----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 Detroit" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 9:22 AM Subject: (313) Mr Fiddler
> Being a huge Amp Fiddler fan, I tracked down the Mr Fiddler album on > Elektra, With Respect, from 1990 and it's really cool! > This is a band project, rather than a solo outing. > Unlike a lot of very early 90s R&B (like Keith Sweat) it has not dated at > all and I think that's down to the organicism in the production. It > pre-empts one of my favourite groups, Solo, part of Flyte Tyme as well as > the neo-soul of D'Angelo. At points it reminds me of Aaron Hall too, he was > a great singer! It's got a bit of roughness to it. > It's cool to see a vocal credit by Brian McKnight on So You Wanna Be A > Gangster. ;) My absolute fave cut is the brilliantly entitled Starvin' Like > Marvin, a really soulful swinging ballad which I have played non-stop for > the last hour. It's really too bad Warner did not do anything with this, but > personally I think the label has been long left behind by the likes of > Arista when it comes to the urban market and this record may have been too > far ahead of its time. Damn. I've been looking for this since May (admittedly not too diligently). Where'd you find it? Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
