Thursday, January 22, 2009

Mayer Hawthorne Continues the Motown Revival


I know nothing about Hawthorne. Just some white kid from the burbs who moved to LA and ended up sounding black. Aside from the Marvin Gaye-on-grass intro and roomy backbeat, I'm hearing way more of a Jamaican influence than Detroit on the way he's singing those notes: dipping down, rather than up "out."

Mayer Hawthorne and the County - "Just Aint Gonna Work Out"







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