Биография Lee Michaels
Michaels, also known as Mike Olsen, began his career with The Sentinals, a San Luis-based surf group which included Merrell Fankhauser and drummer Johny Barbata (later of The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship). Michaels joined Barbata in the Strangers, a group led by Joel Scott Hill, before moving to San Francisco. In 1967, he signed a contract with A&M Records, releasing his debut, Carnival Of Life, later that year. Michaels' choice of the Hammond organ as his primary instrument was unusual for the time, as was his bare-bones stage and studio accompaniment: usually just a single drummer, most often a musician known as 'Frosty' (Bartholomew Eugene Smith-Frost} or with Joel Larson of The Grass Roots. This unorthodox approach attracted a following in San Francisco, and some critical notice, but Michaels did not achieve real commercial success until the release of his fifth album (Fifth), which produced a surprise U.S. Top 10 hit (#6 in the fall of 1971), "Do You Know What I Mean", and a Top 40 follow-up, a cover version of the Motown standard, "Can I Get A Witness". Michaels recorded two more albums for A&M before signing a contract with Columbia Records in 1973. His Columbia recordings failed to generate much interest, and Michaels went into semi-retirement from the music business by the end of the decade. He currently owns a chain of restaurants, named Killer Shrimp, around Southern California. Apparently, after a trip to New Orleans, Michaels invented the dish whose friends liked it so much they urged him to open a restaurant.
Тексты песен Lee Michaels
Title | |
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1 | Do You Kow What I Mean? |
2 | Can I Get A Witness |
3 | Heighty Hi |
4 | Tua Vombra Em Meu Caminho |
5 | Do You Know What I Mean |
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Альбомы Lee Michaels
Title | Release | ||
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1 | Laurel Canyon Soundtrack | ||
2 | Hello: The Very Best Of Lee Michaels | 2008 | |
3 | Barrel | ||
4 | Lee Michaels |
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