What Happened To McFadden & Whitehead? | Discovered By Otis Redding, Writing Hits & 2 Tragic

Gene McFadden and John Whitehead, who would go on to create the successful R&B duo McFadden and Whitehead, met as teenagers while attending Edison High School in North Philadelphia in 1964. The first group that the boys would form together was called The Epsilons. The original quartet included school friends Allen Beatty and Ronald "Roame" Lowry who would later go on to join soul band Maze. When Otis Redding came to Philly for a show in 1966, the group managed to bluff their way backstage and performed for him. Pleased with what he heard; Otis immediately offered them the opportunity to join his touring road show.

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