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mayer hawthorne - a strange arrangement - regular jewelcase cd - stones throw - cd

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Prelude
2. A Strange Arrangement
3. Just Aint Gonna Work Out
4. Maybe So Maybe No
5. Your Easy Lovin Aint Pleasin Nothin
6. I Wish It Could Rain
7. Make Her Mine
8. One Track Mind
9. The Ills
10. Shiny And New
11. Let Me Know
12. Green Eyed Love

Mayer Hawthorne grew up 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 multiinstrumentalist, who counts Isaac Hayes, Leroy Hutson, Mike Terry, legendary songwriting and production trio of Dozier, Holland, and 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, even the label 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 that he played all the instruments.” Tip!!