The Oakland Post praised the "dynamic instrumentation, pinpoint rhythms and power funk chords layered with four-part harmonies dancing under strong, alternating lead vocals."[6]The New York Times wrote that Rough Riders "displays a competent show band adept at several rhythm-and-blues idioms, but the material and arrangements are drearily formulaic."[7]
Track listing
"Rough Rider" (Stephen Shockley) - 4:45
"All in My Mind" (Otis Stokes, Stephen Shockley, Tiemeyer McCain) - 4:42
"If You Like Our Music (Get Up and Move)" (Otis Stokes, Stephen Shockley) - 4:33
"I Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Norman Beavers) - 5:36
"Pull My Strings" (Fred Lewis) - 6:54
"I'll Never Leave You" (Bryan Evans, Tiemeyer McCain) - 6:15
"From 9:00 Until" (Otis Stokes) - 6:04
Personnel
Backing vocals, bass, clavinet, guitar, lead vocals, piano (acoustic), synthesizer - Otis Stokes
Backing vocals, bells, lead vocals - Tiemeyer McCain
Backing vocals, electric piano (Fender Rhodes), lead vocals, piano (acoustic) - Mark Adam Wood, Jr.
Backing vocals, lead vocals, vocals - Thomas Shelby
Bass - Marvin Craig
Clavinet, ensemble (string), keyboards, synthesizer - Norman Beavers
Clavinet, guitar, synthesizer - Stephen Shockley
Congas, percussion, synthesizer (bass), timbales - Fred Lewis
Drums - Fred Alexander Jr.
References
^Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 268.
^Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities. NYU Press. 2010. p. 272.
^"Four superstar musical groups from Solar Records...". Oakland Post. No. 558/559. 29 June 1980. p. 4.