George "Chocolate" Perry

George "Chocolate" Perry
Birth name George Wesly Perry
Origin Carvers Ranches, Hollywood, United States[1]
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments Bass guitar
Years active 1974–present
Labels TK
Associated acts
  • Chocolateclay
  • Miami

George Wesly "Chocolate" Perry is an American bassist, songwriter and producer.[2] Perry has worked with the Bee Gees, John Cougar, Jon Secada, Stephen Stills, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Al Kooper, Dion DiMucci, Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale and many more.

Early life and career

Perry was born and raised in Carvers Ranches, Hollywood.

He started his career in the 1970s at the leading soul and disco independent TK Records, run by entrepreneur/ record distributor, Henry Stone in Hialeah, Florida. He played bass on many of the records issued by the company before its demise in 1980. He later went out on the road, performing with some of the biggest rock and pop artists of the time.

It was while still at school. when he heard Miami singer, Latimore on the radio. that he decided to become a musician and to try to work with the singer. He started to hang out at the TK studio and label owners, Steve Alaimo and Henry Stone eventually gave him a key to the company's recording studio and his own office. He helped to write and produce Gwen McCrae's #1 R&B hit, "Rockin' Chair" when he was only in his teens in 1975. He says he learned friendship, family skills, and how to play all kinds of different music at TK.[3]

Perry was brought in to play on a recording session with Stephen Stills in Miami and was then invited to join the singer's regular band. That led to years of touring with a series of major acts, including The Bee Gees, before he decided to retire in 1992, due to long-standing problems with agoraphobia.

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