Thursday, August 21, 2003
Alexander O'Neal has a voice of greatness.
He was in the area last week, performing at a small club in Newport News for only $5. Unfortunately, it was the day before payday, and I didn't go. I've got a feeling I'll regret that for a long time.
O'Neal has never gotten his due (at least not in the U.S. - he's still popular in Europe and the U.K.), even having one of the best voices in R&B, and having recorded one of the finest R&B albums of the '80s, the Jam-and-Lewis production Hearsay (Tabu/A&M, 1987). He made his name first as the original lead singer of the Time, which also included Jimmy "Jam" Harris & Terry Lewis, but was fired by Prince before they recorded their first album (and replaced, of course, by Morris Day).
[Work in progress.]
He was in the area last week, performing at a small club in Newport News for only $5. Unfortunately, it was the day before payday, and I didn't go. I've got a feeling I'll regret that for a long time.
O'Neal has never gotten his due (at least not in the U.S. - he's still popular in Europe and the U.K.), even having one of the best voices in R&B, and having recorded one of the finest R&B albums of the '80s, the Jam-and-Lewis production Hearsay (Tabu/A&M, 1987). He made his name first as the original lead singer of the Time, which also included Jimmy "Jam" Harris & Terry Lewis, but was fired by Prince before they recorded their first album (and replaced, of course, by Morris Day).
[Work in progress.]
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