the patriarch of a soul legacy but the legacy was shattered by the recent of his son, soul man gerald lavert. eddie finished the book of love he and gerald started. i recently caught up with him in detroit to talk about how he's dealing with life after losing a son and his legendary career. eddie lavert is our "headliner." eddie, i want to talk about i recently saw you guys on stage. >> yes. >> and i told you that night and i'm telling you again, now, this is, i've seen you all for years. this is the baddest show that i've ever seen. what is it that you all are doing that really -- that audience did not sit down from beginning to end. >> we finally got a chance to re-address who the ojs really are. you know, in the early '70s they called us the messengers so we got a chance to put in a lot of those songs like, give the people what they want. we got a chance to incorporate, people get ready by the impressions with love train. this is a great thing. ♪ people all over the world, join hands ♪ ♪ start a love train, love train ♪ >> and we're trying to appeal to our core. >> when you all started, d