THE LOST TAPES by VIC PITTS & THE CHEATERS

Unreleased album made available for the very first time by the Secret Stash label since it was recorded 45 years ago!In the late 1960s, Vic Pitts & The Cheaters were one of Milwaukee’s top R&B bands. They had their own TV show, played some of the city’s biggest clubs, and backed up big name acts. Between 1969 and 1970 they recorded over a dozen songs with producer Andre Williams at Chess’ Ter-Mar Studio. The results show why they were such a popular live act; some tracks reveal their roots as James Brown fanatics, others relate the happening sounds of Sly & The Family Stone and Chicago’s first record. Highlights include an early instrumental version of their sought after “Loose Boodie,” a funked up cover of Herbie Mann’s “Comin’ Home Baby,” and a soulful re-imagining of Neil Young’s “Down By The River,” among many others. As misfortune would have it, the album never saw the light of day.