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| From | Michael Coxe <popville@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Mayer Hawthorne |
| Date | Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:15:06 -0700 |
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On Mon,10/17/11 10:53 AM, Sam Smith wrote:
> There hasn't been much talk here - actually, none - about the neo-soul
> movement. I know most of it isn't Power Pop proper, but a lot of it IS
> insanely great pop.
>
> A friend just pointed me to Mayer Hawthorne, and at a glance this CD
> struck me as being sort of up the Four Tops/Temptations alley. And it
> is, but it also shades more over into sounds I associate with white
> radio pop artists from the 60s and 70s. Very cool stuff that a lot of
> Auditeers might like.
I heard this guy and his group on Letterman just a few minutes ago.
Reminded me of the Beach Music combos I grew up with in Raleigh (played
a poor 2nd trumpet in one for a while), especially with Letterman's horn
players as backup. The Carolinas were full of these sort of bands then -
white guys (mostly) playing a mixture of soul, r&b and hooks & harmony.
One of the most popular (The Embers) were from Raleigh, tho my favorite
(not our group certainly!) by far was Frankie & The Damons. My friend
Ben Runkle played guitar, and hammond organist Chip Crawford later
toured with Motown acts (Frankie was the drummer).
> Also, Fitz and the Tantrums - man, they just /kill/.....
Nice find. The sound a bit British, and speaking of which...
How about the UK 5th Dimension sound-a-likes The Unconventionals? They
were losers on UK's X Factor I think.
Some of their stuff could have benefited from more work, but the song
Strawberry Sunshine does absolutely kill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RfO6huXXLI
And my favorite brand "now" neo-soul song is from a new UK girl group
with the unlikely name of WooWoos (with the song title even weirder).
Won't be released till November, but it's on Soundcloud now -
http://soundcloud.com/woowoos/fizzy-lettuce.
over & out,
- michael
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