The O’Jays: ‘Trump wanted to use Love Train’
The R&B veterans on navigating six decades of pressure, political provocation and dry spells
It is 61 years after Walter Williams and Eddie Levert first formed a band, and the surviving founder members of the O’Jays can’t seem to decide whether or not they are about to split up. Their new album is called The Last Word, and at nearly 77, Levert thinks it is time to retire. “It’s like the body is saying to me: ‘You don’t need to do that strenuous choreography any more!’” he says, from his home in Las Vegas. “My knees are telling me they can’t take it.”
Calling from his home, also in Vegas, Williams isn’t so sure. “Probably age-wise it should be,” he offers, “but the desire to continue what we started could go on another two or three years. If we’re still happy and God continues his blessings on us, I think we might be still around.”
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