Sir Joe Quarterman - Ive Got So Much Trouble In My Mind

US soul and funk artist from Washington D.C., who's professional musical career began like many other R&B artists; on the corner or in church. He sung lead vocal with a Washington. DC group called The Knights." This is where he adopted the name Sir Joe." He formed a recording group Sir Joe and The Maidens" after most of the knights went into the armed services. Joe later joined a popular local band and was provided the opportunity to play trumpet as backup for stars like Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, The Temptations and many other national acts. They later became a touring band called The Magnificent Seven. Joe left the Magnificent Seven to play jazz trumpet. From the jazz group Sir Joe & FreeSoul was born. The name FreeSoul was adopted because of the free spirited music style the jazz and R&B musicians played and the free soul sound was born. Joe mixed his jazzy horn playing with the funky rhythms of the time and added a few socially conscious lyrics and he had his first hit record, I Got So Much Trouble In My Mind. Joe's hit tune provided for him and his band the opportunity to share the stage with James Brown, Ray Charles, Earth Wind & Fire, Sly Stone, The O'Jays and many other world renowned stars.

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