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    Mitch Ryder

    Aug 20, 2019 4 minutes
    Interview: Ian Fortnam

    By combining R&B exuberance with rock’n’roll muscle and proto-garage grit, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels delivered three US Top 10 hits between 1965 and ’67 (Jenny Take A Ride, Devil With A Blue Dress On, Sock It To). The relentless raw power of Ryder’s energetic live shows inspired a generation of rock neophytes to accentuate the performance aspect of their oeuvre, initially in Ryder’s home city of Detroit (Bob Seger, The Stooges, MC5, Suzi Quatro, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent) and, as word spread, beyond (Lou Reed, New York Dolls, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde).

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