Rare Earth is an American band from Detroit, Michigan. According to Louder, “Rare Earth’s music straddles genres and defies categorisation, slipping seamlessly between the two seemingly disparate worlds of classic rock and R&B.” The band was signed to Motown’s subsidiary label Rare Earth. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first successful act on the label consisting entirely of white members. The original band lasted from 1968 to December 2021, during which only saxophonist Gil Bridges remained throughout. When Bridges died in December 2021, keyboardist Mike Bruner (who joined in 1998) received Bridges’ wife’s blessing to form a new Rare Earth lineup, including previous member Wayne Baraks. The group formed in 1960 as The Sunliners and changed its name to Rare Earth in 1968. The band felt the name “Rare Earth” fit better with the trend of other contemporary band names, such as Iron Butterfly, and sounded more “with it.” After recording an unsuccessful debut album, Dream/Answers, on the Verve label in 1968, the group was signed to Motown in 1969. The band became one of the first acts signed to a new Motown imprint dedicated to white rock artists. Many of the subsidiary’s newly signed acts played blues‑oriented and progressive rock styles, including Rare Earth themselves. The record company had not yet chosen a name for the new label, and the band jokingly suggested calling it Rare Earth. To their surprise, Motown adopted the name.
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I Just Want To Celebrate
I Know I’m Losing You
Big Brother
Whay’d I Say
Born To Wander
Thoughts
Papa was a rolling stone
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Keeping Me Out Of The Storm
Ecology Full Album (1970)
In Concert Full Album (1971)
Willie Remenbers Full Album (1972)
Back To Earth Full Album (1975)
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