I was going through my old lp's and 12in and ran across the Jesse Johnson produced group from 1985 Ta Mara and the Seen? Anybody remember them??? Their frist release was called Affecttion and then a funky tune called Thinking about you. They were on A&M Records. Anybody know whatever happened to them?????

"oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,oh, uh-uh-oh, oh,oh everybody dance!"

You mean Margie Cox - aka Ta Mara!

"If you can just pass your history class, eveything will be alright"
"till then you'll be looking for penny in a large room with no light"

funky lil album

I loved their first album. Everbody Dance, Affection, and thinking about you
was the jam. I also had the 12 inch for affection with a funky b side called you turn me up. The second album blueberry gossip was average.

emhtee said:

The first single was "Everybody Dance". "Affecttion" was the second single from the album.

There was a second Ta Mara & The Seen album called 'Blueberry Gossip' although it sounded like it was pretty much a Jesse solo album with Ta Mara on vocals. Margaret (Ta Mara) then recorded an album with Prince in the 90s under the name MC Flash that was a very cool soul-rock hybrid. Unfortunately that was never released and Prince lost interest in the project. She later had a solo track on the 1-800-New-Funk compilation called "Standing At The Altar" with a b-side on the single called "Whistlin' Kenny" that I think were leftovers from the MC Flash album. I hear she's performing around now, but I forget what the name of her band is.

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