Here are a few of his clips. It's not bad!

https://www.spinner.com/interface/mayer-hawthorne?icid=main|main|dl5|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spinner.com%2Finterface%2Fmayer-hawthorne

The way he markets himself may not be the way the more 'traditionalist' of us like to see our music handled, but we are in 2010 not 1968, music styles and trends are cyclical in their popularity and if it wasn't Soul, he would probably have been trying to resurrect some other musical style. The young man hails from Detroit and has therefore every right to explore and express his soulful music heritage. Mind you, he has done a bloody awful ELO cover .

PS, for those who may not have had knowledge or sight of the original, follow the link below, I'm glad my copy is in much better nick than the one on here .

Edited June 25, 201015 yr by K.I.D.

I agree that the Cliff Nobles original on Phil-A-Of Soul is still the best, as for white guys can't sing soul music, Dean Parrish, Chris Clark, Dusty Springfield, Len Barry, The Reflections and a host of other 'Blue Eyed Soul' artististes from the genre known as Northern Soul would have to be written out of annals of our music. Whilst soul is predominantly a black music genre we have to give credit to artistes of other ethnicities who sing from the soul. Type in Mayer Hawthorne into the search bar at the top of this thread and have a look at what has been posted before on this site. As another case in point search for Eli Paper Boy Reed next and tell me that the current 'White Boy' soul offerings are not SOULFUL!

Since when are Chis Clark and Dusty Springfield white guys singing soul? I'm pretty sure they are women.

my 2 pennys worth:

MH stuff is as weak as a 2 day old asthmatic kitten with 1 lung and 3 legs. it badly needs putting out of its misery.

This is what happens when people (white or otheriwise) get grand ideas well above their talent limit. that said, like most pap, im sure it sells very well.

There are some excellent new bands/artists...imho he aint one of them. 10/10 for getting off his arse and making it happen.... 2/10 for weak content. a great tune murdered.

well said. Ditto!

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The way he markets himself may not be the way the more 'traditionalist' of us like to see our music handled, but we are in 2010 not 1968, music styles and trends are cyclical in their popularity and if it wasn't Soul, he would probably have been trying to resurrect some other musical style. The young man hails from Detroit and has therefore every right to explore and express his soulful music heritage. Mind you, he has done a bloody awful ELO cover .

im no traditionalist . open minded music lover who buys most black music genres from 50s upwards, yes.

the point being made was i thought it was a gimmick to cover up the weak music.

and to be fair it sounds like if 'it wasnt soul' it would be something else which is a major downfall. its almost like 'im doing this 'cos i think its uber cool' . soul minus the soul.

the fact he hails from Detroit is neither here nor there. If anything he should be better positioned to do a better job.

hehehe

im not knocking him for doing what he's doing. takes a lot of dedication to get to where he has i just feel that the music is pretty weak in the scheme of things and if you are going to cover something as firing as love is alright then do a decent job of it. im guessing some people who buy this will not even know the phil la soul version. just buy that instead or the cbs one for 50p.

He's not even covering the Cliff Nobles version, he's covering the Jesse James unreleased version

Since when are Chis Clark and Dusty Springfield white guys singing soul? I'm pretty sure they are women.

You know full well what I meant, Behave:lol:

im no traditionalist . open minded music lover who buys most black music genres from 50s upwards, yes.

the point being made was i thought it was a gimmick to cover up the weak music.

and to be fair it sounds like if 'it wasnt soul' it would be something else which is a major downfall. its almost like 'im doing this 'cos i think its uber cool' . soul minus the soul.

the fact he hails from Detroit is neither here nor there. If anything he should be better positioned to do a better job.

Actually the original post concerned the video for 'The Ills' which is brilliant. I personally think the guys vocals are weak and he looks more than a little like Jarvis Cocker.

Edited June 25, 201015 yr by K.I.D.

in my opinion he is just too light... its not HORRIBLE, but he's not that good. i'm afraid he'll get a lot of credit for being

"clever" and "unique" but the music just isnt that good and unfortunately alot of young people today arent familiar enough

with real classic soul music to appreciate when something is really good. i dont mean to be hating TOO much...but i wouldnt

spend my money on it.

He's not even covering the Cliff Nobles version, he's covering the Jesse James unreleased version

D'ya mean the one with Billy the Kid on drums, and Wild Bill Hicock on the Alto Sax?

Edited June 27, 201015 yr by K.I.D.

isnt that jesse james too that does "the horse is alright"? just like "love is alright" but he's singing about that dance...?

james boys - the horse -

Edited June 26, 201015 yr by rosies dad

isnt that jesse james too that does "the horse is alright"? just like "love is alright" but he's singing about that dance...?

james boys - the horse -

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He's been that long in the saddle he's become a little Hoarse

white guys CANNOT do soul:no: , they can do dancers, Rufus Lumley/Round Robin

If you mean Round Robin "Do The Slauson" etc then I'm reasonably certain that that dude isn't white.

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watch out Mike, I got flung abuse at for pointing out the same thing earlier, some people don't like to be told

watch out Mike, I got flung abuse at for pointing out the same thing earlier, some people don't like to be told

And sometimes - It's the way the way you tell em!

Heard this record earlier today. He's on Stonethrow records just like Mr Hawtorne. Better voice though.