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Aterciopelados was formed by former members of Delia y Los Aminoácidos -- Andrea Echeverri, who plays acoustic guitar and sings lead, and Héctor Buitrago, who plays bass guitar. The original drummer Andrés Giraldo was replaced by Alejandro Duque in 1995 and the original guitar player Charlie Márquez was replaced by Alejandro Gómez Cáceres in 1997. Among Echeverri's contributions is singing backup vocals, by Gustavo Cerati's request, on "En la Ciudad de la Furia" for Soda Stereo's MTV Unplugged album Comfort y Música Para Volar. Echeverri released a self-titled solo album in 2004. Buitrago released a solo album titled CONECTOR in...

Andrew "Drew" Copeland is a member of Florida-bred rock band Sister Hazel. No Regrets (2004) is his first solo release. .

Back in the 1930s, a young James Copeland set out to avoid the curse of prohibition and form a Swing & Big Band operation in Havanna, Cuba. However, a bus carrying most of the band members on the way to their 1st recording session crashed on a moutain pass and they were all killed. New technological advances in the studio meant that a sparse recording could be made, but even more amazing was that once the tapes were processed, mysterious bits and pieces of music and phrases began to appear. It was speculated that perhaps these sessions had brought more...

(1972) Ruth Copeland is an important missing chapter in the history of Parliament-Funkadelic. In the early 70's she co-wrote, sang, recorded, and performed with them. Such staples as "Come In Out of the Rain" and "The Breakdown" came from her pen. Also, many of the support vocals on the first Parliament album, "Osmium" (1970), are Ruth's. From the moment Sly & the Family Stone got their hands on James' groove, Funk was an inclusive party. George Clinton founded P-Funk on that core truth and has never lost sight of it. The British soul waif Ruth Copeland became part of the...