The sorriest year for rare essence in my opinion was 1985.They reached their peak in 1982 83 and after that they started to decline. then 86 87 basically they added a few new members I think that's probably why Lil Benny left the band in 1985 and formed his own band Lil Benny and the masters.
The way they just settled into that 101 and let the music go. RE had the best music section all time. NED, Whiteboy, Godfather, BJ.. DP & DFloyd on horns UNMATCHED… the synergy of the pocket with Mick/Footz Unmatched. This is my favorite 101 because of how they just blended 🔥🔥🔥
Also, they have Dave on the Timballies. You may say Rollatoons. When they would do the roll call. "NOW THAT WAS SAFE YAWL". 1982 WAS RE best year. Hands Down. They perfected Hee Gig Fun, Take me out to the Go Go, Maniac, Body Moves, Do you wanna have some fun and so on.
I got a 1979 Howard Theater. I still have 10 PA tapes and a boom box. Got the other 20 or so converted to CD, now I have put them on some damn electronic device.
It's one on one Homie. And DP & DFloyd are not original members. White boy is am original member, but he was a back up. Reds is the original lead guitar player. DC was the original sax man along with little Benny on thr trumpet. You left out Scottie on the synthesizer. Him and Godfather was no joke. Mickie is the best, but Jungle Boogie was my guy
