jsmith
03-10-2024, 12:53 AM
Can anyone here tell me who would have been the musicians in this 1960's LA based band. I guess it would have been mostly the guys who were on LA recorded Motown sessions in the 60's but don't know enough to ID many of them.
It makes a lot of sense that very few Detroit based musicians would make the trip to LA / Calif when the likes of Marvin Gaye, the Miracles, Tempts or 4 Tops played there. For Motown Review shows staged in LA [[guess there weren't too many of those), then Choker & his gang would have made the trip. But otherwise it seems to have been local musicians that backed up visiting & locally based Motown acts. I know the likes of Johnny Talbot And His Band played behind some visiting Motown artists on club gigs in LA, but I guess it wasn't this well known outfit when the ensemble was ID'd as the West Coast Motown Orchestra on other LA / Calif gigs. A Four Tops gig from October 1968 ... 21305
It makes a lot of sense that very few Detroit based musicians would make the trip to LA / Calif when the likes of Marvin Gaye, the Miracles, Tempts or 4 Tops played there. For Motown Review shows staged in LA [[guess there weren't too many of those), then Choker & his gang would have made the trip. But otherwise it seems to have been local musicians that backed up visiting & locally based Motown acts. I know the likes of Johnny Talbot And His Band played behind some visiting Motown artists on club gigs in LA, but I guess it wasn't this well known outfit when the ensemble was ID'd as the West Coast Motown Orchestra on other LA / Calif gigs. A Four Tops gig from October 1968 ... 21305