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Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels: Mitch Ryder (vocals), Jimmy McCarty, Joe Kubert (guitars), Earl Elliot (bass), John Badenjek (drums).
Reissue producer: Bob Irwin.
Originally released on New Voice (2000), except for "Joy," which was a single and is included here as a CD bonus track.
Includes liner notes by Howard Cook.
Mitch Ryder And the Detroit Wheels made their mark in the mid-'60s by combining the unique interpretive skills of Johnny Rivers with the amphetamine-fueled blue-eyed soul of the Young Rascals and the Spencer Davis Group. Discovered by producer Bob Crewe in 1965 while opening for the Dave Clark Five, the then-Rivieras switched their name to Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels to avoid confusion with a New York group of the same name.
The 1966 debut, TAKE A RIDE, finds Crewe playing to the band's R&B roots by digging up numerous soul songs for them to cover. Guitarists Jimmy McCarty and Joe Kubert provide six-string firepower, while the rhythm tandem of John Badenjek and Earl Elliot is rock-solid. James and Bobby Purify's chugging "Shake a Tail Feather," Little Milton's fiery shuffle "Just a Little Bit," and James Brown's snappy "I'll Go Crazy" are seismic slivers of soul. Ryder's raspy croon gives the band its identity, particularly on the hit title cut, a medley of Chuck Willis's "C.C. Rider" and Little Richard's "Jenny, Jenny" that packs an H-bomb-powered punch.
Reissue producer: Bob Irwin.
Originally released on New Voice (2000), except for "Joy," which was a single and is included here as a CD bonus track.
Includes liner notes by Howard Cook.
Mitch Ryder And the Detroit Wheels made their mark in the mid-'60s by combining the unique interpretive skills of Johnny Rivers with the amphetamine-fueled blue-eyed soul of the Young Rascals and the Spencer Davis Group. Discovered by producer Bob Crewe in 1965 while opening for the Dave Clark Five, the then-Rivieras switched their name to Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels to avoid confusion with a New York group of the same name.
The 1966 debut, TAKE A RIDE, finds Crewe playing to the band's R&B roots by digging up numerous soul songs for them to cover. Guitarists Jimmy McCarty and Joe Kubert provide six-string firepower, while the rhythm tandem of John Badenjek and Earl Elliot is rock-solid. James and Bobby Purify's chugging "Shake a Tail Feather," Little Milton's fiery shuffle "Just a Little Bit," and James Brown's snappy "I'll Go Crazy" are seismic slivers of soul. Ryder's raspy croon gives the band its identity, particularly on the hit title cut, a medley of Chuck Willis's "C.C. Rider" and Little Richard's "Jenny, Jenny" that packs an H-bomb-powered punch.