Thompson - better known as Questlove - posted on social media that he was travelling with his parents, who made their living playing gigs, when he made friends with “Ellie” in 1976 in Portland, Maine.
“Being the irresistible cat that I was, I talked an older woman named Ellie into buying me a stereo and a record collection,” Questlove posted on Facebook and Instagram. Ellie wrote the youngster's order on a napkin: “Bad Blood” by Neil Sedaka, “Dance With Me” by Rufus, and the Jackson 5.His parents were upset that he'd been chatting up a stranger when Ellie returned the next day bearing gifts.
The start of my record collection starts with this note. “Ahmir Do NOT talk to strangers when we are onstage!!!” My...
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