― Huk-L, Thursday, 28 April 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link
I guess the essential Don is that reissue of "Mercy!" and "See-Saw," all fantastic.
Funny, I was listening last night to some Gene Chandler stuff my friend burned me, and digging "You Threw a Lucky Punch," and that's by Covay.
Regarding Hendrix and "Mercy," I've heard that too, and it sure sounds like it could be Hendrix. But I've not seen anything that truly confirms this. Martin, what say you?
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 28 April 2005 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
didn't Covay sing on and co-write? So, so great. SO GREAT
― lildaveygeffen, Thursday, 28 April 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 28 April 2005 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link
yeah, he did. one of the greatest Little Richard songs!
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 28 April 2005 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link
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...
― michael2 (michael2), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 29 April 2005 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, "Pinch Hitter" is gorgeous.
― Huk-L, Friday, 29 April 2005 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Friday, 29 April 2005 15:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Friday, 29 April 2005 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 29 April 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Friday, 29 April 2005 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link
I hear Don's in bad health these days.
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 30 April 2005 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Sunday, 1 May 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
Oh, no. RIP :( Have I told you my Don Covay story?
― Sweet Melissus (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 February 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
Don't think so
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
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.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
wow. that is sweet.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
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.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 October 2024 23:22 (one month ago) link
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:25 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
wonder what this was
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 29 October 2024 23:27 (one month ago) link
Super Dude is a great album
― Mule, Tuesday, 29 October 2024 23:37 (one month ago) link
So good I said it twice
Great find. That's the best CD you can get on Covay.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 30 October 2024 01:59 (one month ago) link
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)
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 30 October 2024 17:08 (one month ago) link