That was a memorable Fresh Air appearance.  He was so warm and
endearing, and the song he did was fantastic.  He was kind of
forgotten by the public and semi-screwed by recond companies, and he
was a bus driver for many years in between, but he was amazingly
upbeat, not bitter, and optimistic about the future during the
interview.  When he died just a few months later, Terry Gross
announced it on the air, and she broke down a little as she did.  So
did I.

Like Donnie, this is one album I keep listening to over time.

On 10/25/07, Mike Kropp <mkropp@comcast.net> wrote:
> GREAT album and the re-issue is expanded with extra stuff including a live performance originally broadcast on NPR's "Fresh Air".
>
> The album was produced by my hero Ben Vaughn, who also plays in Arthur's backing band.
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donnie" <largro13@yahoo.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:18 PM
> Subject: One of the 'great lost' CDs of the early 1990s is re-released.
>
>
> > Thought you might like to know that Arthur Alexander's "Lonely Just
> > Like Me" CD has been re-released.
> >
> > Alexander was a medium level Soul singer in the late 1950s and early
> > 1960s.  He fell out of favor, and by the 1980s he was driving a school
> > bus in Cleveland, Ohio.
> >
> > Elektra Records 'rediscovered' him in the early 1990s, and released the
> > brilliant "Lonely Just Like Me" album.  Like Roy Orbison about five
> > years earlier, Arthur Alexander died just as his comeback was really
> > getting in gear.
> >
> > Alexander's main significance is that he is the songwriter of "Anna (Go
> > To Him)", and "Soldier Of Love" both covered by the Beatles.  He's also
> > the author of "Go Home Girl" recorded by the Rolling Stones.  And Elvis
> > Pressley also recorded Alexander's "Hunk Of Burning Love".
> >
> > This album is one that I've really enjoyed for the last 15-years.  And
> > I'm glad it was re-release on CD because my cassette tape went bad a
> > couple years back.  Fantastic album that bridges the worlds between
> > Stax Soul, Country & Western, and Beatle's style Power-Pop.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>