Eddy and The Soul Band

b. Eddy Conrad, 1959, Gary, Indiana, USA. Conrad was raised in Indiana obsessed with the audio of Isaac Hayes’ ‘Theme From Shaft’. The initial record he ever bought, Conrad would spend his pocket cash continually going to reruns from the film at regional cinemas. ‘As a youngster you will have heroes but with John Shaft [the film’s protagonist] it had been serious. He previously that one macho feeling that each kid wishes he previously as well.’ In 1985 he fulfilled a long-held ambition by re-recording the monitor, which became lots 13 UK graph hit. It could well possess charted higher experienced another edition of ‘Theme From Shaft’ by Vehicle Twist not really been released at exactly the same time. Afterwards, nevertheless, Conrad and his music group disappeared from look at completely.