Caron Wheeler

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some hip hop, reggae, jazz, salsa, African highlife, plus Caron Wheeler as the vocalist.

[laughs]

Man, oh, man-

It's not hitting the way it used to in terms of commercial appeal.

Mm-hmm.

But they're still out there doing their thing, and Karen Wheeler's still, still singing on some records.

Yeah.

I mean, they had some Chicago house in there, some hip hop, reggae, jazz, salsa, African high life.

Plus... karen wheeler as the vocalist man oh man she's something else um the the thing where their innovations occurred you know there was that high tempo up tempo uh dance music that was going on uh in the dj culture the ibiza uh dance clubs you know 125 beats per minute was kind of the standard you know on the dance floors and they were getting into this more of this sultry soulful vibe Channeling, you know, and I talked to Jazzy B back in the day, and they were channeling like Barry White, you know, this orchestrated stuff, Marvin Gaye, the OJs.

Some of that filtered into the Manchester scene.

The Happy Mondays and Stone Roses were picking up some of that vibe.

I looked it up.

They're still putting out music.

It's not hitting the way it used to in terms of commercial appeal, but they're still out there doing their thing, and Karen Wheeler's still singing on some records.

All right, so that was question number one.