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Norman Beavers

Norman Beavers
Keyboards. Norman Beavers is an original member of LAKESIDE, founding the group with Stephen Shockley and Mark Wood. Stephen and Mark asked 14 year-old Norman to join them in forming a band in 1969. The threesome had played with others groups around Dayton, and this fortuitous gathering of teenagers turned into the driving sound behind Solar Records popularity in the 70’s and 80’s.
While Norman’s brother Vincent went with the group to Los Angeles playing bass, he returned to Dayton before the group signed with record labels. Guitarist Stephen Shockley, keyboardist Norman Beavers, and vocalist/keyboard player Mark Wood then quickly added vocalists Thomas Shelby, Otis Stokes, Tiemeyer McCain, Marvin Craig on bass, Fred Alexander on drums, and percussionist Fred Lewis to round out the funk driving sound of LAKESIDE.
The late seventies spawned success for the dynamic trio plus 6 throwing down hits over the next few years such as Shot of Love, Say Yes, Outrageous, Bullseye, I Want to Hold Your Hand, It’s All the Way Live, and culminating in their biggest hit of “Fantastic Voyage” in 1981. “Fantastic Voyage” enjoyed a second generation hit status with Coolio’s re-release in 1994.

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