Mayer Hawthorne overview
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Just Ain't Gonna Work Out(02:29)
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Make Her Mine(02:39)
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Maybe So, Maybe No(02:56)
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Let Me Know(03:00)
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Green Eyed Love(03:50)
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I Wish It Would Rain(03:55)
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When I Said Goodbye(04:08)
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One Track Mind(02:02)
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The Ills(02:48)
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Shiny & New(02:56)
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- Prelude(00:25)
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- A Strange Arrangement(04:13)
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Mayer Hawthorne bio
Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. “Most of the best music ever made came out of Detroit,” claims the singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, who counts Isaac Hayes, Leroy Hutson, Mike Terry, and Barry White amo... ng his influences, but draws the most inspiration from the music of Smokey Robinson, Curtis Mayfield and the legendary songwriting and production trio of Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland Jr.
The “retro” tag is added to almost any contemporary work that sounds like it was originally recorded between 1966 and 1974, and Hawthorne, among the newest contributors to the genre, is aware of how trends come and go. After being introduced to Stones Throw label head Peanut Butter Wolf by mutual friend Noelle Scaggs of The Rebirth, even his current boss was skeptical. “He showed me two songs and I didn’t understand what I was listening to,” Wolf recalls. “I asked him if they were old songs that he did re-edits of – I couldn’t believe they were new songs and Full bioRead more
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