Yesterday we were all sad to learn of the passing of Sherman Hemsley, best known for playing George Jefferson on All In The Family and The Jeffersons. He’d already made his mark on Broadway in the musical Purlie by the time Norman Lear asked him to appear as the bigoted Archie Bunker’s cantankerous black neighbor, but in addition to his stage and screen successes, Hemsley was a fan of psychedelic and progressive rock.

I knew I liked him. (more…)