kˈoːɹɾᵻd baɪ ɐ sʌbsˈɪdjɚɹi ʌv mˈoʊtaʊn ɹˈɛkɚdz hˌuː wˈɔntᵻd tə pɹəmˈoʊt ðˌɛm æz ɐ wˈaɪt ɡɹˈuːp plˈeɪɪŋ "blˈæk" mjˈuːzɪk, ðə bˈænd ɹᵻfjˈuːzd tə koʊˈɑːpɚɹˌeɪt, pɹɪfˈɜːɹɪŋ tə stˈʌdi ænd pɚfˈɔːɹm klˈæsɪk ʃᵻkˈɑːɡoʊ blˈuːz ðɐn tə ɹᵻkˈoːɹd sˈɔŋz ðæt wɜː fˈɛd tə ðˌɛm baɪ mˈoʊtaʊn.
Courted by a subsidiary of Motown Records who wanted to promote them as a white group playing "black" music, the band refused to cooperate, preferring to study and perform classic Chicago blues than to record songs that were fed to them by Motown.