Who was/is Shades ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
The Shades
Let's recap what we know. Absolutely nothing. It's rare for there to be no clues to a group or singer's identity, but that's the situation here. There's a reference to snow on School Bus, so perhaps they're northern rather than southern or Californian. Are we clutching at straws here? They sound professional enough to have a record out… more professional than several of the groups on ROULETTE who had records released… but that's the capriciousness of the record business. That's where 'Roulette' comes in. Was this session done for the label or was it mailed in? Again, no one knows. Bob Fisher found the tapes and issued them on Sequel's 'Roulette Rock 'n' Roll Vol. 3' back in 1995. Since then, not one Shade has come forward. There were plenty of other groups with the same name, but there's no evidence linking any of them to these tapes. They came, they sang, they disappeared.
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