A Family Affair with Merl Saunders, Jr.

<p>Alicia Garza welcomes her uncle, Merl Saunders, Jr, a renowned music impresario who has worked with such diverse artists as Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa, Robert Cray & Roberta Flack. Garza and Saunders discuss the bay area's musical past, and what might be in store for its future, and the lessons learned from Saunders’ legendary father (and Alicia’s grandad), the late, great keyboardist Merl Saunders. Plus, new installments of the weekly roundup and #LadysLoveNotes!</p><p>Lady Don't Take No on<a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPodcast"> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/alexismcgill">Twitter</a>,<a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPod"> Instagram</a> &<a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/fb.me/ladydonttakeno"> </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alexis.mcgilljohnson">Facebook</a></p><p>Alicia Garza on<a href="https://twitter.com/aliciagarza"> Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chasinggarza/?hl=en"> Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChasingGarza">Facebook</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxoHDHDITNGWnOTdBXftew">YouTube</a></p><p>This pod is supported by the <a href="https://blackfutureslab.org/">Black Futures Lab</a></p><p>Production by Phil Surkis</p><p>Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by <a href="https://twitter.com/Latyrx">Latyrx</a></p><p>Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the <a href="https://www.domesticworkers.org/">National Domestic Workers Alliance</a>. She is the co-founder of <a href="https://supermajority.com/">Supermajority</a>, a new home for women’s activism. Alici