Jazz Neversleeps: “Ever since me and my girl got back together, ‘When I Said Goodbye’ by Mayer Hawthorne & The County became a theme song for me.
I’ve played it over and over again and it’s just a beautiful song really. Timeless soul music.”
Jazz Neversleeps presents: Mayer Hawthorne:
Listen to “When I said goodbye”
(Used with permission from the artist)
Mayer Hawthorne, otherwise known as Haircut (of Athletic Mic League) is a 28 year old Los Angeles based producer, vocalist and dj. On the move from the Detroit area to LA, he bumped into the guys from the Stones Throw record label at the infamous Do-Over club.
Noelle Scaggs (The Rebirth) introduced him to label boss Peanut Butter Wolf who was happy to receive a demo tape with a couple of Mayer Hawthorne tracks.
Three months of silence followed. Until Wolf got back to Haircut, convincing him he wanted to release a complete Mayer Hawthorne album on Stones Throw. There were no plans at all to record an album when he made the demo tape, but from then on, shit was real!
To this day, Haircut is recording songs…
Haircut plays most of the instruments on the album, as well as singing all the doo-wop vocal parts himself (which was apparently immense fun to do). Thank you, Wolf! I’m putting the album right next to my Gil Scott-Heron and Al Green records.
The “When I said goodbye / Just ain’t gonna work out” single on Stones Throw should be on the shelves in the very near future, while the full album won’t see daylight until mid 2009. That’ll be just in time for a release party on me and my girls wedding, Mayer!
Trivia time: the Mayer Hawthorne logo for the debut single was designed by Hermon Weems, a legendary Detroit drummer and painter who created the Funkadelic logo!
Links:
myspace.com/mayerhawthorne
myspace.com/haircut
myspace.com/aml
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Sep 11th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
oh yes, absolutely feeling this one too .. it seems this popularity in doo-wop throwback songs got everybody harmonizing again these days. And unlike 50 years ago, you can easily take care of the vocal backings yourself. Bring on the doo-wop package shows
Sep 11th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
KILLER TRACK.
Sep 12th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
That’s really wonderful! Really, it is!
Let me just add this little thing here…you know, while we all are getting to hear an awful lot and overload of crap on most radiostations, and the same 1 song track by a cool artist, and the same bullshit playlists over and over on every radiostation,
it’s really a relief that you can still listen to some fresh music every once in a while, getting pitched on through the internet.
This Mayer Hawthorne sure is one of those cats i’d love to hear more from, and love to hear on the airwaves, when i’m driving in my car from work or something.
Never got used to playing cd’s in my new car either (you see, my previous car still had a tapedeck), and i’m still buying vinyl…so i’m kinda stuck on “new” music for in my car. It’s a mindstate thing, call me oldfashioned. Still rockin’ that OMAR (sing) cd now everyday, and that makes me happy in the morning. It’s crazy, rockin’ 1 cd for 7 or 8 months now. Good music man… i really miss it when i switch my carstereo over to fm radio.
So…hooray for these new tunes!!
Sep 13th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
In Response to Vic, i have come to learn that radio is just as clueless as the labels releasing the artist that they play. The thing is as relevant as the radio is, so is the demand for songs that there listeners want to here. I found out that a request to a local radio Dj can go a long way, as they multiply 1 caller x’s 10. Hence if 2 people call and request to hear lolli pop which is already on the frequent player playlist anyway, they make it seem as though 20 people called to request that song.
Everything is payolla nowadays from the clubs to the broadcasts. It’s really on people like us to make it known that we want our local artist supported on our local radio stations. Until that happens in a massive form nothing is going to change.
Sep 14th, 2008 at 2:14 am
Ill! I’m really anticipating this dudes release!
Sep 14th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Haha Vic, that same Omar album gets the equal daily play chez moi. Makes me happy too!
Besides that, I’m feeling what y’all are saying.
Small update: the Mayer Hawthorne 12″ should be in stores by the end of October.
Oct 26th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Now this is what the world has been waiting for!!!!
I mean this guy brings tears of joy in my eyes. This is already my new favourite track on wich I’m gonna stand up every morning. The fabulous melodies this guy creates are already legendary. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!! I mean DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMNNNNNNNNNNNNN. GIVE ME SOME MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! There’s no need for me to rely on water and corn coz now I got Mayer Hawthorne!
It’s about that fuckin time to put funk and soul back on the map indefinitly!!!!!
Oct 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Damn, damn, damn, damn.
Discovered the track this friday.
Shimmy Timmy just said it right….
Hallelujah !!
Oct 28th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Wowsers, y’all reading last month’s posts still?
Glad you’re digging the sound of mr.Hawthorne, me too, I’m looking very much forward to hearing the forthcoming album!
Oct 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Last month’s music tips are still hip!
Nov 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
more than ever!
Dec 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Shimmy Timmy had me de muziek laten horen via myspace.. very nice.. vind wel weinig van terug..
Dec 22nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Of course, this was an on-point exclusive!
The album will be released on Stones Throw early 2009…
there ‘s more mayer to be found over here, search for it in the search bar above
Mar 18th, 2009 at 5:57 am
man… im really feeling this track… big ups!!!