“I got tired of the political (expletive) in the industry. And he noted that even if disco was “dead” by 1981, there was no shortage of dance music in the MTV era by the likes of Madonna and British New Wave acts like New Order and Depeche Mode.Īnd KC and the Sunshine Band did manage one more hit in 1982 with “Give It Up” before Casey himself decided to literally give it up in 1984. While Casey did end up riding the disco wave to massive success, he actually said he was a little peeved that his music was being pigeonholed to a degree by the “disco” appellation at the time. I don’t know if my vocals at the time would have worked. “It didn’t really fit with what I was doing with KC and the Sunshine Band,” he said. Casey co-wrote it and played keyboards.Īt the time, Lowrey organs had primitive drum beat sounds so he and bandmate Richard Finch used a samba beat for what would become “Rock Your Baby” and Casey started playing chords to that track. 1 hit “Rock Your Baby” sung by George McRae. (Courtesy of Segerstrom Center for the Arts)Ĭasey’s disco roots literally go back to what is often considered the first intentional disco No.
