The Temprees are an American soul vocal trio from Memphis, Tennessee, most popular during the 1970s. The band released several albums on We Produce records, an offshoot of Stax Records. In 1972, the band performed in front of more than 100,000 fans at the famous Wattstax festival in Los Angeles.
Originally formed as The Lovemen, the trio - lead singer Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips, whose powerfuil falsetto featured on most of their recordings, Harold "Scotty" Scott and Deljuan "Del" Calvin - met in the mid-1960s, when they were in junior high school, along with Larry Dodson, future lead singer of The Bar-Kays. The group was first signed to Stax Records in 1970 by producer Josephine Bridges on her 'We Produce' label. Later with the collapse of Stax, they moved briefly in 1976 to Epic Records, (a subsidiary of CBS), for two singles.
The band released three albums, Lovemen, Love Maze, Temprees 3 on We Produce, mainly produced by Bridges, Stax executive/producer and former Motown engineer Tom Nixon and arranger-producer Lester Snell, a regular collaborator with Isaac Hayes. Their catalog was later re-released on CD, along with a greatest hits compilation entitled, The Best of the Temprees.
When your mind is set
And you're just out to get
Things that which I don't know
I guess you're gonna go
And find those things I don't do
Yeah you know it's true
Feels like all I know is not gold
So take it easy
And get your good shoes on
Make like you've nothing to lose
It'll help you choose
'Cos I love you baby
Well it seems like lately
I don't think you feel the way I do
Well our affair is done
It's just come and gone
We're just the same as those fools
Who try and make up the rules
We're born out of evil and gain
The song will remain the same
It's gonna take all the words and just not change
So take it easy
And get your glad rags on
Let's make like we've nothing to lose
It'll help us to choose
'Cos I love you baby
Well it seems like lately
I don't think you feel the way I do
The way I do
The way I do