Biography
Formed on Halloween of 1968 in Syracuse, New York, the blue-eyed funk ensemble Bad Medicine began with guitarist and keyboardist Tom Corradino, guitarist Harry Rado, bassist Greg Johnson, and drummer Richard Clarke as its core members; saxophonist David Morton came aboard shortly afterward. Over the ensuing years a rotating cast of singers, percussionists, and other musicians moved through the group, among them vocalist Michelle Sobers, whom the band supported on multiple singles issued by Arthur Lane’s Enyx Records label, including the track “When the Battle Is Over.” Their energetic performances mixed original songs with contemporary R&B material from artists such as James Brown and the Ohio Players, as well as blues numbers long associated with Junior Wells and Howlin’ Wolf, steadily cultivating a loyal regional audience throughout central New York while sharing bills with acts ranging from Muddy Waters to Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels. The group’s first single, “She’s Taken All My Money,” appeared on the local Orbit imprint in 1970; four years later, after moving to Enyx, they cut the Lane-composed instrumental “Trespasser,” a brooding piece that later achieved cult status through its placement on the Stones Throw label’s Funky 16 Corners anthology yet registered only modest local airplay at the time and never broke nationally. Bad Medicine effectively disbanded the next year when Corradino sustained severe injuries in a car crash. More than ten years afterward he rejoined Rado and Clarke in the Washington, D.C.–based zydeco group Little Red & the Renegades.
Singles
