didn't Covay sing on and co-write? So, so great. SO GREAT
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