Soul group formed by classmates at Douglass High School. Members included Michael ‘Ying’ Jackson (lead guitar), Andre ‘Baja’ (rhythm guitar), Reggie Ennis ‘Mongo’ (bass), William ‘Weasel’ (keyboards), Wiley Clinton aka ‘Saladen’ (drums), Darrell Jackson (vocals, percussion), Carlos Jackson (vocals, timbales), Anthony Burns aka ‘Tacomba’ (tenor sax), Gilbert Gordon aka ‘Shime’ (trumpet), and Steve Royal aka ‘M’tuka’ (alto sax ex-Odyssey). Everyone in the group went by their adopted Arabic nicknames and last name of Bahiji… just like the local group (Chocolate) Rain had also done.
Jamal went to New York and recorded the Chocolate Rain song “Good Vibrations.” In 1974 they won first place at the Edmondson High School Talent Show. They could be seen locally at the Checkerboard Lounge, Alcazar, Famous Ballroom, Arch Social Club, The Scene, Cole Field House, Latin Casino, colleges (Bowie, Coppin, CCB), Martin’s West, Port Welcome, Hopkins Plaza Soul Festivals, Hollywood Palace, Carlin’s Drive-In, Brice’s Hilltop…. Also played at many of the Operation Champ Tent shows where festivals were set up for various Baltimore neighborhoods.
The horn section went on to record with the Fabulous Friends Plus One as the Muppets Horns.
