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Eli "Paperboy" Reed: The Soul Evangelist

Lois Wilson, MOJO, January 2010

THE MOST FEROCIOUS BLUE-EYED-SOUL BELTER OF HIS GENERATION FORGED HIS EXULTANT VOCAL STYLE IN A BLACK CHURCH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. ELI "PAPERBOY" REED INVITES MOJO TO JOIN HIM DURING HIS "HOMECOMING" AND LAYS BARE HIS PLANS TO WORK WITH ARETHA FRANKLIN AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

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