''Rough Riders'' is the third album by the American band
Lakeside. Released in 1979 on the
SOLAR Records
SOLAR (acronym for Sound of Los Angeles Records) was an American record label founded in 1978 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only three years after it was founded with ''Soul Train'' television show host and creator Do ...
label, it was produced by
Dick Griffey
Richard Gilbert Griffey (November 16, 1938 – September 24, 2010) was an American record producer and music promoter who founded SOLAR Records, an acronym for "Sound of Los Angeles Records". The label played a major role in developing a funk ...
, Lakeside, and
Leon Sylvers III
Leon Frank Sylvers III (born March 7, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, disc-jockey, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He was a member of the family group The Sylvers and became one of the most successful producers in Black mus ...
. "Pull My Strings" was a hit.
Critical reception
The ''
Oakland Post'' praised the "dynamic instrumentation, pinpoint rhythms and power funk chords layered with four-part harmonies dancing under strong, alternating lead vocals." ''
The New York Times
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'' wrote that ''Rough Riders'' "displays a competent show band adept at several rhythm-and-blues idioms, but the material and arrangements are drearily formulaic."
Track listing
#"Rough Rider" (Stephen Shockley) - 4:45
#"All in My Mind" (Otis Stokes, Stephen Shockley, Tiemeyer McCain) - 4:42
#"If You Like Our Music (Get Up and Move)" (Otis Stokes, Stephen Shockley) - 4:33
#"I Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Norman Beavers) - 5:36
#"Pull My Strings" (Fred Lewis) - 6:54
#"I'll Never Leave You" (Bryan Evans, Tiemeyer McCain) - 6:15
#"From 9:00 Until" (Otis Stokes) - 6:04
Personnel
* Backing vocals, bass, clavinet, guitar, lead vocals, piano (acoustic), synthesizer - Otis Stokes
* Backing vocals, bells, lead vocals - Tiemeyer McCain
* Backing vocals, electric piano (Fender Rhodes), lead vocals, piano (acoustic) - Mark Adam Wood, Jr.
* Backing vocals, lead vocals, vocals - Thomas Shelby
* Bass - Marvin Craig
* Clavinet, ensemble (string), keyboards, synthesizer - Norman Beavers
* Clavinet, guitar, synthesizer - Stephen Shockley
* Congas, percussion, synthesizer (bass), timbales - Fred Lewis
* Drums - Fred Alexander Jr.
References
External links
Lakeside-Rough Riders at Discogs
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Lakeside (band) albums
1979 albums
SOLAR Records albums
Albums produced by Leon Sylvers III
Albums with cover art by Drew Struzan