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The Chambers Brothers are an interracial soul music group best known for their 1968 hit record, the 11-minute classic "Time Has Come Today".

The group was formed in 1954 in Los Angeles by four brothers from Mississippi, George, Willie, Lester and Joe Chambers. They toured extensively throughout southern California but did not achieve nationwide success until 1965 when, with the addition of drummer Brian Keenan, they appeared at the Newport Folk Festival. Shortly after this they recorded their debut album People Get Ready. The band scored their first major hit in 1968 with "Time Has Come Today" (written by Joe & Willie Chambers), from their similarly named third album The Time Has Come. However they found it difficult to build on this success and eventually split up in 1972. They reformed in 1974 to record Unbonded and have toured regularly since. Keenan died of heart failure in 1986.

Brian Keenan's percussion work on "Time Has Come Today" makes this song a classic in combination with Joe and Willie Chambers' lyrics.

ESPN's Chris Berman has quoted The Chambers Brothers when a touchdown is scored by Miami Dolphins wide receiver, Chris Chambers by saying "Time has come today".

In Late 2006, former American Idol finalist, Bo Bice, did a cover of their hit song, "The Time Has Come Today."

Discography

  • People Get Ready (One Way, 1965)
  • Now (Vault, 1966)
  • The Time Has Come (Columbia/Legacy, 1967), #4 US
  • A New Time - A New Day (Columbia, 1968), #16 US
  • The Chambers Brothers Shout! (Vault, 1968)
  • Love, Peace and Happiness (Columbia, 1969), #58 US
  • Feelin' the Blues (Vault, 1970)
  • New Generation (Columbia, 1970), #145 US
  • Oh My God! (Columbia, 1972)
  • Unbonded (Avco Embassy, 1974)
  • Right Move (Avco Embassy, 1975)
  • Live in Concert on Mars (Chelsea, 1977)
  • Now! Live (One Way, 1999)
  • Live Fillmore West 65 (2004)
  • Live (Acrobat, 2005)

Compilations

  • Groovin' Time (Smithsonian Folkways, 1966)
  • Chambers Brothers' Greatest Hits (Vault, 1970)
  • Greatest Hits (Columbia, 1971)
  • The Time Has Come/New Time - A New Day (Columbia, 1975)
  • Best of the Chambers Brothers (Fantasy, 1977)
  • Goin Uptown (Sony Special Products, 1995)
  • Time Has Come: The Best of the Chambers Brothers (Columbia/Legacy, 1996)
  • Time (Sony Special Products, 1998)
  • Now/People Get Ready (Repertoire, 1999)

The other Chambers Brothers[[1]] Another family of Chambers Brothers had a much more profound affect on America. The four brothers came out of abject poverty from one the poorest parts of Arkansas. They moved to Detroit and started one of the largest drug distribution operations America has ever seen. It is said that at their apex they were “bigger than Chrysler”. These are the people that the creators of the hit movie New Jack City used as the basis for the story.

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