There may be small argument that Chic was disco’s greatest band; and, employed in a intensely producer-dominated field, these were most surely a music group. By enough time Chic made an appearance in the past due ’70s, disco had been slipping in to the surplus that eventually triggered its downfall. …

Ex – Brownstone member Kina’s initial single outing, “Female within the Gutter,” burst in the picture in the summertime of 2000 to important kudos and a lot of music-video airplay. Kina’s rock and roll/pop style continues to be in comparison to Tina Turner, Macy Grey, Dionne Farris, Alanis Morissette, Des’ree, …

Vocalist and songwriter Martin Brammer (b. 13 Might 1957, Easington, Region Durham, Britain) and multi-instrumentalist Dave Brewis (b. 3 June 1957, Sunderland, Britain) fulfilled at school within the northeast city of Seaham, Region Durham, Britain. Teaming up with Paul Woods (b. 28 Might 1956, Seaham, Region Durham, Britain; vocals), the …

Bonnie Bramlett can be an R&B/rock and roll singer. She transferred to Memphis in the first ’60s and became a program and backup vocalist for R&B and blues performers such as for example Fontella Bass and Albert Ruler. She then joined up with the Ikettes, the back-up performers for Ike …

Ike Turner formed the Ikettes to displace the Artettes because the support group for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Despite their origins, the Ikettes became effective artists within their personal right; actually, they actually got even more significant strikes in the first and middle-’60s than Ike & Tina, charting …

Probably one of the most irreverent and gifted suppliers of experimental electronic music, Kevin Blechdom (Kristen Erickson) got her focus on partner Blevin Blectum in Blectum from Blechdom in Mills College even though studying pc music. Making use of their custom-made applications, the duo stripped the normally educational field of …

Edna Wright, Carolyn Willis, and Shellie Clark comprised the vocal trio Honey Cone, which only stayed together for four years but was still one of the better feminine spirit groups of the first ’70s. Although Honey Cone (which business lead singer Wright shaped in 1969) was located in LA, their …

Bill Dahl is really a freelance music journalist for the Chicago Tribune, Living Blues, Goldmine, and many more. He’s a contributor towards the Blackwell Guidebook to Spirit Recordings, THIHNHA (a biography of Tina Turner), and Rock and roll ‘N’ Move Trivia, in addition to an writer of several album and …

Guitarist/manufacturer Bob Gallarza got his begin playing reside in clubs around Hollywood through the entire ’60s. Though Gallarza forged effective relationships with performers like Al Wilson and Ike and Tina Turner, it had been the Grammy-winning 5th Aspect that snapped him up. For another 15 years Gallarza toured internationally, executing …

Bo Diddley’s music movie director and electric powered violinist from 1966 until 1967, along with a former sideman for Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto and Ike and Tina Turner, Eddie Drennon brought a Latin advantage towards the disco period from the 1970s. Credit scoring a significant disco strike, in 1975, with …