B.T. Express

B.T. Express
Formed: 1973 in Brooklyn, NY
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Disbanded: 1981
Styles: Soul, Funk, Disco, Pop/Rock
Group Members: Kashif, Richard Thompson, Carlos Ward, Leslie Ming, Dennis Rowe, Jeff Lane, Wesley Hall, Barbara Joyce Lomas, Louis Risbrook, Bill Risbrook, ...View All
Biography: This funk-disco group was formed by Jeff Lane in Brooklyn during the '70s. They started in 1972 as the King Davis House Rockers, and later were called the Brooklyn Trucking Express. The roster consisted of saxophonist/vocalist Bill Risbrook, percussionist Dennis Rowe, guitarist Rick Thompson, saxophonist/flutist ...Read full biography
Energy to Burn
Released: 1976
Label: Columbia
Critics' Rating:
B.T. Express' third album, Energy to Burn, marked two firsts for the Brooklyn residents: It was their first album for Columbia, and it marked the arrival of keyboardist Michael Jones, aka Kashif. Not that ...Read full review
Non Stop
Released: 1975
Label: Liquid 8
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When one thinks of the cultural contributions that Brooklyn's African-American neighborhoods made in the 1980s and 1990s, the people who immediately come to mind range from director Spike Lee to major ...Read full review
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