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Featured in TIR Episode 228 (2 parts): Keyboardist, producer and composer Hubert Eaves III, best known as one-half of the popular 1980s dance-R&B-funk duo D-Train, but who has also collaborated with scores of famous funk, R&B and jazz artists.
He teamed up with singing partner James “D-Train” Williams for five albums that included seven Top 40 R&B hits – among them was the No. 1 dance smash, “You’re the One for Me,” an all-time club classic. Other notables Eaves has worked with include Mtume, Norman Connors, Stephanie Mills, Phyllis Hyman, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, Lou Rawls, Andre Cymone, Cheryl Lynn, the Spinners, the Reddings, Force M.D.’s, Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Madonna and Aretha Franklin.
RECORDED JANUARY 2022
Note: James Mtume passed away days after this interview was conducted; this plays on in his memory. RIP.