Meatloaf

Stoney & Meatloaf (band)

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Stoney & Meatloaf is a duet of singer Meat Loaf and Stoney (Shaun Murphy). They released only one album in 1971, by the team's same name. Meat Loaf and Murphy met while performing with the Detroit cast of Hair. Meat Loaf's name was "Meatloaf" during the recording, and had a semi-hit "What You See Is What You Get". Murphy's soulful solo rendition of Ike Turner's "Game Of Love" impressed music critics, but remained unsuccessful on the charts. The record company had planned to ditch Meat Loaf in the near future. Meat Loaf was furious when he heard this and settled after they recorded "Who Is the Leader of the People?", which was, as Meat Loaf states, a very good song.

Breakup

The band disbanded when the record company cut out their vocals to "Who Is the Leader of the People?" and replaced them with Edwin Starr's vocals instead. This was the last straw for Meat Loaf. He was released from the Motown contract by management, while Murphy was retained for a short period, and left on her own to pursue other offers.

Soon, Meat Loaf would spawn unforgettable albums. Murphy joined Eric Clapton's band briefly, after Clapton's "Behind the Sun Tour", prior to joining the band Little Feat as a lead singer in 1995. Meat Loaf sang "What You See Is What You Get" live on his Live Around the World album in 1996. Their recordings were never released on CD. Only "(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy as Jesus" was released on a Gospel CD compilation, Key to the Kingdom.

Meatloaf songs :

I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth) [Download-mf]

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