Fattburger co-founder Hollis Gentry had a formidable rep as a sax player during his high school years at San Diego's Crawford High, where his classmates included bassist Gunnar Biggs and drummer Hartwell “Skipper” Raggsdale, the undertaker’s son who wore a different suit and tie to class every day of the week. For their jazz band, Nathan East (he would eventually join the bands of both Eric Clapton and Phil Collins) also played bass, and a young Carl Evans joined on piano. In 1969, Gentry helped found the local funk band Power -- alongside Nathan East, Carl Evans, Jr., and Skipper Ragsdale -- going on to tour with Barry White, Nancy Wilson, Al Jarreau, Joe Sample, David Benoit, and Larry Carlton, among others. Fattburger was founded in 1984 by Hollis Gentry and Carl Evans, Jr., along with bassist Mark Hunter, guitarist Steve Laury, and drummer Kevin Koch. Just before this Good News album was released, Gentry was replaced in 1986 by Tommy Aros (the Luis Miguel band), while Laury would be replaced in 1990 by Evan Marks. Although Gentry's full-time role with the group was relatively short, the connection remained strong. He appears on nearly all of the first fourteen band albums, including the 2004 release Work to Do. It's a testament to the band's affection for Gentry that even though he had long ceased to be a full-time band member, his picture still appeared on the bio page of the band website. By the end of the decade, he was helming his own band, Neon, which would release a self-titled album on the Nova label in 1989, as well as touring as a hired gun behind Al Jarreau, Larry Carlton, Stanley Clarke, Joe Sample, and more. Hollis Gentry died in the fall of 2006. After Evans died in April 2008 from complications related to diabetes, he was replaced by keyboardist Allan Philips, who made his live debut with Fattburger in late June, 2009.
Thank you for uploading this one. Fattburger started my jazz fusion journey. I too own this one on CD. It sounds incredible. Fattburger’s Intima days were just the best. Love Living In Paradise and Time Will Tell too. Your channel is epic and has introduced me to so much new music.
Brilliant album. Any idea who is doing lead vocals on Make That Dream Come True? Sounds like Noel McCalla who also did a few guest spots on the No Limits record by Mezzoforte.
One of my favorite bands. Have most of their cds, even old albums. Don't know if they stopped after losing Carl Evans Jr. Always tried to get Mark Hunters bass tone but never quite made it! lol.
This freewheeling release definitely set the standard for the Fattburger sound! You can't help but feel great when you listen to the title track alone--other faves are the midtempo "The Doctor," and the wistful "Eva." Thank you so much for revisiting one of the best contemporary instrumental projects of the late '80s, Kyle...such a great, cohesive band. You've done it again. Blessings to you & all!
@@kidwaryodproduction Yes, and there are some blasts from the past, namely his Fusion Mixes (Sailway, Yatabe Tracks, Pit Stop, etc) Those alone are worth of tens of hours of great listening and repeat :)
@@joaquintakanaka Can't help that Japanese always very strict on everything, Uploaded anything about them (Especially Tatsuro Yamashita) would be deleted quickly than Thanos snap his fingers. Fortunately, Lots of japanese music scene started to more open in music streaming scene.
The 3 songs I find stands out the most from this album are "Eva, the doctor and the whole truth". The rest are good too can't count them out but not better than those three. All in all you can't go wrong with this out of print and perhaps hard to find album.
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