Drummer Rudy Lawless, guest on January 26, 2006, discussed everything under the sun in a stream-of-consciousness talk that entranced the several dozen audience members who stayed rapt in their chairs (except for a swinging intermission) for over two hours. His childhood in Harlem, early friendships (indeed some neighborhood pals were in the audience and peppered Lawless with encouragement throughout), inspirations and early gigs were recounted with fervor. Lawless painted a verbal portrait of singer Betty Roche that made it all the more important that this session, like all HARLEM SPEAKS events, are videotaped and transcribed for the museum’s archives.