Multi-talented Chicago DJ, producer, singer, musician and label owner Stephen Maskall, under one of his aliases, Steve Miggedy Maestro, has come up trumps with a great new version of Rufus & Chaka Khan's classic "Fool's Paradise" (with a MS III Disco Funk ReSlap) which surprisingly was never released as a single featuring only on their second, self-titled, album "Rufus featuring & Chaka Khan" in 1975.
The song was written by Gavin Christopher who was a member of a group named Lyfe created by Cash McCall of which Chaka Khan was also member. It was whilst with Lyfe that she met, and later married, Hassan Khan. Apparently she was asked to replace Baby Huey in Baby Huey & The Babysitters after his death in 1970 but the group disbanded a year later. She joined Rufus in 1972 who caught the attention of Ike Turner who invited them to L.A. to record at his studio. Whilst there he asked Chaka to become one of his Ikettes but she declined.
Maskall is from Chicago, raised by his Belizean parents, and took guitar and piano lessons and sang in choirs until he was introduced to the Hot Mix 5 and Prince and strived to produce and DJ. He commenced his DJ career whilst in the Army also playing guitar, bass, keys and drums in many bands during his military career.
Returning to Chicago after his military service in 1991 he secured a mix show jock position on Chicago station WGCI in 1993. He later set up a label selling his instrumental downtempo tracks on CD. Upon the advice of a label executive he met who suggested that he set up a label rather than selling remixes he formed Miggedy Entertainment and released an EP "Belizian Voodoo Priest" in 2012.
He last featured on these pages last November under the alias Morttimer Snerd III with "Dance, Dance, Dance" which was a reworking of Archie Bell & The Drells' "Let's Groove".
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| Rating: | 8.6 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Classic Soul / 70s Soul / Remix |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Miggedy Entertainment |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 14/01/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | 2B/121 |
| Price: | £1 |
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