Becen Padron met Henry Stone
in the summer of 1970 and was signed to Stone’s
label shortly thereafter. Becen’s group appeared
as one of the opening acts at the James Brown concert
in the summer of 1970 at the Miami Jai Alai Fronton.
Becen was thrilled to have a personal introduction by
Stone to James Brown, who is one of Becen’s all-time
musical heroes.
Becen toured from 1970 to 1975, performing with artists
such as: Black Sabbath with Ozzie Osbourne, Phil Collins,
Ted Nugent, Little Beaver, Billy Preston and Badfinger
(of the Beatles fame), Iron Butterfly, The Allman Brothers,
Genesis, Buddy Miles (of Jimi Hendrix fame), Peter Frampton,
The Bee Gees, Ike and Tina Turner, Alan King, The Eagles,
Average White Band, Jaco Pastorious (the world’s
greatest bass player), Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills
and Nash fame), Freddie King, and Chaka Khan.
Upon his return to Miami in the summer of 1975, Becen
presented a fresh project to Henry Stone. At this point
in time, Stone was dominating the music scene with the
Miami sound and the up and coming Disco revolution.
It was Stone’s impetuous appetite for new music
and sounds that encouraged the work on Becens’s
album. After the album was complete and mixed, Stone
decided that the sound was a little ahead of its time
and should wait a while before releasing the album.
The completed album was shelved and over time it seemed
to have fallen through the cracks until Stone rediscovered
the album thirty-two years later, came to the rescue
and decided to release the album in its original form. |
to hear a music sample.
