Carl Carlton. I found this record at my secret record store for fifty cents. What a find! In college, in the (very) early eighties, I went on a (rare) date to see Rick James in concert at Horton Field House. Actually is was a just-friends date. But it was awesome. The opening act of course was Carl Carlton. Leon Haywood helped Carl get a recording deal and Haywood wrote the super hot hit single on this record, called "She's a Bad Mama Jama." On the album jacket, the song title is technically, "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)." He got a Grammy nomination for Best R and B Vocal for the song. This self-titled album went gold in 1981. At gatherings in my basement, this is one of my "go-to" songs when we need to get things moving. George Duke plays keyboards on this record and strings arrangement by Tom Tom 84. Matt - who/what is Tom Tom 84?
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