come in."

[laughs]

And there was a lady chanting buck naked in front of my door.

Nami Oringe Kio Namri.

I was like, "Okay, I'll be right back." I, I, I backed back on the elevator.

Absolutely.

It's a wor- it's a work in progress, you know? But, uh, uh, th- they were great artist.

Uh, uh, David, Doug, uh, uh, they're good.

Magic is, it's an art form.

So, and, uh, and, and those shows were d- we rehearsed a long time to get those shows perfect.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, President Obama and Michelle.

And, uh, and they both wanted to do it together.

Yeah

... to rehearse.

You know, because we had to do the music first, then we had to do the choreography, which was hard 'cause we did two choreography sessions.

One that started at 11...

No 10:30 to, to 1:30.

Took a two-hour break for lunch, then we get into the evening part like, you know, 6:00 on.

Here we are.

Yeah.

So it was, it was a, a lot of things had to connect at the same time, and, and they did.

Yeah.

And we were in the right place at the right time, in front of the right people with the right music, you know? And the, and the thing about it is, uh, the three of us who are sitting here, uh, as Philip said, we were young enough to buy into it and to be part of it, and, and to grow within it, and, uh, and be able to express ourselves as well.

Wow.

You know? And at, and it was upright bass.

Bass was bigger than I was at the time, you know? And, um, uh, and then I was able to, like, really...

Coming out of Chicago, you know, you know, you wa- you were talking earlier out of different genres of music.

Coming out of Chicago, you know, R&B, jazz, pop.

That's a

gift.

Well, I think we were very lucky.

And, you know, Philip and Ralph, we've walked together for over 50 years, and our music, as you said earlier, resonates with all kind of generations.

And now we're still here, and people are loving the music every day.

So was there any preparation about going back to doing this documentary and looking at where it all began?

I think for us, the timing was perfect.

I think the people were ready.