Michael Stanley
Idioma disponível: inglêsCleveland native Michael Stanley became a regional phenomenon, but the singer/songwriter/guitarist and his Michael Stanley Band deserved more national success than they achieved. Stanley, whose real name was Michael Stanley Gee, played bass with the folk-rock group Silk in the late 1960s. He then went solo and released two solo albums in the early '70s that fit right in with the singer/songwriter era. His talent attracted the likes of producer Bill Szymczyk and guest musicians Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, and David Sanborn from the beginning. He formed the Michael Stanley Band (aka MSB) in 1975 and pursued a more straightforward rock direction. The group recorded a string of albums through the late '70s and early '80s that were modest successes nationally but major hits in Ohio. In fact, the Michael Stanley Band was such a sensation at home that they held attendance records at major concert venues for many years. 1980's Heartland included the hit single "He Can't Love You" (sung by vocalist/keyboardist Kevin Raleigh) and the minor hit "Lover" (sung by Stanley and featuring blistering saxophone by Clarence Clemons). MSB's second and last Top 40 hit was Stanley's anthem "My Town" in 1983. After recording for Epic, Arista, and EMI, the band independently released two albums on their own before breaking up in 1987. The Michael Stanley Band were a reliably consistent, meat-and-potatoes enterprise responsible for superb Midwestern rock & roll. Stanley went on to become a popular television and radio personality in Cleveland, regularly releasing albums -- solo and in the one-off group project the Ghost Poets -- and performing annual summer and New Year's Eve shows along with occasional acoustic dates with MSB alumni and other Cleveland musicians. Razor & Tie reissued most of the group's catalog and two excellent best-of collections on compact disc. Michael Stanley died on March 5, 2021, while in treatment for lung cancer; he was 72 years old.
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Cleveland native Michael Stanley became a regional phenomenon, but the singer/songwriter/guitarist and his Michael Stanley Band deserved more national success than they achieved. Stanley, whose real name was Michael Stanley Gee, played bass with the folk-rock group Silk in the late 1960s. He then went solo and released two solo albums in the early '70s that fit right in with the singer/songwriter era. His talent attracted the likes of producer Bill Szymczyk and guest musicians Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, and David Sanborn from the beginning.
He formed the Michael Stanley Band (aka MSB) in 1975 and pursued a more straightforward rock direction. The group recorded a string of albums through the late '70s and early '80s that were modest successes nationally but major hits in Ohio. In fact, the Michael Stanley Band was such a sensation at home that they held attendance records at major concert venues for many years. 1980's Heartland included the hit single "He Can't Love You" (sung by vocalist/keyboardist Kevin Raleigh) and the minor hit "Lover" (sung by Stanley and featuring blistering saxophone by Clarence Clemons). MSB's second and last Top 40 hit was Stanley's anthem "My Town" in 1983. After recording for Epic, Arista, and EMI, the band independently released two albums on their own before breaking up in 1987.
The Michael Stanley Band were a reliably consistent, meat-and-potatoes enterprise responsible for superb Midwestern rock & roll. Stanley went on to become a popular television and radio personality in Cleveland, regularly releasing albums -- solo and in the one-off group project the Ghost Poets -- and performing annual summer and New Year's Eve shows along with occasional acoustic dates with MSB alumni and other Cleveland musicians. Razor & Tie reissued most of the group's catalog and two excellent best-of collections on compact disc. Michael Stanley died on March 5, 2021, while in treatment for lung cancer; he was 72 years old.
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