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* [[Miko Weaver]] - Guitar, Background vocals | * [[Miko Weaver]] - Guitar, Background vocals | ||
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* [[Jonathan Melvoin]] - Keyboards | * [[Jonathan Melvoin]] - Keyboards | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Carrothers Bill Carrothers] - Keyboards | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Carrothers Bill Carrothers] - Keyboards | ||
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− | A live version of the band with [[Miko Weaver]], who came from [[Sheila E.]]’s band on guitar, [[ | + | A live version of the band with [[Miko Weaver]], who came from [[Sheila E.]]’s band on guitar, [[Allen Flowers]] on bass, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Carrothers Bill Carrothers] and another Melvoin sibling [[Jonathan Melvoin|Jonathan]] on keyboards and former bodyguards [[Wally Safford]] and [[Greg Brooks]] as dancers and background vocalists, played one show at First Avenue, before the group was disbanded. [[Jerome Benton]], [[Wally Safford]] and [[Greg Brooks]] together with [[Miko Weaver]] and [[Eric Leeds]] then joined an expanded version of [[The Revolution]] in early 1986. |
|studio contribution = Since the band was created after the fact, apart from [[Eric Leeds]]’s saxophone the band wasn’t involved in creating their album to great extent, apart from [[Paul Peterson|St. Paul]] and [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]], Much like [[The Time]] before them. In fact the band drummer [[Jellybean Johnson]], just like on [[The Time]]’s early albums is not on any of the record and [[Jerome Benton]]’s contributions to [[The Family]] are also minimal. | |studio contribution = Since the band was created after the fact, apart from [[Eric Leeds]]’s saxophone the band wasn’t involved in creating their album to great extent, apart from [[Paul Peterson|St. Paul]] and [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]], Much like [[The Time]] before them. In fact the band drummer [[Jellybean Johnson]], just like on [[The Time]]’s early albums is not on any of the record and [[Jerome Benton]]’s contributions to [[The Family]] are also minimal. |
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Since the band was created after the fact, apart from Eric Leeds’s saxophone the band wasn’t involved in creating their album to great extent, apart from St. Paul and Susannah, Much like The Time before them. In fact the band drummer Jellybean Johnson, just like on The Time’s early albums is not on any of the record and Jerome Benton’s contributions to The Family are also minimal. | ||
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The band never performed live expect for their sole performance at First Avenue on 13 August 1985 for which they rehearsed about a month. An idea to have violas and cellos in the live line-up to reproduce Clare Fischer’s orchestral arrangements was abandoned. |
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