It’s the end of 1968 and the personal and professional changes continue with the Pleasure Seekers. Dr. Kristen Hillaire and Patti Quatro discuss the band’s second original song, “Gotta Get Away,” in the context of one bandmate’s failing marriage and another bandmate’s passionate love affair with a married man. The song speaks of wanting to get away from it all – the constraints and the consternations that love can conjure. At the same time, the band was still a hot live ticket, including at Detroit’s nightclub Arthur, where there was an over-the-top Halloween gig and an extraordinary jam night with David Ruffin and other Motown giants. The Pleasure Seekers were the house band at Arthur for these legends, and David Ruffin said they were the best backup band he’d ever worked with. We conclude the episode with a personal twist and turn so unexpected that it took the band’s collective breath away (as well as mine). This event would dramatically alter the line up and make up of the Pleasure Seekers for the rest of their duration as a rock band. When we hear their song “Gotta Get Away” from the perspective of what was going on in the band during this tumultuous time, it reveals their heartbreaking tales of the power of love.

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