The Larks part 1 – 1950-52 this week on The Juke In The Back!
The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
The Larks are one of the most influential and best sounding vocal groups of the early 1950s and yet, they are never remembered quite as well as many of their contemporaries. That might be because they only had 2 charting singles and neither record sold well after its initial release. But don’t let the numbers fool you, the Larks were a top-notch group with outstanding leads provided by Eugene Mumford, Allen Bunn and David McNeil, who occasionally sang a solid bass lead.
Matt The Cat presents part one of a two-parter on The Larks on this week’s “Juke In The Back.” This week, we’ll focus on the group’s gospel roots, their charting records and the very start of the original group falling apart. Along the way, they recorded “Eyesight To The Blind,” “Little Side Car,” “When I Leave These Prison Walls,” “My Reverie” and many other standouts.
You won’t want to miss the tremendous music and eye-opening stories of one of R&B’s greatest vocal groups.
Join Matt the Cat for Juke in the Back, tomorrow morning at 04:00 AM Eastern, with an encore presentation, Sunday afternoon at 03:00 PM, after "The Lost Lennon Tapes" and before "Anne's Lazy Sunday", on Mushroom FM, the home of the fun guys, making four decades of magic mushroom memories!