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Motown / Soul Legends unite, 10 Years Later, for second album benefiting Detroit Public Schools
Now Available - songwriter / producer / drummer Drew Schultz releases Back To Class, Vol. 2 - twenty original soul songs featuring icons including the Four Tops, members of The Funk Brothers, Vulfpeck collaborator Antwaun Stanley, Wayne Kramer of MC5, and more. 50% of profits benefit the music programs of the Detroit Public Schools. Back To Class, Vol. 2 comes 10 years after Schultz’s Back To Class debut.
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The Four Tops, Spyder Turner, Pat Lewis, Ken Knox (of Chairmen of the Board), James Jamerson Jr., Melvin Davis, Dennis Coffey, Steve Adams, and June Jones joined Drew for the 2012 donation of $1,000 to the Detroit Public Schools Music Programs. Continue scrolling for more info on the upcoming "Back To Class Vol. 2" album!
This video celebrated the first Back To Class album from 2012, with commentary from many guest artists as well as Dr. Glenda Price of the Detroit Public Schools Foundation.
The guest list of Back To Class, Vol. 2 includes a bevy of Drew’s musical friends and heroes including:
- Four Tops (iconic Motown vocal group)
- Eddie Willis, Joe Messina, and Dennis Coffey of The Funk Brothers (Motown’s Studio Recording Band)
- Melvin Davis (of The 8th Day, Holland/Dozier/Holland Recording Artist)
- Wayne Kramer of MC5
- Antwaun Stanley (Vocalist and Vulfpeck Collaborator)
- Joe “Pep” Harris (of Undisputed Truth, The Peps, former Motown Recording Artist)
- Reginald Torian (of The Impressions)
- Mark Scott (of The Miracles)
- Harrison Kennedy (of Chairmen of the Board)
- Billy Prince (of The Precisions)
- Yvonne Vernee (of The Elgins, former Motown Recording Artist)
- Carolyn Crawford (former Motown Recording Artist)
- Spyder Turner (former Motown / Whitfield Records Recording Artist)
- Pat Lewis (vocalist with Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, Motown)
- Willie Jones (of The Royal Jokers)
- Tommy Good (former Motown Recording Artist)
- The Fantastic Four (current lineup of the former Ric TIc / Motown / Westbound Records group)
- Al Kent (Ric Tic, Golden World, Motown Songwriter & Recording Artist)
- Steve & Wendell Calloway (of The Professionals)
- Ronnie McNeir (former Motown Recording Artist)
- Charles “Buddy” Smith (Northern Soul & Detroit Blues Icon)
- Thornetta Davis (Detroit's Queen of the Blues)
Drew Schultz entered the music industry at the age of 19 performing with legendary Motown group the Four Tops and has worked on stage, in the studio, and behind the scenes with countless iconic soul artists and institutions including Universal/Motown Records, The Motown Museum, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Maurice White of Earth Wind & Fire, Martha Reeves, The Dramatics, Stevie Wonder, The Miracles, The Contours, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, among others. In 2012 he released his debut album, "Back To Class." The record consisted of 16 songs written by Schultz featuring performances by many of his Motown / Soul Music heroes. On September 9th 2023, Schultz will continue the project with the release of Back To Class Vol. 2, a 20-song follow up featuring the Four Tops, Vulfpeck collaborator Antwaun Stanley, Wayne Kramer of MC5, members of The Funk Brothers, Joe “Pep” Harris of Undisputed Truth, and many more. 50% of the profits from the project go towards the music programs of the Detroit Public School System.