Black Randy & The Metrosquad

Black Randy & the Metrosquad was founded in 1977 in Los Angeles. Their frontman, John "Jackie" Morris a.k.a. Black Randy, was basically the focal point of the group, which had keyboardist/guitarist David Brown as its musical director. Black Randy's shtick was that he portrayed himself as black, but was obviously white; James Brown's "I'm Black and I'm Proud" was one of the cover songs that Black Randy & the Metrosquad played as a matter of routine. But Black Randy was much more than that; he was a talented lyricist whose work brims with irony and thumbs its nose at everything,...