Bay Area Black History - February 10th - The Pointer Sisters

Black Bay Area History
aka American History
aka World History

February 9th - The Pointer Sisters

Did you know they were a 4 Piece, that won their first Grammy for a country song “Fairytale”, in 1975? They have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of fame, as they should, and when I was a teenager I definitely had a crush on them. They made me, Jump. Ha. Dumb joke. All four sisters are from Oakland and stayed a 4 piece for about 5 years. 1972 - 1977. If you ever find yourself around pier 39, in San Francisco, check out Umbrella Alley. They have a California mural where I was fortunate to do a painting in the A. I painted Bay Area artists, including the Pointer Sisters. That’s when I found out there were 4 of them originally.

Dismalthings.bigcartel.com

https://youtu.be/tQWgKvvbT1g?si=MKfNlaI2GJZtaAIt

https://thepointersisters.com/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/962840768/the-hidden-legacy-of-the-pointer-sisters-genre-busting-pioneers-of-message-music

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-pointer-sisters-1971/

https://umbrellaalley.com

this is an original 8 x 10 inch painting that comes framed