I-95 Drive Home Mystery Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight’s mystery artists were described by their hometown Rock Hall of Fame as British Invasion meets Motown meets Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels. Any guesses who they might be??

Let’s start with the Hall of Fame. Detroit dubbed as Motor City was the birth place to many a musical legend and so it is fitting that they have a Hall of Fame that honors their own called the 'Michigan Rock and Roll Legends'. And the particular band that defied categorization was the Romantics. The MRRL goes on to say, “The Romantics formed in East Detroit in early 1977. The original line-up consisted of singer/guitarist Wally Palmar, singer/drummer Jimmy Marinos, guitarist Mike Skill, and bassist Rich Cole. Their hard-driving and hooked-filled recordings had more in common with Detroit’s garage rock explosion of the mid- 1960’s and the bands emanating from that era”

And here is tonight’s featured song ' What I Like About You' which MRRL says has a story of its own, "The composition was a group effort. Mike Skill developed the guitar part while looking for a hook something along the lines of “Gloria” or “Louie, Louie”. Jimmy Marinos came up with some lyrics while the catchy “heys” were inspired by the Yardbirds’ “Over, Under, Sideways, Down” and the “Uh-huhs” were a nod towards Chuck Berry’s “Back In The U.S.A”.