SoulTracks Lost Gem: The Gap Band knows "Nothing Comes to Sleepers"

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    The Gap Band was never given just due by music critics, but for the better part of a decade the three brothers created some great music that has increased in stature over time and has influenced a new generation of artists who have liberally borrowed from the Gap sound in creating modern soul and hip-hop albums. Read the full bio here

    And while the group was known mostly for hot dance and funk tunes like "Burn Rubber," and "Early In the Morning," in 1980 they issued one of the most beautiful ballads of the time, the gentle but powerful "Nothing Comes To Sleepers." A true Lost Gem from a legendary act.

    The Gap Band was never given just due by music critics, but for the better part of a decade the three brothers created some great music that has increased in stature over time and has influenced a new generation of artists who have liberally borrowed from the Gap sound in creating modern soul and hip-hop albums. Read the full bio here

    And while the group was known mostly for hot dance and funk tunes like "Burn Rubber," and "Early In the Morning," in 1980 they issued one of the most beautiful ballads of the time, the gentle but powerful "Nothing Comes To Sleepers." A true Lost Gem from a legendary act.

     
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