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Bb & Q Band
Bb & Q Band
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1990 |
The B.B. & Q. Band (Which Stands for the Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens Band),
Came Together Accidentally on Purpose When Guitarist Doc Powell Turned Bassist
Paris "Pee Wee" Ford on to Producer Jacques "Fred" Petrus, Who Had Already
Started Change and High Fashion From Session Musicians and Vocalists. Petrus
Asked Ford to Get Some Musicians Together to Record Some Tracks He'd Written;
After the Tracks Were Finished, He Shopped for a Deal, Got One, and Brought
The Impromptu Musicians (Who Came From Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens)
Together As the B.B. & Q. Band. The Original Lineup Consisted of Ford (Bass),
Maura Malavasi (Piano and Synthesizers), Paolo Gianolio (Guitar), Terri
Silverlight (Drums), Kevin Nance (Keyboards), and Ike Floyd (Lead Singer). The
Deal Was with Capitol Records and the Band Was Up and Running. They Debuted
With the Self-Titled B.B. & Q. Band Album Produced by Petrus and Malavasi,
Which Spawned the Hypnotic, Wallflower Remover "On the Beat," a Number Three
Club Hit the Fall of 1981. Critically Acclaimed by Disco Freaks - Luther
Vandross Sang Background - Their First Slab of Vinyl Never Exploded in the
States. A Second Lp, All Night Long, Dropped in 1982; Floyd Was Gone, Replaced
By Kevin Robinson, and So Was Luther. Tawatha Agee and Timmy Allen (Change)
Handled Backup. It Was a Good Follow-Up with Some Good Joints: the
Title-Track, "Electrofunkish," "Imagination," and a Smooth Rendition of Thom
Bell/Linda Creed's "Children of the Night," From the Stylistics Round 2 Album,
Rick Brenna Served As Guest Vocalist. Yet They Were Still Far From a Runaway
Hit, Their Following Was Strictly Club, and Their Sound Wasn't Spreading West,
But Primarily East, the U.K., and Italy. After Two Good Albums, They Coughed
Up a Third - Their Worst - In 1983. Six Million Times Lacked Good Songs,
Which Petrus Seems to Have Relegated to Change and High Fashion. Robinson Sang
Lead and Co-Produced the Lp That Boasted Only Two Decent Tracks: "Keep It Hot"
And "Stay." Capital Soured on the Group but They Persevered, Signed with
Elektra in 1985, and Released Singles Written and Produced by Kae Williams Jr.
Of Breakwater, "Genie" and "I'm a Dreamer" Featuring Hairston on Vocals. The
Cuts Failed to Shake and Bake and Their Next Single "Ricochet," Fell on
Chrysalis Records in 1987 and Eked Into the U.K.'S Top 75. But That Was All
She Wrote; Shortly Thereafter, Petrus, Their Mentor, Met a Gruesome End: He
Was Found Shot to Death and Submerged in Water in Mexico City, Held Down by a
Heavy Object Around His Legs.