While shopping the LP, released on his own Early label, to record stores, Sease stumbled upon a contact who eventually got him a deal with Polygram, which re-released the LP on London/Mercury in 1987 with the addition of the newly recorded, ten-minute track 'Candy Licker.' 'Candy Licker' became an underground success on jukeboxes across the South it was too explicit for radio airplay, but audiences - especially female ones - flocked to see Sease in concert. Gunning for greater success, Sease recorded a self-titled LP in 1986 featuring one of his most popular songs, 'Ghetto Man,' and began working the South's so-called chitlin circuit of ghetto bars, rural juke joints, and blues festivals. When this venture failed, Sease began singing to pre-recorded backing tracks at local dances and clubs, self-released several 45s, and eventually scored a regular gig at a Brooklyn nightspot called the Casablanca. Preferring R&B, though, Sease put together a backing band (called Sease) featuring his three brothers. Born in Blackville, S.C., Sease got his start by joining a gospel group in nearby Charleston called the Five Gospel Singers, and moved to New York at age 20, where he joined another gospel group called the Gospel Crowns.
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