L.J. Waiters and the Electrifers was produced by New York City based Billy Nichols and Richard Montague, though L.J. Waiters was at the time (in 1976) living in Mattapan Massachusetts. Producer Billy Nichols was already a noted member of B.T. Express and had an active writing and performing career apart from the group.
L.J. Waiters was still going strong well into the second decade of the twenty first century. He became a member of the Legendary Intruders, another tie along with the Phil-LA of Soul release to the Intruders’ and Phil-LA of Soul’s Philadelphia base.
As lead singer of the Legendary Intruders, L.J. Waiters has been touring and even appeared in the movie “I’ll Always Love My Mama” as lead singer of the Legendary Intruders, L.J. Waiters was born Johnny Prince Waiters, or Little Johnny, hence “L.J.,” in Palmetto, Florida. He is a third cousin to James Brown and his uncle was Bill Pinkney of the Drifters. His grandfather Leroy “Skippy” Waiters played in the Negro Baseball League.
He moved to Poughkeepsie New York at the age of 17 as a migrant farm worker picking cherries and apples. His first recording was “Baby Who’s Been Fooling You” on Unity Records in 1969.
He was the opening act for Lloyd Price and has performed on stage with Solomon Burke, The Temptations, Millie Jackson, the Delfonics, Blue Magic, Freddie Scott, the Shirelles, Clarence Carter, The Stylistics, Junior Walker and the All Stars, Peaches and Herb, Ray Goodman and Brown, and The Ohio Players.
