![]() ![]() ![]() But guess what? The time has come for us to take this adventure to the next level. We started off in early access on Steam, tweaking and improving the game based on your feedback. So, a massive shoutout and virtual high-fives to all our backers out there! They believed in our vision and helped us bring this incredible game to life. Paradise Lust has been in the works since October 2020, and it's all thanks to the amazing support we received from our Patreon backers. We will be praying for a happy, healthy retirement for one of the all-time great soul music singers, and we look forward to what comes next with the group Tavares.Get ready for a thrilling adventure because our game, Paradise Lust, is finally making its full launch! Woohoo! And Chubby has always been an extremely gracious, thoughtful person to talk to, as well as a dynamite lead singer who fueled nearly all of the group’s major hits. Tavares will always hold a special place for me, as the brothers were my first interviews when I was 18 years old. What followed over the next decade was a tremendous string of hits, including a #1 hit cover of Hall & Oates’ “She’s Gone,” and even bigger dance classics such as “It Only Takes a Minute” and “Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel.” The brothers’ final major hit, the 1982 Kenny Nolan ballad “Penny For Your Thoughts,” also won them a Grammy nomination (they previously won a Grammy for their “More Than a Woman” contribution to the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever). And the associated Check It Out LP gave the first glimpse of tight brotherly harmonies and alternating lead vocals that would become the Tavares trademark sound. It soared to the top 10 on the R&B charts and became the group's first top 40 pop hit. They finally scored a contract with Capitol Records' then-new black music division and released their first single, "Check It Out," in 1973. Originally called "Chubby and the Turnpikes," the Tavares brothers spent the late '60s and early '70s in their native New England covering tunes of R&B greats at various clubs, while trying to land a record deal. ![]() Chubby Tavares.Ĭhubby’s retirement follows the retirement of brother Pooch Tavares after a stroke in 2014, and the death of Ralph Tavares a year ago. Please don’t give up on Tavares the New Generation of Tavares are taking over with their Dads. Just remember to try and do the right thing in life, all I can say is that I’ve been on an Amazing Ride. Just let me say that we all get old, some of us live to be a ripe full age, and some of don’t. I must say to all my family, friends and fans, with the help of the good Lord I am going to make it on May 12th 2023 I will be at Ziterion in New Bedford Ma with Tavares. So as of December 30th I have elected gracefully to bring my career with Tavares, formerly of Chubby and the Turnpikes, to its end. I happen to have some great doctors at Cleveland Clinic in Florida, that take good care of me and they know how much I love doing what I do, but they are concerned about my health. I named my group Chubby and the Realities, we actually started doing shows around The New Bedford, the Cape area, and now 60 years later I haven’t been well. Their names were Benny and George Duarte brothers, a drummer named Paul Joya ,and last but not least John Fortes. I decided to form my own singing group, that consisted of my friends that I knew from the past. At the age of 16 once we we moved to New Bedford MA. ![]() Back to the home of her family and friends, but she was brought up in West Wareham. Chubby posted on Facebook:Ħ4 years that have gone by since our mother decided to make a move from Providence RI. Antone “Chubby” Tavares, longtime lead singer of the legendary sibling vocal group Tavares, announced on social media that he will be retiring from the group on December 30, due to persistent health issues, including heart surgery in 2019. (December 19, 2022) Today is a day that was probably years in the making, but marks the end of an era. ![]()
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