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DASH CROFTS

Born Darrell Crofts, 14 August , Cisco, Texas Dash Crofts began his career as a singer and drummer, later taking up the mandolin.

Dash crofts biography definition He was born on August 14, in the state of Virginia in the United States. In his youth, Dash was passionate about music and played the drums, guitar and sang. In , he met James Seals at an audition and the two musicians decided to form a band. Dash Crofts and James Seals continued to work together for many years, before splitting in to pursue solo careers. Today, Dash Crofts is considered a talented musician and an internationally renowned celebrity in folk music.

He met Jimmy Seals in junior high school and they began playing together for Dean Beard and the Crew Cats in early Seals already had recognition, winning a state fiddle championship at the age of 9, but by his late teens, Jimmy's main instrument was the tenor sax, which he can be heard playing on Beard's Sun recording of "Rakin' and Scrapin'".

Soon, Seals & Crofts were recording under the wing of the influential radio personality Slim Willet, famous for writing the monster hit "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes". Willett, who became their manager, also owned a record label : Edmoral, later Winston Records. For Winston, the Crew Cats cut the instrumental "Sneaky Pete"/"Benguela" (credited to Jimmy Seals and leased to Carlton Records), which was heard by Dave Burgess, the leader of The Champs.

Burgess was urgently looking for replacements for sax player Chuck Rio (aka Danny Flores) and drummer Gene Alden, who had left the Champs after a conflict with Burgess.

Dash crofts today The Champs in l. By Beard had departed the Champs but Seals and Crofts stayed with them, also adding vocal backups, billed as the Chimes. In addition, they began recording their own singles, at least one time billed as the Trophies. Just as things were really kicking in for the group, Crofts, born August 14, , was called up by Uncle Sam, who required his service in defending his country; he spent most of his time in the military until , when he rejoined the Champs full-time. He also spent a bit of time touring with rockabilly great Eddie Cochran who died soon after and wrote a tune recorded by country-pop hitmaker Brenda Lee.

Willet would only agree to the transfer of Seals and Crofts, if Dean Beard could also join the Champs (as a pianist). Thus the Champs became a six-piece outfit. Beard would soon be fired, but Seals (sax) and Crofts (drums) stayed with the Champs until the group disbanded in Crofts moved to California in and was soon followed by Seals.

Dash was drafted in and assigned as a personal clerk to Gen. Westmoreland at Fort Bragg because of his high typing speed.

Dash crofts biography definition us history Though the duo disbanded in , they reunited briefly in —, and again in , when they released their final album, Traces. They first met when Crofts was a drummer for a local band. Later, Seals joined a rockabilly band called Dean Beard and the Crew Cats, in which he played sax; later on, Crofts joined Seals in the band. Seals also spent time during in the touring band of Eddie Cochran. Billboard No.

He returned to the Champs after two years, following the intervention of Gene Autry, owner of the Challenge label that recorded the Champs.

After the demise of the Champs, Dash returned to Cisco and took up a regular job arranged by his father -- for one day. Before long, he was back in Southern California, writing and recording with Jimmy again.

In they backed Gene Vincent on his Challenge recordings. Soon Crofts and Seals constituted a new band, the Dawnbreakers, which broke up when all the members were converted to the Baha'i faith. Dash and Jimmy retreated to consider their musical direction in the light of their new religion. In the seventies Seals and Crofts emerged as a soft-rock duo.

Seals played guitar, saxophone, and fiddle, while Crofts handled drums, mandolin, guitar and keyboards.

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Though the duo disbanded in , they reunited briefly in —, and again in , when they released their final album, Traces. They first met when Crofts was a drummer for a local band. Later, Seals joined a rockabilly band called Dean Beard and the Crew Cats, in which he played sax; later on, Crofts joined Seals in the band. Seals also spent time during in the touring band of Eddie Cochran. Billboard No.

From to , the duo had a string of five gold albums for Warner Bros, with an additional greatest hits compilation certified double platinum. Their music was generally lightweight and one rock encyclopedia calls them "the super-wimps of the 70s". Recently they have reunited for a new CD, released this year.

Seals and Crofts website: (this part concentrates on the early years, up to ).