That's What Friends are For...
 

Friends Look to Help Bryson at Auction
Sun Dec 7, 1:57 PM ET


ATLANTA - Friends of Peabo Bryson (news) stepped in to help the award-winning singer keep some of his prized possessions, including at least one of his two Grammys (news - web sites).



Bryson's Grammy Awards for "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World" were auctioned during the weekend to help pay his $1.2 million tax debt. The Internal Revenue Service (news - web sites) seized all of Bryson's property from his Atlanta home in August.


A woman who cast the winning $9,400 bid for one of the Grammys identified herself and her associates only as "very close friends of the family."


"We're giving it back to him," she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


Bryson, 52, won a Grammy in 1992 for his recording of "Beauty and the Beast" with Celine Dion (news) and another in 1993 for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" with Regina Belle.


Bryson's 1992 Grammy sold for $15,500 and one of his gold records went for $3,000.


The IRS said it would not disclose the amount raised through the sale

Re: That's What Friends are For...
 

that is very nice of his friends to come to the rescue so he can keep his grammies. but where were they when he needed an accountant :rolleyes: .

According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Simpson, India.Arie's mother and Andre' (from OutKast) mother were 2 of the "friends" that helped Peabo out. Evidently they got a lot of stuff back. I think the Grammy went for $9,000, which, according to collectors, was really high.

Haven't people learned ANYTHING from Hammer, Redd Foxx, Jermaine Dupri, etc.? I make hardly any ends and I pay my taxes every year. Gotta keep those finances in order, Peabo.