UnEqualed

(Originally posted in 2007)

3)The Equals – THE, and I mean THE greatest band that nobody in the world seems to know about. Featuring Eddy Grant, about 13 years before Electric Avenue, the Equals did it all: soul, rock, pop, psychedelic, funk, r & b, you name it. I have their 40 greatest hits, every song is remarkably different than the others, and every one sounds like it could be the single of the year. Unreal. I only heard of them cause back in the early 80’s the best Richmond band of all time, The Good Guys, regularly covered their regional hit Baby Come Back. Also, The Clash recorded a version of their Police on My Back. At least once a year I’ll listen to nothing but the Equals for 2 weeks and stay up at night wondering how they weren’t the biggest squad in the world (especially now that Rolling Stone just released its list of “The 25 Most Under appreciated Artists of All Time”...I refuse to link, it’s so lame...Tom Petty, under appreciated? Really? 100 million records sold, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...Tom, could we have done more? What can I do, I feel so sad for you.....and Wilco? Camon!! Whole magazines have been created to give writers jobs so they can invent new words for “ethereal” in their Wilco reviews!!!) Go out and get whatever Equals albums you can, I promise you will LOVE them.

My Super Slices o’ Slices:

Baby Come Back
Diversion
Laurel and Hardy
Viva Bobby Joe
Hold Me Closer
Soul Brother Clifford
I Won’t Be There
Softly Softly
I Get So Excited