Tramaine Hawkins records new album and video in Oakland, California.

GOSPEL Legend Tramaine Hawkins returned to her hometown of Oakland to record and video her second album for Sparrow, "Tramaine Brings It Home Live In Concert." The standing room only audience at the Calvin Simmons Theatre included celebrities Jesse Jackson, M.C. Hammer, Richard Smallwood, Jazz organist Jimmy McGriffe and Carlos Santana. CR

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