Song:Get Off
Album:Get Off: The Best Of Foxy
Get Off was a top ten hit in 1978. This was at the end of the disco era. Foxy was the TK Records house band. But they also toured and that's how Get Off was born. The lead singer and guitarist of Foxy was Ish Ledesma. He was born Oct. 2, 1952 in Cuba but her grew up in Miami. Ledesma was a session guitarist at TK Records. That's him playing guitar on Gwen McRae's Rockin' Chair. But he wanted to form a band. And he convinced TK owner Henry Stone to let them record. Foxy's debut album was released in 1976. Other members were Kracker lead singer Carl Driggs, Charlie Murciano on keyboards, Arnold Paseiro on bass, Joe Galdo on drums and Richie Puente on percussion. He is the son of the legendary Tito Puente. All were TK session musicians. Foxy was playing a gig in Ocean City, MD. The band started chanting "Get Off" which of course has sexual overtones. The crowd joined in. But the club owner tried to get them to stop. Instead Ledesma and Driggs wrote Get Off and performed it the next night. They were thrown out of the club. But when Ledesma returned to Miami, he told Stone that Get Off could be a hit. So they recorded it. The background vocals are by the group Wildflower. And Ledesma does a lot of the talk box vocals which were popularized by Peter Frampton. Get Off topped the R&B Singles chart and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their next single Hot Numbers was also a hit. By 1980 disco was starting to fade and Foxy disbanded. You can get all their hits on this comp. Ledesma released a solo album and got into production. He also led OXO who had the hit Whirly Girl in 1983 and Company B who had the hit Fascinated in 1987. He is still active in the Miami studio scene. Here's the video for Get Off by Foxy.
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