On Rarity where does this record stand ?

Ill tell you at the next beer and soul night.

 

The lead vocalist on the 45 was Cody Miller.

This is his band from those times; I presume it's Last Flight but am awaiting conformation of that fact.

  On 27/06/2024 at 13:21, Roburt said:

The lead vocalist on the 45 was Cody Miller.

This is his band from those times; I presume it's Last Flight but am awaiting conformation of that fact.

Thanks Roburt

Just ripped this of Discogs

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Band from Ville Platte, Louisiana. They played in 1972–1975, before breaking up. The band has done some reunion concerts, at least in 2013 and 2020.

Original founding line-up: Tommy Richard - lead guitar; Vic Slaven - bass, vocals; Jerry Baquet - drums; Perry Bordelon - trumpet, vocals; Karl Bordelon - trumpet, organ, piano

Other members included: Connie Mac Fuselier - organ, piano, vocals; Jay Tassin - trombone; Paul Hottel Fontenot - lead vocals

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Members:Jay Tassin, Karl Bordelon, Paul Hottel Fontenot, Perry Bordelon, Tommy Richard (3), Vic Slaven

Edited June 27, 2024Jun 27 by Kev John

  On 27/06/2024 at 13:21, Roburt said:

The lead vocalist on the 45 was Cody Miller.

This is his band from those times; I presume it's Last Flight but am awaiting conformation of that fact.

The guy on the front row has a look of a young Kev Roberts to me.

Russ Winstanley on the left.😃

Kev Roberts & Dustbin Stanley in the group; the track must be an early 'taylor- made' effort. 

  On 25/06/2024 at 21:17, neckender said:

Ill tell you at the next beer and soul night.

 

Thanks Mark that's a date 🤣

I now have the full SP on Cody Miller's music career ... his stint with Last Flight came a few years after he first turned professional. He'd been in 3 other group's ahead of Last Flight (one of which recorded & had collectable 45's out). He then was a member of 2 other groups (who both recorded) after Last Flight.

I'm not putting much of the info up here at present as I'm writing an article on him that will be going in the next edition of SOUL UP NORTH. He's a very helpful guy with a good memory -- though he had no idea some of the old tracks he played / sang on were now highly collectable. He also had no idea the Last Flight 45 had been reissued over here around 16 years ago. He was thrilled to learn that his old work in the music biz was still valued & played. He never realised (with the local Louisiana music scene being so localised) that copies of those old 45's had even made it out of his home state.

This was the local radio station he used to listen to -- though it was a pop stn, it played lots of R&B / soul tracks and this was what sparked his love of soul music. He listened from when he was in school to after he was playing in groups. Till soul went out of fashion locally in La (the mid 70's), it was cover versions of soul hits that his bands all played on live gigs.   

Rite got  the low down on the record  &

Mark  has not seen a copy in the wild in any collection  he couldn't say how many copies there are ,but said there can't be many around

Myself i only know of 2 copies the 1 i've got  & 1 JM had & i think he sold it on auction

 

Edited September 9, 2024Sep 9 by Kev John

Published in the new edition of SOUL UP NORTH; out this coming Thursday / Friday ... 

CODY MILLER; MUSIC MAN: . . . . . . If you went crate digging in rural Louisiana, you could expect (if you were lucky) to find 45's on labels such as Tamm, Jin, La Louisianne, One Way, Master-Trak, Maison De Soul, Bounty, etc. If you unearthed copies of the right singles on these labels, you'd consider yourself to be blessed. However, the guys involved in laying down those tracks (generally) had no idea that the results of their recording studio efforts of 50 years ago have become real collector's items.  ETC. ETC. ....