Originally Posted by
jsmith
Thanks for all the above info.
[[1) Could the Flame Show Bar have been a location that was used to set up any of the above sessions / record releases.
[[2)The Gordy's did work there & spent a lot of time at the bar.
[[3) Maurice King led the bar's resident band for many years [[with the likes of Beans Bowles being a member) and when the venue started to fall on harder times & so couldn't afford to employ Maurice King's band any longer [[all skilled / well paid musicians), the venue employed EVD & a couple of his associates from around 1061 to 63 [[or so I believe). The likes of Jackie Wilson would have been backed on shows at the Flame in 57/58 by Maurice King's guys [[around the time Jackie & BG were working together on BG's / Roquel Davis songs. Some folk who worked at the Flame ended up employed by the Gordy's down the line.
[[4) Would the Detroit doo-wop group from the mid to late 50's the Comets, who morphed into the Nitecaps [[Freddie Pride, Al Kent, Ronnie Savoy, etc), have worked venues such as the Flame Show Bar [[& therefore have come into contact with some / all of the above mentioned folk ?
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