It landed us a 15-week South American tour which took us to Peru and Colombia. Explained Eugene: "It was never released commercially but was essentially a demo album which we used to get work. Connection, recorded a song called 'Do What You Wanna Do' and landed a deal with TK in Miami."ĪS La Voyage, the Broomfield family cut an album titled "Never Looking Back Again". "Tight Connection was one of our best names and we cut a song called 'Do What You Wanna Do' only to find that a group from the Bahamas had called themselves T. The problem was that we'd choose a name then find it was already being used by someone else! We've been the Chevrons, the Shades of Brown, Exquisite Jive, Life, La Voyage, Broomfield Corporate Jam - Broomfield's our real family name - and so on. "We cut quite a few demos and worked under a variety of names. We'd do lots of talent shows, 'battle of the band' type things, and we'd play support to acts like Betty Wright and Jimmy Bo Home, or even play in their backing bands. "The family group had been working professionally for quite a time before I joined, at age 11. "I learned drums, keyboards, bass, guitar and even trumpet - but I gave up 'cause it hurt my lips! We'd all teach each other and we grew up with all types of music - soul, gospel, jazz, rock 'n' roll and so on. We are all very close, with ages ranging between 20 and 30 and we are all in the business still. Seriously though I can't remember ever not playing music. I'm child number-six and those ahead of me were already well into music when I started out.
Eugene wilde professional#
"My father was a professional R&B singer years ago and mum is a gospel keyboard player. Oh yeah, and I'm part Cherokee Indian and part white foo! Then, of course, there's the African connection!" 25-year old Eugene is one of eight children (five boys and a girl) and was bom on December 6, 1961. I've got cousins in Colombia and there are also Puerto Ricans, Bahamians, and Chinese in our family. "It suits me because I'm a real mixture myself. "One thing I like about both places is that even in the so-called ethnic areas you find a complete mix of races - Latins, Blacks, Whites, Chinese and so on. NOW working mainly out of Philadelphia, where he records, Eugene is a native son of Miami, a city which, in its mix of peoples, is not dissimilar to London. Now I'm getting to know the place real well I'm enjoying it even more." This time round, Eugene was in town on a short promotional visit, laying the ground for what he hopes will be a big breakthrough with British audiences. "It proved to be a first-rate idea and now I'm getting to really like the place - it's certainly been a lucky city for me.
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