Tag Archives: Wind & Fire

Drummer Hamilton Bohannon (given birth to March 7, 1942) was among the very best bandleaders, percussionists, and makers in ’70s disco/dance music. Bohannon was raised in Newnan, GA, and was drumming in a higher school music group while an primary school college student. After making a music level from Atlanta’s …

Brick was an Atlanta music group that created an effective merger of disco and jazz within the ’70s they called “dazz.” Brick’s roster included business lead vocalist/saxophonist/flutist Jimmy Brownish; guitarist/bassist/vocalist Regi Hargis Hickman; lead vocalist Ray Ransom, who doubled like a bassist/keyboardist/percussionist, and Eddie Irons, who sang lead vocals and …

Alternative hip-hop collective the Wylde Number earned beneficial comparisons with OutKast for his or her funk-inspired, melodic approach. Created in LA, the group’s sprawling lineup — MCs Tazzo, Rate, Rico, and Yung Dame, guitarist Pops, bassist V. Ray, drummer Ish, keyboardist Daniel, trumpeters Janey and B., saxophonist Corey, and support …

A vocal quartet that originally passed the name the Spirit Majestics, and contains brothers Dwight Dukes (falsetto/business lead tenor) and Adam Dukes (bass), Keith Steward (tenor) and Michael Dark brown (baritone). Beneath the path of manufacturer Clarence Johnson, they documented four albums as Heaven & Globe: one for General Entertainment …

Before forming the Latin rock/salsa band Grupo Fantasma, guitarists Adrian Quesada and Beto Martinez, bassist Greg Gonzalez, trumpeter Gilbert Elorreaga, sax player Josh Levy, trombonist Leo Gauna, drummer Johnny Lopez, and conguero Matthew “Special Lou” Holmes were most within an Austin, Tx, funk band called the Blimp. In 2003, quickly …

The music world’s prime disco big band through the past due ’70s, the Salsoul Orchestra recorded many of the tightest, chunkiest disco themes from the 1970s, both alone productions so when the backing group for a number of prime vocalists. Organized by Vincent Montana, Jr. in 1974, the music group …

Structured around saxophonist James Plunky Branch, Oneness of Juju was the next incarnation from the Afrocentric creative jazz group Juju who documented two albums for the Strata East label in the first ’70s. Alongside new associates and new equipment, including the launch of the drum kit towards the African and …

A Baltimore group that scored a high 20 R&B solitary in 1977, then by no means repeated the feat while saving for Columbia and ARC until 1979. Lead vocalist Al McKinney, Larry Jacobs, Gary Grainger, Charles C. Williams, Kevin Barnes, George Grey, Irving Madison, and Jacob R. Sheffer comprised the …

Making use of their slinky, horn-powered grooves, impeccable musicianship, and eye-popping album covers, the Ohio Players were among the very best funk bands from the mid-’70s. Growing through the musical hotbed of Dayton in 1959, the group was originally dubbed the Ohio Untouchables, and primarily comprised vocalist/guitarist Robert Ward, bassist …

Produced by Tony Churchill and music-industry veteran Harvey Fuqua, New Beginning was originally called the Nite-Liters. Because the Nite-Liters, they appreciated chart actions with three R&B strikes: “K-Jee,” “Afro-Strut,” and “Draw Together.” From the three, “K-Jee” was probably the most effective, peaking at amount 17 throughout a 13-week operate. The …