A.J. Sparks & Crew - Working On Love

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AJ Top Guy ..he always make me laugh with that smile when seeing him in The D ...good luck Dave with the 45 .

RE: While playing drums for Edwin Starr during a performance at the Apollo Theatre in New York one night,

When would that have been, the late 60's / early 70's ??

RE: While playing drums for Edwin Starr during a performance at the Apollo Theatre in New York one night,

When would that have been, the late 60's / early 70's ??

Hi John

1968

Hi John

1968

Thanks for that info.

So I guess AJ was in the backing band that replaced the Soul Agents (his original RicTic backing crew, 2 of whom were from back in Cleveland).

With Edwin being Detroit based (I assume) in his Motown days, seems only natural that he'd recruit a new set of guys who were from Detroit (after some of the Soul Agents got homesick & went back to Clevelandtown).

Do you know who the other guys in this backing band were ??

What did they do when Edwin headed off to tour Europe (as he did on a regular basis in 68/69/70) ??

.... guess they sat at home waiting for Edwin to start gigging again in the US (though it seems that AJ himself headed into local recording studios to keep working).

A.J. is not only a drummer but a singer, writer, producer, keyboard player and engineer.

He's worked with all the motown greats, George Clinton and Parliment, Holland and Dozier, Norman Conners, Sins Of Satan

Micheal Henderson, Dynamics, Detroit Emeralds, Carol Anderson, Floaters, Chapter 8, Donald Austin, Mad Dog & The Pups plus all the other artists on Magic City, Areatha Franklin, Sandra Feva (a.k.a Sandra Richardson) Ronnie McNair etc etc

So he really didn't need to wait around for Edwin.

Not quite the unknown artist as some reviewer has implied.

The A.J.Sparks & Crew "Working On Love" Is out on general release today and is available from all the usual outlets

Dave

Soul Junction