THE BAR-KAYS

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The Bar-Kays are a soul, R&B, and funk group who began performing in 1966 and continue to perform today, although with only one original member. They began in Memphis, Tennessee as a favorite recording studio session musician group, backing major artists at Stax Records. They were chosen in 1967 by Otis Redding to play as his backing band.

On December 10, 1967, Redding, his manager, and four of the original band members died in a plane crash in Lake Monona while on their way to a performance in Madison, Wisconsin. Trumpeter Ben Cauley (who survived the crash) and bassist James Alexander (who missed the flight due to returning a rental car) rebuilt the group. The reformed band backed dozens of major Stax artists on recordings afterwards, including on Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul album, and changed direction in the 1970s to have a successful funk music career on Mercury Records.

In 1984 the group decided to take another new musical path and released the Electro inspired album Dangerous. The single Sexomatic which was released some 17 years on from their first hit Soul Finger in 1967, is pure Electro-Funk and is especially effective on the Dub Version. The track rewarded the group with a #12 U.S. R’n’B chart hit in late 1984.

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SEXOMATIC
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