A Los Angeles trio whose 1972 arrangement of Killing Me Softly briefly put them on the map.
Start with Killing Me Softly to hear what caught people's ears in 1972, then try Last Dance from their own catalog. It gives you both sides of what they were doing.
Their version of Killing Me Softly arrived in 1972 with Lori Lieberman's vocals over acoustic guitar and piano, giving the song its first proper recording before Roberta Flack's cover. Beyond that single, their catalog includes songs like Last Dance and I'm Outta Love that show the band's own material. They were criticized at the time for being too introspective, which now feels like a quiet strength in their two albums.
Formed around Larry Weiss, Lori Lieberman, and Carl Sturken in early 1970s Los Angeles, they released their self-titled album in 1972 after Killing Me Softly's success. The Second Album followed in 1973, then their recordings were largely overshadowed by that cover in later decades.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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