Don Covay S/D

Don Covay - I Was Checking Out, She Was Checking In / Money (That's What I Want) (Mercury)
- deep soul A, fuzzed out Barrett Strong cover on flip...

Also, "Pinch Hitter" is gorgeous.

I hear Don's in bad health these days.

http://oregonmusicnews.com/2015/02/02/don-covay-soul-singer-songwriter-dead-76/

He had been in ill health for awhile after a stroke. No larger outlets are reporting this yet. Reports of the death have also been on facebook

Oh, no. RIP :( Have I told you my Don Covay story?

Don't think so

have i posted this one before?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWr3rgdlOpE

it's from one of his neglected(?) 1970s albums, and is one of the best soul ballads he or anyone else recorded IMO.

wow. that is sweet.

yeah, covay was one of those guys who navigated a bunch of changes in black music much more successfully (aesthetically if not always commercially) than a lot of his contemporaries.

Picked up the Mercy Mercy comp on Razor and Tie for a couple of bucks the other day. That's some good late afternoon grooves.

have i posted this one before?

it's from one of his neglected(?) 1970s albums, and is one of the best soul ballads he or anyone else recorded IMO.

― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:25 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

wonder what this was

Super Dude is a great album

Super Dude is a great album

So good I said it twice

Picked up the Mercy Mercy comp on Razor and Tie for a couple of bucks the other day. That's some good late afternoon grooves.

Great find. That's the best CD you can get on Covay.

xp to me

for some reason it doesn't show up for me on my computer, but i could see on my phone that the song amateurist shared was "leave him" from the "super dude" LP (just in case the video link ever goes away)