Rough Riders (album)

Rough Riders is the third album by the American band Lakeside.^[1][2] Released in 1979 on the SOLAR Records label, it was produced by Dick Griffey, Lakeside, and Leon Sylvers III. "Pull My Strings" was a hit.^[3]

Rough Riders
Studio album by Lakeside
Released	1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Soul, funk
Label	SOLAR
Producer	Dick Griffey, Lakeside, Leon Sylvers III
Lakeside chronology
Shot of Love (1978) Rough Riders (1979) Fantastic Voyage (1980)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	[5]

The Oakland Post praised the "dynamic instrumentation, pinpoint rhythms and power funk chords layered with four-part harmonies dancing under strong, alternating lead vocals."^[6] The New York Times wrote that Rough Riders "displays a competent show band adept at several rhythm-and-blues idioms, but the material and arrangements are drearily formulaic."^[7]

Track listing

1. "Rough Rider" (Stephen Shockley) - 4:45
2. "All in My Mind" (Otis Stokes, Stephen Shockley, Tiemeyer McCain) - 4:42
3. "If You Like Our Music (Get Up and Move)" (Otis Stokes, Stephen Shockley) - 4:33
4. "I Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Norman Beavers) - 5:36
5. "Pull My Strings" (Fred Lewis) - 6:54
6. "I'll Never Leave You" (Bryan Evans, Tiemeyer McCain) - 6:15
7. "From 9:00 Until" (Otis Stokes) - 6:04

Personnel

• Backing vocals, bass, clavinet, guitar, lead vocals, piano (acoustic), synthesizer - Otis Stokes
• Backing vocals, bells, lead vocals - Tiemeyer McCain
• Backing vocals, electric piano (Fender Rhodes), lead vocals, piano (acoustic) - Mark Adam Wood, Jr.
• Backing vocals, lead vocals, vocals - Thomas Shelby
• Bass - Marvin Craig
• Clavinet, ensemble (string), keyboards, synthesizer - Norman Beavers
• Clavinet, guitar, synthesizer - Stephen Shockley
• Congas, percussion, synthesizer (bass), timbales - Fred Lewis
• Drums - Fred Alexander Jr.

References

1. Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 268.
2. Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities. NYU Press. 2010. p. 272.
3. "Four superstar musical groups from Solar Records...". Oakland Post. No. 558/559. 29 June 1980. p. 4.
4. "Rough Riders Review by Craig Lytle". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
5. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 198.
6. "Lakeside's story began in 1969 in Dayton, Ohio...". Oakland Post. No. 555. 25 June 1980. p. 10.
7. Holden, Stephen (23 Mar 1980). "Solar Could Be the Motown of the 80's". The New York Times. p. D25.

External links

• Lakeside-Rough Riders at Discogs