Dynasty – Adventures In The Land Of Music
Jeannie Reynolds was the sister of L.J. Reynolds, a member of The Dramatics. Though her career wasn’t as significant in comparison to her brother’s, Jeannie made some truly exceptional music. Her album Cherries, Bananas & Other Fine Things is everything you’d want in a soul record. Track A1 “The Fruit Song” is full of seductive innuendos and starts off strong with a killer opening breakbeat that flows into vocals that will make you melt. I recommend a full listen through this album because Jeannie has the power to sound like a different singer on every track. A true soul chameleon, her story had a particularly sad ending as she struggled with mental health and a drug problem that led her to kill her two children and then herself in 1980. – Ally
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Breakbeat / Disco
Tracklist:
A1 The Fruit Song
A2 Hit And Run
A3 Unyielding
A4 The Feelin’ Ain’t There
B1 I’ve Still Got My Pride
B2 You Want To Get Your Hands On A Woman
B3 Look What Love Has Done To Me Ma
B4 I’m Lonely
B5 I Come Here To Party
Credits:
Bass- William “Bootsy” Collins* (A1, A4, B2), Michael Henderson* (A2, B1, B3), Gregory Coles (A3)
Drums- Cordell Mosson, Richard (Pistol) Allen, Jerry Jones, Leslie Daniels, Chuck Matthews
Guitar- Bruce Nazarian, Gary Shider, Glenn Goins, Robert Goodsite, Emmett Smith, Eddie Willis, Robert White, Ralph Armstrong, James Talbert, Paul Clark
Keyboards- George Worrell*, Eddie Robinson, Johnny Griffith, Rudy Robinson
Producers- Don Davis, Michael Henderson, Tony Hester, L.J. Reynolds*
Backing Vocals- Brandy*
Saxophone- Eli Fountain
Congas- Donnie Lewis
Percussion- Lorenzo Brown
Mastered by- SJR*
