Sandra Rhodes

Vocalist, songwriter, and instrumentalist Sandra Rhodes made a name for herself seeing that an artist who have could walk the great line between nation and Southern spirit. A indigenous of Memphis, Tennessee, Sandra Rhodes was created right into a musical family members; her dad was “Dusty” Rhodes, who performed along with his siblings within the group “Thin” Rhodes & His Mountaineers, who have been a favorite attraction in Tennessee, documented for Sun Information, and starred within their have long-running local Television show, The Rhodes Display, that shown from 1948 to 1975. Sandra Rhodes produced her documenting debut as fifty percent of the Rhodes Sisters, a duo she created with her sister Donna Rhodes; they slice several singles for the Penthouse, Dot, and Dial brands in 1964 and 1965, and documented for RCA because the Lonesome Rhodes from 1967 to 1968, including a 1968 recording known as Sandy & Donna. With time, Sandra would marry Charlie Chalmers, a multi-instrumentalist who experienced documented for Chess, as well as the few would synergy with Donna, documenting as Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes, or occasionally just as RCR. RCR slice several singles for Radio Information within the ’70s along with a full-length recording for Warner Bros. Information in 1980, but their best success was like a support group, offering vocals and instrumentals for both R&B and nation artists around the Memphis studio room circuit. All three continuing to work separately, and Sandra fared well like a support vocalist and songwriter, performing on classes with famous brands Millie Jackson, Melissa Manchester, and Al Green, while her tunes were documented by Skeeter Davis, Isaac Hayes, Conway Twitty, as well as the Staple Performers, amongst others. In 1972, Sandra obtained a solo cope with Dream Information, and released her 1st solo recording, Where’s Your Like Been, which she co-produced with her spouse. The recording was an ambitious mixture of spirit, country, and rock and roll, nonetheless it didn’t prosper available on the market and it could end up being Sandra’s just full-length solo work. Nevertheless, Sandra, Donna, and Charlie continuing to interact as studio room musicians and support performers on tour, also after Sandra and Charlie divorced. In 2013, Sandra and Donna became a member of the cast of the revived edition from the Rhodes Present, and in 2014, Omnivore Information released Where’s Your Like Been on Compact disc for the very first time; the Compact disc version highlighted seven previously unreleased reward tracks from the initial record sessions.