There were several bands that found success in Atlanta, GA in the 70’s, but two of the most successful were powerful self-contained hit making bands that broke on the music scene out of Atlanta - the smooth jazz and funk band BRICK and the other coming from Kalamazoo, Michigan and finding a home in Atlanta - RIPPLE.

Curtis Reynolds - RIPPLE migrated from the cold weather Mid-West (Chicago, ILL/Kalamazoo, MI) they signed with the new Atlanta based record label GRC Records and struck gold with their first single release “I Don’t Know What It Is But It Sure Is Funky”. They were an eclectic hodgepodge of influences circulating in soul music at the time, sometimes they sounded like a flat out funk band, other times like a less distinctive variant of Stevie Wonder. Their brand of funk was neither too raw nor too slick, with liberal pop and jazz influences.
Their hit record “I Don’t Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky” paved the way for the group to tour with legendary bands such as Earth Wind And Fire, The O’Jays, The Commodores and Kool And The Gang. Ripple’s hit song contained the global sing along hook “Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Yeah, Yeah…..”, was not only sung around the world, but was one of the most sampled hooks in RnB music history!

Jimmy Brown - BRICK was formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1972 from members of two bands - one disco and the other jazz. They coined their own term for disco-jazz, “Dazz". They released their first single "Music Matic" on Main Street Records in 1976, before signing to the independently distributed Bang Records. Their next single, "Dazz", (#3 Pop, #1 R&B) was released in 1976. The band continued to record for Bang records until 1982. Other hits followed: "That's What It's All About" (R&B #48) and "Dusic" (#18 Pop, #2 R&B) in 1977, and "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" (#92 Pop, #7 R&B) in 1978. Their last Top Ten R&B hit was "Sweat (Til You Get Wet)" in 1981.

Jimmy & Curtis as BRICK & RIPPLE
The two patriarchs Jimmy Brown (lead vocalist, saxophone, flute, trumpet) of BRICK and Curtis Reynolds of RIPPLE (vocalist and all Keyboards) have been playing together for over four decades as JIMMY & CURTIS as well as members of BRICK & RIPPLE. Jimmy and Curtis went back into the recording studio to work on new material and they brought along a couple of friends, Sleepy Brown, hit writer producer of the group OutKast and song writer, singer and producer Luke Garison “Luke G”.

We are proud to present the duo’s latest musical offering NO LOVE LIKE YOURS.