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RIVER CITY STREET BAND
 

photos courtesy of Fuzz Foster

BIOGRAPHY

Originating from Fayetteville, Arkansas, they recorded two albums on Enterprise. Their sound was rather specific, with the nice guitar solos of Fuzz Foster, a gritty lead singer, a dynamic rhythm section and a prominent horn section. The result is a mixture of good rock, R&B, hard rock and big band sounds.

Produced by Tim Riley and recorded at the famous Ardent Recording Studios, their first album contains some good tracks, notably Some Other Man, So Many Things, If You Can and the nine minutes of Lamp Of Love.

The engineers were all active members of the Memphis scene: John Fry (the Ardent Studios owner), Richard Rosebrough (later in Alamon and Big Star) and Terry Manning.

The personnel was Tommy Bird (lead vcls, gtr), Fuzz Foster (lead gtr, vcls), Randy Gardner (drms, perc), Blan Heath (organ, piano), Ethridge Hill (trumpet), Dick Johnson (bs, vcls), Tom Jones (no connection!) (trombone) and Dale Marlow (trumpet).

Fuzz Foster

ENTERPRISE DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

Enterprise 9043 : Happy Song / Lamp Of Love
Enterprise 9052 : Some Other Man / Two Different People
Enterprise 9064 : Marlow's Theme (Marlow's Catfish Song) / Magic Country Box
Enterprise 9078 : Hawkins Farm / Sunshine Won't You Help Me
Enterprise 9097 : Wind Me Up / Marlow's Theme

Albums

RIVER CITY STREET BAND - ENTERPRISE 1024

Some Other Man/So Many Things/People/If You Can/Love Me Only/Happy Song/Modern Man//Searchin' Man/Nancy's April Song/Two Different People/Lamp Of Love/I Wanna Be A Star.

ANNA DIVINA - ENTERPRISE 1027

Statue Of Liberty/All The Sunshine/My Friends And The Band/Seems Like Yesterday/Sittin' Here On The Porch/Marlow's Catfish Song//If You Don't Quit Changing/Hawkin's Farm/Sunshine Won't You Help Me/Magic Country Music Box/Pimp Song (Come With Me)/Roll Another Joint-Fuzz.

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