We all have heard the story about the woman who threw hot grits on Al Green and many folks have even joked about it from time to time, calling him ‘Al “Grits” Green’ and such, but what many people either don’t know, or have long since forgotten about, is that the woman, Mary Woodson (Al Green’s then-girlfriend), immediately killed herself in Al Green’s bedroom after dousing him with grits, causing second and third degree burns on his back, chest and arms on that tragic night on October 18, 1974.
In fact Mary Woodson’s son, 53 year old Barry Rogers, told Vibe magazine (Vibe Mag) that he often hears jokes about his mother. “Sometimes they don’t connect it,” Rogers says. “I’ll be sitting in the barber’s chair, and they’ll talk about it, not knowing that I’m right there.” A co-worker of his once unknowingly mentioned something to him about his mother: “the bitch who threw grits on Al Green.” Barry didn’t…
Wow she was a troubled soul, how tragic!
Very tragic indeed Samantha. May Mary Woodson continue to rest peacefully.
Wow she was a troubled soul, how tragic!
Very tragic indeed Samantha. May Mary Woodson continue to rest peacefully.
at the time it was reported that Al Green had shot and killed her in self defense. I love that song Sha-la-la. I thought his song Belle was about her. Still love me some Al Green and all of his music.
That was a rumor that I remember hearing as well Rosa, but it turned out to be 100% false. Forensic evidence and the coroner’s examination of Mary’s bullet entry wounds proved that it was, in fact, a suicide.
at the time it was reported that Al Green had shot and killed her in self defense. I love that song Sha-la-la. I thought his song Belle was about her. Still love me some Al Green and all of his music.
That was a rumor that I remember hearing as well Rosa, but it turned out to be 100% false. Forensic evidence and the coroner’s examination of Mary’s bullet entry wounds proved that it was, in fact, a suicide.
How sad that she killed herself she was beautiful, she had a lot to live for ?! Glad Al Green is preaching and letting God use him!!! God bless him in his ministry!!!
Yeah that was extremely sad Dorothy and it sounds like she was dealing with severe bouts of depression long before she was with Al Green. I wish Mary would have been able to get some help for the sake of her four children. May she continue to rest peacefully.
How sad that she killed herself she was beautiful, she had a lot to live for ?! Glad Al Green is preaching and letting God use him!!! God bless him in his ministry!!!
Yeah that was extremely sad Dorothy and it sounds like she was dealing with severe bouts of depression long before she was with Al Green. I wish Mary would have been able to get some help for the sake of her four children. May she continue to rest peacefully.
Many quotes and lines from this story were PLAGIARIZED from my story on this incident that appeared in VIBE Magazine. The fact that myself, the writer, and the magazine, are not cited at all is disgraceful. http://tinyurl.com/l9sbz4j
Aliya we’ve just replied to you on Facebook, but here is the our message again, in case you didn’t get it:
The sources for our article has been listed ever since it was posted on 5/19/15. If you read the entire article, you will find that at the end of the story is where we credit our sources, which are listed as VIBE MAGAZINE and BOOMBOX.COM…we also mentioned within the article, that a few of Al Green’s publicly published interviews were our source as well. Any time one of our writers gets information from external sources, the publishers of that information are always credited. Hope this clears up any confusion my friend.
Many quotes and lines from this story were PLAGIARIZED from my story on this incident that appeared in VIBE Magazine. The fact that myself, the writer, and the magazine, are not cited at all is disgraceful. http://tinyurl.com/l9sbz4j
Aliya we’ve just replied to you on Facebook, but here is the our message again, in case you didn’t get it:
The sources for our article has been listed ever since it was posted on 5/19/15. If you read the entire article, you will find that at the end of the story is where we credit our sources, which are listed as VIBE MAGAZINE and BOOMBOX.COM…we also mentioned within the article, that a few of Al Green’s publicly published interviews were our source as well. Any time one of our writers gets information from external sources, the publishers of that information are always credited. Hope this clears up any confusion my friend.
Denise you may want to re-read the article. The sources for our article has been listed ever since it was posted on 5/19/15. If you read the entire article, you will find that at the end of the story is where we credit our sources, which are listed as VIBE MAGAZINE and BOOMBOX.COM…we also mentioned within the article, that a few of Al Green’s publicly published interviews were our source as well. Any time one of our writers gets information from external sources, the publishers of that information are always credited. Hope this clears up any confusion. Thanks for commenting.
Denise you may want to re-read the article. The sources for our article has been listed ever since it was posted on 5/19/15. If you read the entire article, you will find that at the end of the story is where we credit our sources, which are listed as VIBE MAGAZINE and BOOMBOX.COM…we also mentioned within the article, that a few of Al Green’s publicly published interviews were our source as well. Any time one of our writers gets information from external sources, the publishers of that information are always credited. Hope this clears up any confusion. Thanks for commenting.