For a certain generation of musicians, Motown wasn’t just a label. It was the destination. For Columbus producer and saxophonist Chris Powell, signing with Motown had been the dream since childhood. By the time that dream became reality in 1984, he’d already traveled a path that most musicians would have considered a successful career in itself: his earlier band Nytro had signed with legendary songwriter/producer Norman Whitfield in the late 1970s, he had toured with Rick Jam
