A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Quinn Golden launched his soul career while still a teenager by joining the Elements of Love. He soon departed for a role with Canteca that included opening slots for multiple Stax acts, among them the Bar-Kays during the Memphis funk ensemble’s celebrated Cold-Blooded Tour of the late 1970s. For seven years he supplied bass lines and background vocals behind Al Green, sharing the stage with the singer’s other featured voices, including former girlfriend Margaret Foxworth, a Cleveland, Ohio, native. Golden also performed with White Heat, the Akron, Ohio, group whose RCA Records album was produced by Barry White; several of its members later joined Grand Rapids, Michigan’s Bobby and Tommy DeBarge along with Akron’s Philip Ingram to create Switch. Among his additional credits are sessions and stage work alongside Ike Turner, Shirley Brown, and Denise LaSalle, as well as recordings with rock figures Bob Dylan and Ron Wood. Long eager to front his own project, Golden finally cut his debut single, “I’m Serious About Your Love,” for Jackson, Mississippi’s Traction Records in 1990. He continued performing regularly through the remainder of the decade and into the new millennium until his death from a heart attack on July 28, 2003, only months after issuing his most recent album. All of his solo releases appeared on Ecko Records: Cover You With A Kiss (1998), What’s The Name Of That Thang (1999), A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ (2001), On Q (2002), and Bottoms Up (2003).
