Elvis talks about new Howard Tate album
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Howard Tate "Rediscovered"
Rediscovered, the first new album from legendary R&B
vocalist Howard Tate in nearly thirty years, and one
of the most remarkable career comebacks in the annals
of popular music, to be released on Private Music /
Arista Associated Labels, July 1.
One of the most distinctive and dynamic vocalists in
the entire R&B idiom, Howard Tate first burst into the
national spotlight in 1967 with the release of his
seminal debut album Get It While You Can, produced by
Jerry Ragovoy and featured such hits as "Look At
Granny Run Run," "Stop," and "Ain't Nobody Home." It
was followed in 1974 by Ain't Got Nobody To Give It
To, but by then Tate had grown disillusioned with the
music business and, shortly after its release, dropped
out of sight.
Rediscovered reunites Tate with renowned songwriter
and producer Jerry Ragovoy and features eleven new
Ragovoy originals composed especially for the project,
including a track co-written with Elvis Costello. The
album also highlights Tate's electrifying rendition of
the Prince classic, "Kiss."
In the ensuing three decades following Tate's
disappearance, he endured a harrowing ordeal that
included the death of a daughter and a protracted
struggle with drug and alcohol addiction. It was in
1994, homeless and destitute, that Tate experienced a
powerful religious conversion, which led him to
establish and pastor the Gift of the Cross Church in
his native Philadelphia.
In the years following his disappearance, Jerry
Ragovoy was frequently approached by record labels and
promoters seeking to locate the lost R&B master.
Interest only increased after the 1995 re-release of
Get It While You Can, but despite his best efforts,
the producer and songwriter could not contact his
former musical partner and had given him up for dead.
It was on New Year's Day, 2001 that a fellow musician
spotted Tate in a Philadelphia supermarket and relayed
the discovery to area DJ Phil Casden, who had been
broadcasting an appeal for news of the missing artist.
Ragovoy was notified and, shortly afterwards, the
reunited pair began work on a new album. "It was
amazing," the producer and songwriter confides. "I
immediately got in touch with him, for no other reason
than to renew an old friendship. I had no notion of
working with him again until I heard him speak for the
first time. I could tell right away that he still had
it. His voice was strong and clear, which in itself is
a miracle considering all he had been through over the
years."
Recorded near Ragovoy's home in Atlanta, Georgia,
Rediscovered features a top-notch studio line-up,
including performances by the famed Uptown Horns.
Produced by Jerry Ragovoy, it also highlights such
Ragovoy originals as "Mama Was Right," "Sorry Wrong
Number," "All I Know Is The Way I Feel," and "Either
Side Of The Same Town" co-written with Elvis Costello.
"Howard's magical and original voice is the missing
link between Jackie Wilson and Al Green," said
Costello. "His voice is better than ever and the new
songs rival his classics. Of all the songs I've ever
written, Howard's version of 薦ither Side of the Same
Town' is perhaps the most astounding. The recording
completely blew me away."
Joining in the widespread enthusiasm over the return
of Howard Tate, Grammy winning recording artists
Bonnie Raitt commented, "Simply one of the greatest
soul singers ever, Howard Tate has made the comeback
album we've all been waiting for. His reuniting with
legendary songwriter/producer, Jerry Ragovoy is a
marriage made in R&B heaven: great songs and
production showcasing Howard's exquisitely heartfelt
singing. If 全orry, Wrong Number' doesn't get you, you
can't be got."
and here`s a pretty good price for this disc
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Vern Pascal
be good. Elvis did turn me on to Lee Dorsey and Percy
Sledge..Excellent... there's something in their voices that is no longer
here....James Carr was pretty good too. The Solomon Burke album was
warmly recieved..didn't hear it..JP
Junk451
revivied his "Look at Granny Run" for the Viagra era.