I can remember seeing them drive down the street in those new cars, seeing them living in those big houses,” he told The Times.
or New York They stayed right here in Dayton.
“When they were famous, the Players never went to L.A. He chose to stay in Ohio instead of moving to Los Angeles or New York-the hubs of the music business-based on his experience of seeing members of another influential band, the Ohio Players, around his adopted home of Dayton. Many of those who worked for Troutman-building houses during the day-would be on the bandstand with him at night. He and his brothers formed Troutman Enterprises, which started as a construction company building and rehabilitating hundreds of housing units, making home ownership possible for low-income residents of Dayton. Troutman was a smart businessman as well, understanding early that diversification was the key to get him through those fallow times that often occur in pop music. The rhythms of the music matched the bounce of the car. The song became something of a soundtrack for a bouncing low-rider. 1”, for example, hooked into the low-rider car culture. Troutman’s songs also had an impact on the street. The band, with Troutman on vocals and guitar Lester Troutman on drums Terry Troutman on bass, and Larry Troutman on congas, came to the attention of funkmeister George Clinton of Parliament/Funkadelic fame, who helped them get the Warner Bros. It also brought a new name to the band “Zapp,” which had started out as “Roger and the Human Body” in 1975 in his hometown of Hamilton, a working-class town in western Ohio. That first album for Warner Bros., “Zapp” in 1980, yielded the hit “More Bounce to the Ounce, Pt. First time in the studio, first record and first hit.”
“I really got a feel for what would make people get up and move,” Troutman added, “and right at the height of that is when I went into the studio for the first time.
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