Gary "U.S." Bonds : Rolling Stone

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June 1, 2004

New CDs: Auf Der Maur, Tiesto

Reviews of "Auf der Maur," "Just Be" and more

Recordings and Reviews

Back In 20

For a sixty-five-year-old who hasn't made a record in twenty years, Gary U.S. Bonds sounds surprisingly lively. Forty-plus years ago, his stock-in-trade was raucous party anthems, and Back in 20 doesn't wander far from his strengths. Longtime Bonds benefactor Bruce Springsteen brings some guitar...

2004 RS: Not Rated

Biography

Some of the liveliest feel-good, party-down singles of the early '60s pre-Beatles period came out of a Norfolk, VA, recording studio owned by Bronx, NY?raised producer/Legrand Records label chief Frank Guida, whose principal client was a local club singer named Gary Alexander. Guida had cowritten a rousing rocker of a tune called "New Orleans," intending to give it to another vocalist, Leroy "Bunc...

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