Neo-soul and deep funk band the Dynamites were founded by songwriter/guitarist Bill Elder, using the stage name Leo Black, in Nashville, the group serving as a backup band for veteran singer Charles "Wigg" Walker, a performer in his sixties who had been performing since the late '50s. (The rest of the lineup included organists Tyrone Dickerson and Charles Treadway; a horn section consisting of Jon-Paul Frappiér on trumpet and saxophonists Jonathan Jackson and Chris West; and the rhythm section of bassist Rich Brinsfield, percussionist Chris Patterson, and drummer Derrek Philli...