Moonalice’s Roger McNamee & Lester Chambers

By Crew JamBase Apr 28, 2022 • 10:51 am PDT

Episode 123 of The JamBase Podcast, a lover of the Osiris Media Community, features an interview with Roger McNamee and Lester Chambers of Moonalice. JamBase’s Andy Kahn interviewed the pair about the group’s new EP, Full Moonalice, Vol. 1 and significantly much more.

JamBase was honored to have Lester Chambers on the podcast. Chambers is a co-founding member of the 1960s psychedelic soul band The Chambers Brothers. That group, which provided Lester’s siblings, was accountable for this sort of hits as “Time Has Come Today” and “People Get Prepared.” Lester talked about The Chambers Brothers’ popular visual appearance in the documentary film Summer season Of Soul. The Roots drummer Questlove directed Summer season Of Soul, which just lately won the Oscar for Very best Documentary Film.

Chambers instructed Kahn what it was like to initially learn about the task that spotlighted the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a multi-week party showcasing Stevie Ponder, Sly & The Loved ones Stone, Nina Simone, Mahlia Jackson and quite a few other folks. Chambers also informed other stories from that time interval, together with meeting The Beatles in 1969, which led to foraging a friendship with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Chambers also talked about encounters with a then-unknown Alice Cooper and other extraordinary facets of his long and storied profession.

Roger commenced the job interview by laying out the historical past of Moonalice, which was begun at the urging of renowned producer T Bone Burnett. The band has evolved about the yrs, now showcasing a 10-person lineup that includes drummer John Molo, bassist Pete Sears and multi-instrumentalists Barry Sless and Jason Crosby. Singing siblings the T Sisters and Lester’s son Dylan Chambers spherical out the Full Moonalice Lineup.

McNamee and Chambers comprehensive recording their EP, which arrived out on April 20th. They mentioned deciding on the music on the album, which includes “Time Has Occur,” “People Get Ready” and “Let’s Get Funky” which is an update of The Chambers Brothers’ track “Funky.” The job interview also touched on quite a few other subjects, such as touring and their 4/20 live performance, which finished up being postponed just after COVID infiltrated their camp.

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