Formed 1975 in Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.
Group Members:
Carter Bradley, Charlie Bradley, Charles Carter, Tim Dozier, Mark Hicks, Curt Jones, Tom Lockett, Floyd Miller, Steve Washington, Danny Webster, Orion Wilhoite, Raye Turner & Mark Adams
Arguably the hottest of the '70's Ohio funk bands, Slave had a great run in the late '70's and early '80's.
Trumpeter Steve Washington formed the group in Dayton in 1975.
Vocalist Floyd Miller teamed with Tom Lockett, Jr., Charles Bradley, Mark Adams, Mark Hicks, Danny Webster, Orion Wilhoite, and Tim Dozier.
Vocalists Steve Arrington and Starleana Young came aboard in 1978, with Arrington ultimately becoming lead vocalist.
Their first big hit was the thumping single 'Slide' in 1977 for Cotillion, where they remained until 1984.
Their best tracks were lyrically simple and at times humourous, but the arrangements and rhythms were intense and hypnotic.
Other Top Ten R & B hits were 'Just a Touch of Love' in 1979, 'Watching You' in 1980, and 'Snap Shot' in 1981.
Young, Washington, and Lockett departed to form Aurra in 1979.
Arrington himself left in the early '80s.
They added Charles C. Carter, Delburt Taylor, Sam Carter, Kevin Johnson, and Roger Parker as replacements and continued on, though much less successfully, into the late '80's.
They moved to Atlantic for one LP in 1984, then switched to the Atlanta-based Ichiban in 1986 for singles and LPs that were just a shade of the former vibrant Slave sound.
Their most recent release was 'The Funk Strikes Back' in 1992.
Rhino issued Stellar Funk: The Best of Slave, a first-rate anthology of their finest cuts, in 1994.
Albums:
Slave (Cotillion 1977)
The Hardness of the World (Cotillion 1977)
The Concept (Cotillion 1978)
Just a Touch of Love (Cotillion 1979)
Stone Jam (Rhino 1980)
Show Time (Atlantic 1981)
Visions of the Lite (Cotillion 1982)
Bad Enuff (Cotillion 1983)
New Plateau (Cotillion 1984)
Unchained At Last (Ichiban 1985)
Make Believe (Ichiban 1986)
Slave 88 (Ichiban 1988)
Rebirth (Ichiban 1991)
Funk Strikes Back (Ichiban 1994)
Masters of the Funk (Ichiban 1996)
