what has been your love affair with r & b? how did that start with you? >> i grew up in kansas.have run radio station, whb. an am station. it played tammy why net, led zeppelin and marvin gay and the supremes. m motown was coming through big time. everything was right there. i had the jackson five, knew nothing about michael jackson. the temptations. when the '70s came, we had a rock and roll station and a crazy soul station. all of that felt perfect to me. then they want to put me into a box. i'm like okay, i'll go over here. some day, i'm going to get out. going to move a little more. >> free at last. >> yes. >> i love hearing the term. >> come on. >> i love it. that was priceless right there. the m to the e is back. the new project, "this is m.e." i think you will love it. good to have you on the program, again. i'm honored to have you come see us. melissa is going to close the show with a song called "a little bit of me" off the cd "this is m.e." love you, too. thanks for watching. enjoy the performance. as always, keep the faith. ♪ ♪ if you believe, if you tried ♪ it could

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