I’ve never been much of a fan of Motown. Although the label had a very successful formula for generating hits, that’s also what turned me off to the music. The artists on the roster could, at times, be interchangeable, with the focus on the sound coming from the stable of songwriters and studio musicians. There [...]
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Even if you’ve never heard Terry Thomas play guitar or sing, you’ve probably heard his influence on records by artists including Aerosmith, Bad Company, Tesla and Tommy Shaw; releases he either produced, co-wrote, or both. Thomas’ musical career was first established in the English band Ax, when he first introduced an apple-cheeked drummer named Nicko [...]
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By the end of the 1960s, the extremely successful pop quartet The Young Rascals had changed its name to just The Rascals and dropped ranks to two members – keyboardist/vocalist Felix Cavaliere and drummer Dino Danelli. Where The Young Rascals had scored big on the singles charts with tunes such as the energetic “Good Lovin’” [...]
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