KC and The Sunshine Band: The Miami Innovation
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, July 1975
A GREAT deal has been written about the emergence of the Miami Sound via names such as George and Gwen McCrae, Little Beaver and, of course, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, who are fronted by the two people perhaps most responsible for the actual sound that the T.K. Studio has given to the world. They are Harry Casey and Rick Finch, the keyboard and bass players with the Sunshine Band and, coincidentally, the two white members in an otherwise all-black band.
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