View Full Version : Lou Rawls dead
obie
06 Jan 2006, 12:18 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4588756.stm
Now I know that most of you are going to say "who cares?", but he's one of the greats of '70s soul -- artistic descendent of Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding, peer to guys like Isaac Hayes, Stevie Wonder, Barry White and Luther Vandross.
MikeLastort2
06 Jan 2006, 12:37 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4588756.stm
Now I know that most of you are going to say "who cares?", but he's one of the greats of '70s soul -- artistic descendent of Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding, peer to guys like Isaac Hayes, Stevie Wonder, Barry White and Luther Vandross.
R.I.P.
He really was a great artist.
Crimen y Castigo
06 Jan 2006, 12:43 PM
Oh sh!t.
Lou Rawls was the man. His live recordings are the coolest of the cool. He had these long stories he would tell in the most mack-daddy, hipster, jive talk (in the true sense of the word; (see "Airplane", Barbara Billingsly).
If I ever get my act together and get one of those USB turntables, one of the first album's I'll convert one of his that I've never found on CD (unless my brother swiped it. Note to self: check record collection tonight.)
"You Better Find Out What's Happenin' (Before You Find Me Gone)" is such funky song it boggles the mind.
Lou, this Bud's for you.
R.I.P.
Dave Marino-Nachison
06 Jan 2006, 12:44 PM
Love is off the air.
:(
Anthony
06 Jan 2006, 12:48 PM
As a kid, I saw him in concert. I was maybe 11, and my aunt and uncle took me to Lake Tahoe on vacation. He was playing there in one of the casinos.
servotron
06 Jan 2006, 01:54 PM
We'll never find.... another artist like Lou. :(
RIP
Quango
06 Jan 2006, 04:09 PM
Oh sh!t.
Lou Rawls was the man. His live recordings are the coolest of the cool. He had these long stories he would tell in the most mack-daddy, hipster, jive talk (in the true sense of the word; (see "Airplane", Barbara Billingsly).
If I ever get my act together and get one of those USB turntables, one of the first album's I'll convert one of his that I've never found on CD (unless my brother swiped it. Note to self: check record collection tonight.)
"You Better Find Out What's Happenin' (Before You Find Me Gone)" is such funky song it boggles the mind.
Lou, this Bud's for you.
R.I.P.
His stage-presence was phenomenal. RIP
benito camelpene
06 Jan 2006, 06:01 PM
Rest in Peace Lou....
Mglnbea
06 Jan 2006, 07:04 PM
Anybody remember the Tree Man in the movie, 'Still Breathing'? :(
MikeLastort2
07 Jan 2006, 05:45 PM
Oh sh!t.
Lou Rawls was the man. His live recordings are the coolest of the cool. He had these long stories he would tell in the most mack-daddy, hipster, jive talk (in the true sense of the word; (see "Airplane", Barbara Billingsly).
If I ever get my act together and get one of those USB turntables, one of the first album's I'll convert one of his that I've never found on CD (unless my brother swiped it. Note to self: check record collection tonight.)
Is it this album on iTunes Music Store?
Low Rawls Live
(http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=78301965&s=143441)
Haole
08 Jan 2006, 11:33 AM
The funky preacher is gone. R.I.P.
Like him, or not, he had that 'thing'.
shwantzme
08 Jan 2006, 12:24 PM
Hey Lou,
Hopefully I'll see you when I get there. Just don't be ready for some good lovin. :D
VOwithwater
08 Jan 2006, 12:27 PM
I really like that voice of his.
Crimen y Castigo
08 Jan 2006, 05:15 PM
Is it this album on iTunes Music Store?
Low Rawls Live
(http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=78301965&s=143441)
That's not the specific one I had, but all these things are reissued so many times that I'll never remember the cover.