3rd Avenue Blues Band were a soul/funk band from Oklahoma City. They were a white group fronted by a black singer, Harold Jones, who sang on...
3rd Avenue Blues Band were a soul/funk band from Oklahoma City. They were a white group fronted by a black singer, Harold Jones, who sang on many of the tracks, Put a Little Love in Your Heart, Don’t Make Me Laugh, It’s Your Thing and Bad Moon Rising. The organist, Harlan Rogers, provided the vocals for Rose Garden, If You Don’t Want Me, and I Know About Love. The two shared the vocals on It’s Got to Be Love and Come On and Get It. Three members of the group, Harlan Rogers (organ/vocals), Bill Maxwell (drums), and Hadley Hockensmith (guitar) went on to have highly successful careers as the rhythm section for gospel artist Andre Crouch at the height of his career. Later, they were members of the jazz-fusion group Koinonia who recorded 4 albums and were extremely popular throughout the 80’s, particularly in Europe, Scandinavia, and Japan, and were highly sought-after studio musicians in L.A. Bill Maxwell is still very active in film and TV music, and as a producer, writer, and drummer. Hadley Hockensmith has been a guitarist for Neil Diamond for many years. Credits Drums – Bill Maxwell Guitar, Bass – Hadley "Hawk" Hockensmith* Saxophone – Bob Beasley Trumpet – Mark Underwood Vocals, Instruments [Rhythm Instruments] – Harold Jones Vocals, Organ, Organ [Organ Bass], Piano – Harlan Rogers http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/articlerevue.htm Less
