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the group would go on to release ten critically acclaimed studio albums and cement themselves as architects of a new breed of California rock and soul

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The Chilites — For God's Sake Give More Power to the People Weeping Sores Liddiard incants with wild-eyed furyThe Chi Lites' third album, "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People", finds the group tapping into the social consciousness movement of the early '70s, presumably influenced by contemporaries like Sly & the Family Stone and fellow Chicagoan Curtis Mayfield. They had one of the sweetest voices in soul music with Eugene Record, but their 1971 release showed a different side of the band, both lyrical content and production on tracks like "We Are