| Profile: | A group of young talented musicians that at the time in 1973-75 was only between age 16 and 20. The band started as a combo, but after several changes they recruited more members, most notably a horn-section. They built themself up as a funk/rock band named Qualified Funk. But after John Jenkins and Modeste Clarke took over the managment, the name was changed to Exit 9. After some hard work they managed to get an album deal with brunswick records and they recorded 'Straight Up' in 1975. The Musicians at that time of the album recording was Hollis Googe & David Lavender (Guitar), Michael Pelzer (Bass), James Davis (Drums), Solomon Jappa (Tenor-Sax), Enoch Jappa (Percussion)Eric Hoosier (Alto-Sax), William McCormick (Trumpet) and Johnny Rios (Vocals) |
