In Memory

Michael Dailey

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From the Sacramento Observer:

Mike Dailey’s Death Stuns Community, Memorial Planned For Dec. 17

... Dailey has an impressive, musical background having worked with entertainers such as Bobby Brown, the Jacksons, Black Girl, KRS-ONE, Talib Kweli, and Dead Prez among many.
He was also good friends with late Del Paso Heights musician and producer Robert Brookins as well as award-winning producers Jay King, Derek Allen and many others.

Dailey, a longtime Sacramento resident, emphatically loved music and was involved in sharing his knowledge of the industry. He was in the midst of working on a documentary about Sacramento’s music scene.

On Jan. 16 of this year, Dailey held a standing-room-only book discussion at Underground Books in Oak Park. Dailey’s 180-page book, “Truth Matters: A Love Revolution,” is a collaboration with Dr. Cornel West and includes entries by other intellectuals and entertainers.

Dailey also worked with Dr. West for the last 16 years on several projects. He was the maestro behind Dr. West’s musical projects, “Sketches of my Culture,” Street Knowledge,” and “Never Forget the Journey.”

Dailey, “Truth Matters: A Love Revolution,” actually was music CD that turned into a paperback that informs and empowers the Black community. What was intended to be music for a record label owned by professional athletes and a well-known singer ended up as something unknown and unique.

“I always try to do something that nobody does,” Dailey told The OBSERVER at Old Soul coffee house in Oak Park in January. “When we did the music it was different. The reason I wrote the book was to let the (record company) know, ‘you guys missed out on something.’”

The tragic news traveled quickly across the country about Dailey’s slaying, with many people having difficulty putting his death into words.

“Michael Daily was a love man,” said Dailey’s close friend Clifton West, who, along with brother Dr. West and Allen formed music collective Black Men Who Mean Business.

“He connected us all together in love and by the love he was to us.He was our Facebook except with a heart before there was Facebook. He will forever be missed and never be forgotten.His passing is still difficult for me to comprehend. God keep and heal his family,” West added.

King, who also serves as a radio show personality on local station 97.5 FM KDEE, dedicated most of this week’s airtime to remembering Dailey.

“Mike Dailey aka Joe Black divorced himself from violence many years ago and because he died such a violent death it leaves most of us bewildered and numb,” King said.
“It speaks volumes to the disconnect between our older and younger generations and the fact that we have a lot of healing to do which is what Mike was trying to do the day he was murdered. I hope we all take a piece of the light Mike was shining on the community and make it as bright or brighter than what he was working on,” King added.

Betty Williams, who was recently elected president of the Sacramento Branch NAACP, said, “I can’t believe my friend is gone … He is so missed.”

Dailey’s family set up a Go Fund Me account to help pay for his funeral and memorial services.

Interested donors can visit https:// www.gofundme.com/michael-daileys-funeral-fund. A memorial service for Dailey is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 17, at Grant High School in Del Paso Heights.
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By Antonio R. Harvey
OBSERVER Staff Writer







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