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The group used to live at 150 Wildwood Rd in Stamford CT purchased in 1968. They were the 2nd black family to integrate North Stamford, Jackie Robinson being the first. They were a high living group, and held some parties at the place. At times you would see them at the Stumble Inn, a local bar in Port Chester, NY. I spoke to Brian a few times and he was quite a nice person. It is sad that he passed on at such a young age, since he was arguably the best drummer of that time.

Like the Youngbloods "Get Together", Time Has Come Today was the anthem of a generation and age. It was an amazing song, that sumed up the ideas and fears of a generation. IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME.

Exact date needed

On which day, exactly, did they record their album "People Get Ready"? Was it mixed and remixed for several months before the album was shipped to distributors? 216.99.219.53 (talk) 21:48, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Keenan

Did somebody edit this article to remove all references to Brian Keenan, the drummer who was so instrumental in turning what was until then a gospel group into a rock band and whose drumming on "Time Has Come Today" was such a key element of the success of that song? If so, what a shame -- one of the key reasons for the success of the band was the blending of gospel/soul/R&B on the one hand and the '60s psychedelic/rock on the other, and Brian was certainly partially responsible for such success.--Partnerfrance (talk) 18:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE : I am taking this to the main page as noone has responded and it is in my view unthinkable not to mention Brian Keenan's contribution to this group. Partnerfrance (talk) 15:12, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't notice this until you posted this. It seems that there has been someone that has edited out a fair bit of the stuff. (Mr Real Natural (talk) 08:53, 16 July 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Well, this is just ridiculous, someone has edited it back out again and I'm not going to play "editing ping-pong" anymore. For anyone who would like the full story - the whole point of the success of The Chambers Brothers as a band was that they combined R'n B, soul, gospel and psychedelic rock into a fusioned sound, and that was due in no small part to the drumming of Brian Keenan (who appears in the photograph in the article but has been repeatedly edited out of the text).--Partnerfrance (talk) 23:00, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My thanks to whoever it was who added a reference to Brian back into the main page. Much appreciated.Partnerfrance (talk) 18:35, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

99% social media

With the newly circulating "I am one of the 99%" image/text on social media like facebook and twitter, this article could use some polish for the few people who decide to research what they are reading about. The opening section, for instance, is a bit scattershot, moving back and forth in time; not saying where the Bros. were actually from before moving to LA; etc. Huw Powell (talk) 01:57, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Four brothers or three

We are told that "As a foursome, they began performing gospel and folk throughout the Southern California region in 1954. . . ."

This implies that there were four brothers, when in fact there were only three -- I think. Who was the fourth person in the foursome in 1954?