Some of you may not know this but I happen to have the pleasure of knowing a musician called Dave Mackey- Yes the same one you most probably know.
But what came as a surprise to me was that he was in a very popular band called T-Connection in the late 70's & early 80's.
When you walk into his studio, he has a wall of photographs of him & his bandmates in various recording studios around the world with artists such as; Blondie,
so when I saw this post on the web, I decided to share it with you.
Formed 1975 in Nassau, Bahamas. T Coakley commenced his music career in 1965 playing maracas in a calypso band in the Bahama Islands. In 1975 he left to form T-Connection which fast became the most popular group in the Grand Bahama. A year later they went to Miami and signed to TK Records. their debut album ‘Magic’ featured ‘Do What You Wanna Do’ (U.K. Top 20, 1977), one of the first records to be released in 12 inch single format and a classic record of the disco era.
Follow-up UK singles were ‘On Fire’ (Top 20) and ‘Let Yourself Go’ (Top 60), prior to a 1979 album ‘T-Connection’ and further Top 75 UK hits ‘At Midnight’ and ‘Saturday Night’. ‘Totally Connected’ followed before the group switched to Capitol. (www.soulwalking.co.uk)
2. Late 70s funk and disco band from Nassau, Bahamas who moved to Miami and signed to TK Records where they released a number of funky disco classics. The group consisted of the band leader Theophilus Coakley, Kirkwood Coakley on bass and drums, David Mackey on guitar, and Anthony Flowers on drums and percussion. They broke up in the early 80s having signed to Capitol Records and released several albums. (discogs)
Credits:
Arranged By – T-Connection
Artwork By [Design] – Joe Gschwind , Richard Roth
Artwork By [Direction] – Don Taylor
Bass, Backing Vocals – Kirkwood Coakley
Conductor [Strings] – Peter Graves
Engineer – Jack Nuber
Engineer [Assistant] – Sheila Taylor
Guitar, Backing Vocals – David Mackey
Horns – Bonaroo Horns*
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Drums – Berkeley Van Byrd
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar – Monty Brown
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Producer, Arranged By [Horns] – T. Coakley
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Percussion, Backing Vocals – Anthony Flowers
Photography – Francesco Scavullo
Tracks:
01. Totally Connected
02. Ecstasy
03. Let’s Do It Today
04. I Like Funkin’ With You
05. Choosing
06. That’s Love
07. Danger Zone
08. Born to
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