The one and only lone sister of the 1980's family musical group DeBarge is back! BUNNY DeBARGE returns to the program to get the real story out as she defends her family's legacy from a unauthorized biopic that has been in the works. She is very passionate about protecting the DeBarge name and specifically her late brother Bobby. Listen in as Dean and Bunny catch up on what she's been up to since her 2015 appearance, and enjoy the music and inspirational talk from this beloved friend of the show!
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Featured Guest: Bunny DeBarge
There is a biopic coming out on the life of my dear brother Bobby DeBarge! I have read the script and it is filled with made up stories. No one in my family was contacted and neither are we in agreement with it! I want to get the real story out there! I need help in getting the story formatted the right way! I am trying to finish my second book of The Kept Ones sequence! I would like to get it done where the real story can be filmed! Please help me with my endeavors! The Real Story must be told!
https://www.gofundme.com/getting-the-real-story-out-on-debarge
The beginning of the real story 2nd book the fame years! Please Support to get the real story out!
California 1979
I had no idea what Hollywood really looked like in person, and the television had planted images in my head. I had always wondered if everything really looked like it was presented in movies and shows that I had watched. As I sat and imagined what it was like, I found my anticipation for going to Soul Train growing stronger and stronger. It was one of the first places I had on my list to go to. Listening to both Bobby and Tommy boast about how beautiful the outdoor scenery was in California overall made me even more inquisitive. I was known for growing exotic plants in my home, and Bobby claimed that those same plants grew naturally in the California yards of many homeowners! I had to see that.
What really stayed in my mind was how they described the weather there. The sun was always shining, and the winters were always warm. How refreshing to hear that, especially coming from Grand Rapids, Michigan. A winter for us could easily bring consistent subzero weather, along with 6 to 10 inches of snow. For that period of time, everything appeared dead to me. The leaves were long gone, and the naked trees looked frozen. The city streets were lined with cars buried under what looked like mountains of snow. You could see your own breath (if you could stand to breathe at all due to the cold), and many times the wind was viciously whipping you around. Now, I was moving to a city where it never snowed! In my mind, it felt almost as if I was going to another world. Yes, I desperately needed this change of scenery. Not only did I need it, I deserved it!
Then another thought entered my mind. Leaving Grand Rapids would also mean that I was leaving my spiritual roots behind, and my second home (the church). Our humble beginnings were embedded in me, with our desire to sing gospel. I thought back to Light’s Records and the letter we received after submitting our gospel demo tape. The words of rejection, “We don’t know where to place you”, stuck with me, haunting me into a momentary depression. I immediately began to kill this negative thinking, replacing it with new hope.
Yes, they were right in calling our music different, but to me our diversity was really what it was all about. And with that statement, I would change that recording company’s perspective on our music to what I always knew to be true in my heart. We were never meant to sound like someone else; we had our own sound that set us apart from other singers. The road was bumpy starting out, but God had given us a gift to share with the world. That gift filled our lives and it made us happy! We had a taste of performing together in the church, and we were touching those who were lost with our music. I cannot tell you the feeling of joy it gave us. We really enjoyed reaching people with our songs. It had proven to be our destiny without a doubt, and there is no way to properly describe the rewarding emotion that came with it.
California 1979
I had no idea what Hollywood really looked like in person, and the television had planted images in my head. I had always wondered if everything really looked like it was presented in movies and shows that I had watched. As I sat and imagined what it was like, I found my anticipation for going to Soul Train growing stronger and stronger. It was one of the first places I had on my list to go to. Listening to both Bobby and Tommy boast about how beautiful the outdoor scenery was in California overall made me even more inquisitive. I was known for growing exotic plants in my home, and Bobby claimed that those same plants grew naturally in the California yards of many homeowners! I had to see that.
What really stayed in my mind was how they described the weather there. The sun was always shining, and the winters were always warm. How refreshing to hear that, especially coming from Grand Rapids, Michigan. A winter for us could easily bring consistent subzero weather, along with 6 to 10 inches of snow. For that period of time, everything appeared dead to me. The leaves were long gone, and the naked trees looked frozen. The city streets were lined with cars buried under what looked like mountains of snow. You could see your own breath (if you could stand to breathe at all due to the cold), and many times the wind was viciously whipping you around. Now, I was moving to a city where it never snowed! In my mind, it felt almost as if I was going to another world. Yes, I desperately needed this change of scenery. Not only did I need it, I deserved it!
Then another thought entered my mind. Leaving Grand Rapids would also mean that I was leaving my spiritual roots behind, and my second home (the church). Our humble beginnings were embedded in me, with our desire to sing gospel. I thought back to Light’s Records and the letter we received after submitting our gospel demo tape. The words of rejection, “We don’t know where to place you”, stuck with me, haunting me into a momentary depression. I immediately began to kill this negative thinking, replacing it with new hope.
Yes, they were right in calling our music different, but to me our diversity was really what it was all about. And with that statement, I would change that recording company’s perspective on our music to what I always knew to be true in my heart. We were never meant to sound like someone else; we had our own sound that set us apart from other singers. The road was bumpy starting out, but God had given us a gift to share with the world. That gift filled our lives and it made us happy! We had a taste of performing together in the church, and we were touching those who were lost with our music. I cannot tell you the feeling of joy it gave us. We really enjoyed reaching people with our songs. It had proven to be our destiny without a doubt, and there is no way to properly describe the rewarding emotion that came with it.
