My recent double dip into the Marvin Gaye discography was a welcome return home for me. When The Adios Lounge began 6 years ago, I envisioned it as a place where I’d explore classic R&B and country more or less equally with whatever rock band I was currently obsessing over. However, within the first […]
Read MoreYou Know a Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry
When I recently paid tribute to the 30th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s death, I should’ve known he’d come up again. That’s the way things work in a plate of shrimp universe. You start thinking about Marvin Gaye, not only because of his death on April 1, but because of his 75th birthday on April […]
Read MoreLady, You Shot Me
Har Mar Superstar - Lady, You Shot Me Bye Bye 17 2013 Amazon I can’t believe I’ve only just heard this song (thanks Bill & Miko), but at least I’m only a year behind the times. I’m usually saying stuff like, “Har Mar Superstar broke up when?” I also can’t believe that Sean Tillman, the […]
Read MoreMarvin Gaye, So Gallantly Streaming
30 years ago today Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his crazy-ass father, a day shy of his 45th birthday. I was one of probably millions of people who thought the rumor of his death was a lame, perverse April Fool’s Day joke, but rumor soon hardened into cold-blooded fact. Marvin was dead. He […]
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