While never reaching “supergroup” status in the public’s eyes, the Dramatics have been one of the most prolific, consistently entertaining groups of the last three decades. Another of the great non-Motown Detroit groups formed in the late 60s, the Dramatics went through significant personnel changes over their early years as the group struggled to find a hit. They ultimately found it on Stax/Volt Records and amassed a string of hits that have kept them in active play on many stations for nearly 30 years. Click Here for the full Dramatics biography
And while the Dramatics had a bunch of big hits, perhaps our favorite was a sly ballad about a guy who didn’t appreciate the blessing of a good woman — sung tongue in cheek by another man who later did. It’s the terrific “Toast to the Fool” and it is this week’s SoulTracks Lost Gem.
