from ERIC MERCURY
Written by Eric Mercury & William D. Smith
In the mid-seventies, David Foster was starting his career in LA as a high-profile session player. Among the dozens of studio dates he played, there was a pretty good soul/R&B project for Eric Mercury. Mercury was a fellow Canadian musician who, like Foster, relocated to California in the early seventies.
from ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC FROM THE PLANET EART
written by Joe McDonald
Joseph Allen McDonald better known as Country Joe McDonald is a famous rock musician who was the lead singer of the San Francisco band, Country Joe And The Fish. This rock group was part of the psychedelic wave in the sixties and participated to legendary music festivals like Woodstock and Monterey.
from LOVING IS LIVING
written by Alfred McCrary, Sundray Tucker & Sam McCrary
The McCrarys were a family group from Los Angeles who developed a fresh, gospel infused R&B style on a few solid releases between the late seventies and the early eighties. Their 1978 debut album for Portrait records was entitled, “Loving Is Living.”
