General Kane

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General Kane , until 1985 General Caine , was an American radio band led by guitarist and band leader Mitch McDowell. The biggest hit is the single Crack Killed Applejack from 1986.

Band history

Mitch McDowell founded the funk band General Caine in 1978 with a few other musicians. In the same year the formation signed a record deal with Groove Time Records. There the albums Let Me In (1978) and Get Down Attack (1980) were released. This was followed by the change to Tabu Records, a sub-label of the Demon Music Group , and the release of the albums Girls (1982) and Dangerous (1983). The singles Girls (1982) and Bomb Body (1983) placed in the Top 80 on the Billboard R&B charts. Then there was another label change, this time to Capitol Records , but the band only released the single Where's the Beef?

With a slimmed-down line-up and a different sound, the group signed with Motown in 1986 and changed their name to General Kane. The album In Full Chill made it to number 46 on the R&B charts, the release Crack Killed Applejack became the band's biggest hit and came to number 12 on the R&B hit list. The last album is Wide Open from 1987. In the R&B charts, the record made it to number 57, the accompanying single Girl Pulled the Dog came there at number 33. In 1988 the band separated.

Mitch McDowell was shot dead in Los Angeles on January 21, 1992.

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Members

  • Mitch McDowell (actually Mitchell Leon McDowell ; born June 29, 1954 in San Bernardino , † January 21, 1992 in Los Angeles) - rap , bass , guitar
  • Darryl Haywood - vocals
  • Danny Macon - vocals
  • Kevin Goins - vocals
  • Tony Patler - piano . Keyboard

General Caine only

  • David C. Chadwick - keyboard
  • Erik Jones - drums
  • Jimmy Carter - saxophone
  • Johnny Montgomery Carson (* in California) - guitar
  • Leroy Williams - bass
  • Nathaniel Price - bass, vocals
  • Ronald Jerry - drums
  • Trey Stone - guitar, vocals

only General Kane

  • Brenda Jackson - vocals
  • Craig Allen Owen - vocals
  • Nelson Hardwick, Jr. - vocals
  • Tim Heintz - keyboard

Discography

Studio albums

as General Caine

  • 1978: Let Me In (Groove Time 1001)
  • 1980: Get Down Attack (Groove Time 1004)
  • 1982: Girls ( Tabu 37997)
  • 1983: Dangerous (Tabu 38863)

as General Kane

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
R&B R&B
1986 In Full Chill
Gordy 6216 		R&B46 (9 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1986
Producers: Curtis Anthony Nolen, Mitch McDowell
1987 Wide Open
Motown 6238 		R&B57 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1987
Producers: Curtis Anthony Nolen, Mitch McDowell

Compilations

  • 1981: Pure Funk: The Best of General Caine (Groove Time 1006)

Singles

as General Caine

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
R&B R&B
1982 Girls
girls 		R&B72 (9 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1982
Author: Mitch McDowell
1983 Bomb Body
Dangerous 		R&B74 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1983
Authors: Mitch McDowell, Leon Chancler , Reggie Andrews

More singles

  • 1981: Get Down Attack
  • 1981: LRJ Pop
  • 1981: Shake
  • 1982: Don't Stop (release: October)
  • 1983: Ooh, Aah (release: December)
  • 1984: Where's the Beef? (Release: June)

as General Kane

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
R&B R&B
1986 Crack Killed Applejack
In Full Chill 		R&B12 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1986
Author: Mitch McDowell
1987 Girl Pulled the Dog
Wide Open 		R&B33 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1987
Authors: Mitch McDowell, Michael Whitfield, Norman Whitfield Jr.

More singles

  • 1986: Hairdooz (release: December)
  • 1987: Can't Let Go (released January)
  • 1987: House Party (release: October)

Trivia

Cleveland-based radio station WZAK named its late-night program after the song For Lovers Only from the Girls album and used the track as its late-night theme song.

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  1. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9
  2. ^ A b Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4

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