Speaker 1: The Lost Generation is today's topic. Gotta bring back the music,
Speaker 1: the music of love, a time when music was great
Speaker 1: with soul and had the sound of smooth harmonies. And
Speaker 1: I'm thinking of the fabulous group known as the Lost Generation,
Speaker 1: with their silky vocals and that sweet R and B groove.
Speaker 1: They brought us tunes that made the world smile. They
Speaker 1: knew how to stir those emotions, sending love notes through
Speaker 1: the airwaves straight to your heart. It's time to revive
Speaker 1: that love music. Whether it's their iconic hits or those
Speaker 1: deep cuts that made you feel like you were floating
Speaker 1: on a cloud. We owe it to ourselves to bring
Speaker 1: back the sounds that defined a generation. Now, let me
Speaker 1: tell you about the group Lost Generation. The members Lorel Simon,
Speaker 1: Fred Simon brothers, Jesse Dean, Leslie Dean, and Larry Brownie
Speaker 1: began singing together in nineteen sixty nine. This was after
Speaker 1: Jesse Dean completed time in the United States Army. Shortly
Speaker 1: after forming Lowrel Simon's childhood friend Gus Redman, who was
Speaker 1: by that time promotional head at Bronswick Records, had the
Speaker 1: group record with producer Carl Davis. The result of these
Speaker 1: sessions was the single The Sly, Slick and the Wicked,
Speaker 1: which became a hit in the US, and Who Sail
Speaker 1: earned Bronswick Records enough profits to buy itself out and
Speaker 1: dissociate itself from its parent company, Decca Records. That same year,
Speaker 1: Lorel Simon was inspired for the songs titled by the
Speaker 1: film title The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. The
Speaker 1: group scored a few further hits and disbanded in nineteen
Speaker 1: seventy four. Brownie and Fred Simon later joining Mystique. Lorel
Speaker 1: Simon embarked on a successful career as a songwriter and
Speaker 1: in the late nineteen seventies a solo artist. Larry Brownie
Speaker 1: died in nineteen seventy eight. Fred Simon currently sings bass
Speaker 1: vocals with The Shylights. Lorel Simon died in twenty eighteen
Speaker 1: of multiple health complications. They were a group that had
Speaker 1: great vocal arrangements. They were like a sweet potion, blending
Speaker 1: powerful leads with silky background harmonies that transported you scraped
Speaker 1: to the heart of the soul experience. The band's sound
Speaker 1: was a perfect marriage of passion and skill. So as
Speaker 1: we reminisce about the year nineteen sixty nine, Let's not
Speaker 1: forget the lost generation, the torch barriers of soul music,
Speaker 1: keeping the flame alive in an ever changing musical landscape.
Speaker 1: I'm Gale Nobles and you're listening to the Cat Bear US.
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