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Daddy "G" And The Church Street Five

Band,
R&B/Soul and Rock
A.k.a. "Baby" Earl & The Trini-Dads South Street Six

This was the band for many of Gary "U.S." Bonds hits, like Quarter To Three. The Church Street Five were the house band for Legrand Records,and various other labels owned by Frankie Guida, The band also worked and recorded under some other names for Guida, "Baby" Earl & the Trini-Dads, King Coney & the Hot Dogs, and the South Street Six. The core of The Church Street Five included: Daddy “G”--Gene Barge on sax Leonard Barks on trombone Emmett "Nabs" Shields on drums The band got its name from the church where Shields played in a band, Bishop Grace House of Prayer, a church at the intersection of Church Street and Princess Anne Road in Norfolk, VA. But a Rock ‘N Roll/R&B groove didn’t make it sound like gospel, even though the music was often infused with organ and call and response chants.

Members

	Gene Barge ts, as, sax *1926 US
	Earl Swanson ts
	Leonard Barks
	Willie Burnell
	Junior Fairley
	Nabs Shields