Talk:The Chambers Brothers

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The group used to live at 150 Wildwood Rd in Stamford CT purchased in 1968. They were the 2nd black family to integrate North Stamford, Jackie Robinson being the first. They were a high living group, and held some parties at the place. At times you would see them at the Stumble Inn, a local bar in Port Chester, NY. I spoke to Brian a few times and he was quite a nice person. It is sad that he passed on at such a young age, since he was arguably the best drummer of that time.

Like the Youngbloods "Get Together", Time Has Come Today was the anthem of a generation and age. It was an amazing song, that sumed up the ideas and fears of a generation. IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME.

Exact date needed

On which day, exactly, did they record their album "People Get Ready"? Was it mixed and remixed for several months before the album was shipped to distributors? 216.99.219.53 (talk) 21:48, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Brian Keenan

Did somebody edit this article to remove all references to Brian Keenan, the drummer who was so instrumental in turning what was until then a gospel group into a rock band and whose drumming on "Time Has Come Today" was such a key element of the success of that song? If so, what a shame -- one of the key reasons for the success of the band was the blending of gospel/soul/R&B on the one hand and the '60s psychedelic/rock on the other, and Brian was certainly partially responsible for such success.--Partnerfrance (talk) 18:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

UPDATE : I am taking this to the main page as noone has responded and it is in my view unthinkable not to mention Brian Keenan's contribution to this group. Partnerfrance (talk) 15:12, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I didn't notice this until you posted this. It seems that there has been someone that has edited out a fair bit of the stuff. (Mr Real Natural (talk) 08:53, 16 July 2011 (UTC))

Well, this is just ridiculous, someone has edited it back out again and I'm not going to play "editing ping-pong" anymore. For anyone who would like the full story - the whole point of the success of The Chambers Brothers as a band was that they combined R'n B, soul, gospel and psychedelic rock into a fusioned sound, and that was due in no small part to the drumming of Brian Keenan (who appears in the photograph in the article but has been repeatedly edited out of the text).--Partnerfrance (talk) 23:00, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

My thanks to whoever it was who added a reference to Brian back into the main page. Much appreciated.Partnerfrance (talk) 18:35, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

99% social media

With the newly circulating "I am one of the 99%" image/text on social media like facebook and twitter, this article could use some polish for the few people who decide to research what they are reading about. The opening section, for instance, is a bit scattershot, moving back and forth in time; not saying where the Bros. were actually from before moving to LA; etc. Huw Powell (talk) 01:57, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Four brothers or three

We are told that "As a foursome, they began performing gospel and folk throughout the Southern California region in 1954. . . ."

This implies that there were four brothers, when in fact there were only three -- I think. Who was the fourth person in the foursome in 1954?

Errors in RS sources

• Here's one.
  * The Guardian, Wed 21 May 2014 - Psychedelic soul: 10 of the best by Dorian Lynskey
  1 The Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today
  OK, see where the article says, "The mesmerising drumming and tick-tocking cowbells were courtesy of Brian Keenan, the only member who wasn’t a brother in either sense of the word."
  Well, that's not quite right. It was Lester Chambers who was on cow bell.
  Karl Twist (talk) 11:16, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Other members

Mike Connick

Mike Connick (spelling?) was an early drummer with the group. In one of Willie Chambers' interviews, he talks about Mike and that he was angry about something and wanted to get into a fight with the brothers. They apparently calmed him down. It's been suggested that Connick was the drummer seen here when the group performed "Don't Lose Your Cool" and "Call Me" on Hollywood a Go Go.

• hollywoodagogo channel, Oct 21, 2012 - Don't Lose Your Cool by the Chambers Bros
• Rob Lloydy Jones channel, Oct 29, 2014 - Chambers Brothers Call Me 1965 clip

  Thanks Karl Twist (talk) 12:16, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Gregg Dickerson

Gregg Dickerson was the drummer when the band recorded the album, Live in Concert on Mars which was released on Roxbury Records RLX 106. The drummer listed on the back was Gregg which is a 99% certainty to be Gregg Dickerson (aka Greg Dickerson). See below,
* Discogs - The Chambers Brothers – Live In Concert On Mars
You can see that the middle pic on the back has Gregg as the drummer. This is also confirmed in Cash Box articles below.

• Cash Box, March 27, 1976 - Page 40 cash box/ news, Chambers Bros. To Farrell Org.
• Cash Box, April 3, 1976 - Page 49 R&B

  I'm wondering if this Gregg Dickerson was also one of the drummers in an underground punk / funk band from Los Angeles in the 1980s called, Animal Dance Band. See the below,

• Animal Dance Band channel, Apr 29, 2019 - This Nation by Animal Dance Band
  See the clip at 0:47, that could be Dickerson.

  Thanks Karl Twist (talk) 12:05, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Who is Lee Szymborski?

• The Chambers Brothers: Difference between revisions, Revision as of 20:33, 8 September 2022. This is by User talk:64.250.246.200. It seems that the references for Lee Szymborski don't amount to anything useful and one is a Wiki type.

  Cheers Karl Twist (talk) 09:16, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Cleo award

• Page 56 Chambers Cleo Award

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-06-27.pdf

Karl Twist (talk) 13:25, 3 June 2026 (UTC)