This group has got to be one of the most criminally underrated, under-appreciated, slept on groups of the 90s. From their debut as Evon Geffries & the Stand until their last LP, Connected (1998) they made brilliant music for themselves as well as for others...(the only side production that received acclaim was Paula Abdul's Spellbound LP) I guess they had such a hard time because they really couldn't be categorized as Rock or R&B.

If you know these guys, list your favorites.

Mine:
I'll omit some to prevent being a ball-hog

Why Does It Hurt When We Kiss
Sax With A Stranger
Ghetto Heaven
In Summer I Fall
Sweet Liberation
New World Order
Shelter
Free Spirit
Moon In Scorpio
Quiet Desperation
The Education of Jamie
The entire Connected LP

I have their first two albums. With Sandra StVictor.

I so totally love Moon In Scorpio.

Thanks for putting Quiet Desperation in your top list.

That song still gets to me.

I love Where Does Mommie Live too.

And the lyrics of Plantation Radio is SO true. Should we send it to WNPG?

psykosoul said:

Ghetto Heaven is my jam!!!!

got their "Chain" album and I loved their work with Paula .....I can never find their second album damnit!

Gotta love:-

"Twisted"
"The last temptation"


might have to hear album "Chain" now and add to the list.....thanx 4 reminding me!

I always see the Moon In Scorpio album in used record stores. Just look around.

I had one of their albums, and I can't remember which one...but got rid of it.

Supernova said:

Betta not have been "Connected"

Not hip to them.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

I strongly suggest you hunt down Moon In Scorpio or Connected. Those should be fairly easy to find used.

I don't know if you're into Corey Clover (Living Colour) but they produced the bulk of his solo album 'Hymns'.
[This message was edited Sat Aug 14 19:26:04 2004 by psykosoul]

psykosoul said:

I see.
Do they record their solo albums under the name of The Family Stand?

p.s. - Check the Finess thread in a few and i'll show you where you can catch a whiff of Love (Can Make You Happy)

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

psykosoul said:

I honestly don't remember, I just remember being disappointed.

Supernova said:

psykosoul said:

Well, it must've sucked.

Supernova said:

Although "Evon Geoffries"and "Chain" were pretty uneven, the 3rd album, "Moon In Scorpio" was one of the best releases of the 90's-- It made me think wow, there's actually some people out here in PoP/R&B that wanna play MUSIC!!--they just threw caution to the wind and said "F**K Formats!! let's make the kinda music we wanna make--that, and Fishbone's "Reality Of My Surroundings" gave me some hope!! everything came togethr on "moon --it sounded like Stevie Wonder and Chaka playing with Vernon Reid!! (Ronnie Drayton was killin on the guitar!!) what I liked most about it was the way rock, soul, funk and pop were all one on the same album, coming from the same source---at a time(early 90's) when music had become so extremely polarized, and New Jack, Gangta rap and Grunge had replaced everything else, (and Prince was busy foolin' around with Tony M, tryin' to figure out how to make his albums sound worse)---

----Of course the album didn't sell shit...with a sound like that, it was too good to "Fit on anybody's format", as the radio programmers love to say...
[This message was edited Sun Aug 15 10:38:38 2004 by paligap]

paligap said:

Ooh! ShaSha!
Was I too funky?
Did I go Pop?
Scuse me for trying
Mind if I rock?

All across the nation
I hear Plantation Radio.

BlaqueKnight said:

This was definitely their best album. Although I miss Sandra St. Victor on it, Jacci McGhee made a pretty good fit.

psykosoul said:

I'm on my 3rd copy of Connected. Keeps getting scratched and stolen. It really is one of the most slept on albums in recent memory. You Dont Have to Worry got a little airplay, but that whole album deserved to be heard. I have'nt heard Moon in Scorpio in years, but the title track was niiice.

Didn't Jackie McGhee serve as the group's lead vocalist for a hot minute?

okaypimpn said:

Yeah, she's on "Connected".

Ghetto Heaven be a jam!

<----- adds to his Amazon cart the "Connected" cd used for $0.98

Someone wrote that they found a TFS cd for $0.98, well word to all orgers; go buy everything recorded by The Family Stand you will be glad that you did!

jw1914 said:

Slave2daGroove said:

It'll be the best $0.98 you ever spent

Only "Ghetto Heaven" comes to mind. Their name always reminded me of Sly & the FS.

UptownDeb said:

See, my point exactly! Radio airplay limits ones musical adventures. Turn the radio off and put on a CD that you never heard before!!!

I had their "Connected" album which I bought for like 0.2£ and sold back for like 0.5£. So I actually made some money off that trade. I also made few pennies of profit when I traded Corey Glover's "HYMNS" album, which also was produced by The Family Stand. So, yeah. I like The Family Stand. They are a group that keep making me richer instead of losing money on their records.

Novabreaker said:

You are pure evil.