Chords for Jermaine Stewart- RARE/US TV '86 interview-Pt. 1

If you've ever watched Soul Train or seen Shalamar perform, you've probably seen the choreography of today's guest.
If you've ever danced to The Word Is Out, then you've heard his voice.
And if you've ever had a good time without taking your clothes off, you'll be able to relate to his latest song.
Jermaine Stewart is our special guest today, and he's gonna help you understand all of this a little bit better.
Ladies and gentlemen, here is the irrepressible Jermaine Stewart.
Whatever that means.
Irrepressible.
Does that mean your pants won't hold a crease? _
Are you out of Africa or what?
You've got all this zebra on.
No, I've seen the movie though.
Yeah?
Did you like it?
Yeah, I got sort of inspired by it.
_ Well, it's good to see you.
It's good to be here.
How's everything going for you?
Oh, well, okay.
You know, home.
You got some new record out?
Right.
How's it doing so far?
It's only been out, what, three weeks?
It's been about three weeks now.
Is it too early to tell?
Yeah, _ _ it's getting a lot of play on the radio stations across the country already, isn't it?
This is just your second album, is that right?
Right.
A year ago, you released The Word Is Out, which was the number one record.
Right.
That was your first song.
Right.
_ [Bb] Well, this is the second album, and this is [A] the first single from the new album.
Mm-hmm.
It's called Frantic Romantic, I might add.
What does that mean?
Well, I'm a frantic romantic.
A little different from a hopeless romantic, I assume.
A frantic romantic.
Right.
Is that, are we talking kinky here or what?
I mean, what?
Well, it all depends.
Well, you know, [Gb] let your mind wander.
_ _ _ Okay.
When The Word Is Out happened, no one had heard of Jermaine Stewart.
We got the video here, and we [Eb] started playing the video.
I think that was long before it actually happened on the radio.
[E] _ And part of the reason that we played it, of course,
was because it was an interesting storyline for the video.
Right.
And the song was hot, too.
But you were out of England at that time.
We thought that you were an English act.
Right.
We didn't know that you were originally from America.
Well, actually, mate, you know, I spent a couple of days over in England.
_ Don't try.
_ You know, hey, what can I say, man?
You know.
No, you know, I was over there for like three years, and got sort of cultural.
By being over there, part [A] of the way they go [Bb] about the music over there.
You know?
How's it different from here?
The dress and the music?
Well, wow, the dress is wild, you know.
I don't think you see too many people walking around in America with zebra on.
Or have the nerve to walk around, you know.
And you wouldn't be a standout over there in that outfit, would you?
No, not at all.
I'd blend right in.
Maybe in the back somewhere.
Seems like it's the eyes-odd that's more subject to the rule over there.
Yeah, but in America, I think things are more [E] just kind of music.
As far as music, it's [A] more broadened, I think.
Over there, it's very electro and different types of [Ab] music.
How well did your music [E] do over there?
It did okay.
Not as well as it did here in the United States?
No, not as well, but it did.
It made some noise.
The word was out, you know, put the word out.
[Gb] But it still was fine. _ _
You were born here, though.
Are you from Chicago?
I'm Chicago, right.
I was born in Ohio, actually.
Columbus, Ohio.
Oh, okay.
But I was raised in Chicago.
Then from there, you ventured out to Los Angeles.
Right.
How old were you then?
I can't even feel that.
I'm not going to ask you how old you are now.
We may have people out there with calculators.
They start figuring this out.
But I do remember Don Canales.
How long ago was it?
How long ago was it when you moved to California? _
It was about seven, maybe seven years.
Maybe six and a half years.
What were you going to say about Don Canales?
I remember him from Soul Train in Chicago.
He used to have on the short hot pants.
Oh, really?
Don Canales in hot pants?
Yeah, you have to see this to believe it.
I still have pictures.
[Bbm] If you're watching, [E] you're going to be terrified.
Bring them to us.
We could probably blackmail them.
Yeah, blackmail them.
We could get something out of that.
Don Canales in hot pants.
So you were one of the Soul Train dancers.
Right.
For how long?
Oh, wow.
Oh, really?
Yeah, and then, well, I guess for about maybe eight years.
Then I'm, well, I was in Chicago for like two years.
And then I'm, _ _ _ whoa, okay.
Was that fun, to be a Soul Train dancer?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, well, we had a little [Abm] dance group called the Soul Train [F] Dancers.
That consisted of some of the members of Shalom.
Shalom, all [Ab] right, Jeffrey Dancer, you all.
[Gb] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ Later on. _ _ _
Uh-huh.
Before I'm Shalom.
I understand you also auditioned for Shalom.
Right.
And, well, I think I was a bit ahead of my time, you know, with the hair.
My hair was like this, only it was a bit, it was longer.
You're still a bit ahead of your time.
Oh, yeah, why not?
Isn't that?
Why not?
[B] That's a different look, though.
I like it, though.
Yeah, it's different.
You know, everyone's wearing a little bit different curls, you [Bb] know, going on.
And I just figured, why not just wear it straight, you know?
So, you left, after they left and went to Shalom, you [A] decided to go to England.
Right.
Well, Shalom was touring in England.
Uh-huh.
And I just decided, myself, Jeffrey, and Jody.
_ _ _ _ [B] Jody's now [A] working on her album, and Jeffrey's working on his solo album.
_ My word is out.
Oh.
[E] Uh-huh.
We're going to show you a new video now.
Oh, why not?
Yeah, that's right.
We showed it before a couple times.
Yeah?
Yeah, I like it.
Because we don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time.
That's right.
Jermaine Stewart on [B] VideoSoul.
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