Emitt Rhodes

Emitt Lynn Rhodes (February 25, 1950 – July 19, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer. Rhodes began his career in musical ensembles The Palace Guard as the group's drummer before joining The Merry-Go-Round as a multi-instrumentalist. 
The Merry-Go-Round had a recording contract with A&M Records when the group disbanded in 1969. Rhodes recorded songs at A&M to fulfill that contract, but A&M decided to not release them at the time. Rhodes then decided to go out on his own and bought equipment to make a recording studio in his parents' garage. Rhodes recorded his first album (Emitt Rhodes) in that home studio. He got a recording contract with ABC/Dunhill Records, which released his album as well as the next two albums he recorded (Mirror and Farewell to Paradise).
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== Links to Peel ==
Emitt Rhodes' debut album was well received by critics in both the USA and Britain, and during a visit to the UK in 1971 to promote it, the singer appeared on the Old Grey Whistle Test and recorded a session for Peel. Peel played the session by Rhodes in late 1971 and it was repeated on the show of 29 February 1972, when he called it “A nicely produced session by Pete Ritzema” - although Rhodes himself, as an artist who recorded and produced his albums in his own studio, may have had some influence on the session's sound. 
It is not known how often JP played album tracks by Emitt Rhodes, as none are shown in available tracklistings from the period and the singer stopped recording after 1973. But it is likely that Rhodes was heard more often on other Sounds Of The Seventies shows, especially those of Bob Harris, who favoured American singer-songwriters of the early 1970s. After that, Rhodes concentrated on production work, but was later celebrated as a pioneer of the "power pop" genre - even if Peel doesn't seem to have revisited his records.
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1971-11-23. Broadcast: 24 November 1971. Repeated: 29 February 1972
*Bubblegum Cruiser / Birthday Lady / Love Will Scare You / Really Wanted You
== Other Shows Played ==
*None, according to available playlists
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists