High Voltage was an American soul-funk band that released a self-titled album on Columbia in 1972. Several members surfaced in the namesake band of vocalist Maxayn Lewis, including her organist husband Andre Lewis, who later recorded four albums as the phantom space-funkster Mandré. Members: Lalomie Washburn (vocals), Tony Maiden (vocals, guitar), Bobby Watson (bass), Fred […]
Lalomie Washburn (Aug. 25, 1941 — Sept. 18, 2004) was an American soul-funk singer who fronted High Voltage, Love Craft, and the 1977 solo album My Music Is Hot. Background She was born Lalomie Marion Washburn on August 25, 1941, in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. Washburn opened for saxophonist Ernie Fields […]
H.P. Lovecraft were an American psych-rock band from Chicago that released two albums with accompanying singles on Philips in 1967/68. The lineup underwent numerous changes and disbanded in San Francisco in 1968. The following year, guitarist/frontman George Edwards and drummer Michael Tegza assembled a new lineup under the abbreviated name Lovecraft, which issued the album […]
