![]() ![]() Her new album, "Secrets," adds to her success. Her 1993 self-titled multi-platinum debut album, which featured the hits "Breathe Again," "You Mean the World to Me" and "I Belong to You," earned her three Grammy Awards (including Best New Artist), three American Music Awards and two Soul Train Awards. "And we're happy to be where we are."įor those who have been in the dark for the last couple of years, Toni Braxton, also known as "the First Lady of LaFace Records," is one of the hottest singers in the country. ![]() "Things are going well for us," Lewis said. gig, the group was honored by the mayor of Compton and given the keys to the city. 1 rhythm and blues single called "Breaking My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)." The follow-up album, "From the Mint," won critic raves. The band's debut album, "Meant to Be Mint," launched a No. Success has come in waves for Mint Condition, said Lewis. We're trying to get that Big Band live sound like those groups in the past." "But she's going to be doing a few wardrobe changes, and that's when we'll be doing some of our own tunes. "We are basically Toni's backup band," Lewis said. ![]() Mint Condition's new album, "Definition of a Band," has yielded a single, "What Kind of Man Would I Be," that hit No. "As we grew up we got into a mix of old R&B and jazz like Stevie Wonder, Luther Van-dross, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and the Jackson 5." "We were surrounded by music when we were young," he explained. Paul listening to their parents' jazz albums. Lewis said he and the others grew up in St. "The singing is really a secondary thing." "We consider ourselves instrumentalists," he said. The group, said Lewis, doesn't really rely on vocals to carry the show, although there are some tunes with rich soulful harmonies. "A vibe caught on and we looked around and said, `Let's put our own thing together.' "Mint Condition - featuring Lewis, percussionist/vocalist Stokley, keyboardists Larry Waddell and Jeff Allen, upright bassist Ricky Kinchen and guitarist O'Dell - will serve as the opening act to the Toni Braxton/Kenny G. "We played backup for different singers who came through the Twin Cities," key-boardist Keri Lewis told the Deseret News during a phone call from Los Angeles. Three albums ago - in 1989 - the Minnesota-based rhythm and blues band Mint Condition was just a group of high school friends who liked to play music. ![]()
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