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Mostly of the vocal groups in the Stax roster through the ’60s, the Mad Lads’ doo wop-influenced harmonies — featuring the great, innocent tenor of John Gary Williams — were more comparable to what you will dsicover in Philadelphia spirit serves than those of the local Memphis. The group associates …

Before documenting a 1973 solo album for Stax, John Gary Williams have been a member from the Mad Lads, who documented singles for the label beginning within the mid-’60s. The Mad Lads got a far more traditional dark vocal group sound than a lot of the various other works on …