Watts California Mugs

Watts is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles's Eastside. It's still best known for the Watts Towers (built 1921-1954 ) and the Watts Riots (1965). Lots has changed in the intervening half century, needless to say, and I explored and mapped in 2014 for my series, "California Fool's Gold" https://ericbrightwell.com/2014/02/14/more-than-just-riots-and-towers/

Artwork by the BaileyBrothaz all rights reserved

WATTS ))(( South Central Los Angeles California

Success Avenue, Watts, California by Mistah Wilson

114th Street, Watts, California by Mistah Wilson

115th Street, Watts, California by Mistah Wilson

Antwerp Street, Watts, California by Mistah Wilson

111th Street, Watts, California by Mistah Wilson

112th Street, Watts, California by Mistah Wilson

Show off your city

Trailblazing group: classic early nineties t-shirt.

Skid Row Tech

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The Whispers formed in 1963 in Watts, California. The original members included identical twin brothers Wallace "Scotty" and Walter Scott, along with Gordy Harmon, Marcus Hutson, and Nicholas Caldwell. After being invited to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1966 by Sly Stone, the group relocated to that area where they began developing a reputation as a show-stopping live act. Walter Scott was drafted to serve in the Vietnam War during that period for eighteen months, returning to the group in 1969 after discharge. After Harmon injured his larynx in a driving accident in 1973, he was replaced by former Friends of Distinction member Leaveil Degree.