A very lo-fi raw dance floor destroyer! Though “
Chico”s mysterious details are obscured in the smog of time, its label yields a couple of clues.
The producer here,
Henry Graham, has his name all over the credits of all kinds of noteable
L.A. soul wax in the coming years, also as “H.
Graham,” “
Hank Graham,” and “Sir Hank Graham.” “Chico” looks like the first release on his Graham imprint and at least two more followed - both in
1963. A later Graham label was named after yet another of his pseudonyms “Sir Graham” and was the imprint for The Aldermen’s killer horror classic “
House of Wax.” The arranging credit goes out to
Miles Grayson, who was also just getting his start on the way to becoming a prolific producer/arranger - working with everybody from
Z.Z. Hill to
Roy Brown to
Ted Taylor over the years… I can’t find anything about
Frank Lucas. Its very unlikely that this is the legendary drug kingpin who shares the same name or that “Frank Lucas an the Emperors” even an homage to him (as he wasn’t well known yet). Until we learn more, have fun feeling these guys dig hard and mean into this groove while they tell you about Chico the player….
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- published: 25 Feb 2016
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