{"id":364,"date":"2009-09-13T21:41:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T21:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2009-09-13T21:41:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T21:41:18","slug":"hitsville-inpsired-tunes-for-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/hitsville-inpsired-tunes-for-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"hitsville inpsired tunes for 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a56ada3a970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mayer hawthorne\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20120a56ada3a970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a56ada3a970b-800wi\" title=\"Mayer hawthorne\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><object height=\"295\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mpfcydeSGeo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mpfcydeSGeo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Mr. John Mayer recently raved about this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonesthrow.com\/mayerhawthorne\" target=\"_blank\">retro hipster<\/a> on twitter and I have to say I agree.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"artistbio\">Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan,<br \/>\njust outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving<br \/>\nwith his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz<br \/>\nhistory the region provided. \u201cMost of the best music ever made came out<br \/>\nof Detroit,\u201d claims the singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist,<br \/>\nwho counts Isaac Hayes, Leroy Hutson, Mike Terry, and Barry White among<br \/>\nhis influences, but draws the most inspiration from the music of Smokey<br \/>\nRobinson, Curtis Mayfield, and the legendary songwriting and production<br \/>\ntrio of Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland Jr. <\/p>\n<p> <object height=\"295\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pBKx8PyE5qQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pBKx8PyE5qQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>A review reads, &quot;<\/span>If honky soul is having an extended moment thanks to Justin Timberlake,<br \/>\nRobin Thicke, and Jamie Lidell, Mayer Hawthorne probably has no clue.<br \/>\nHawthorne (n\u00e9 Andrew Cohen) is trapped in a time-stop circa 1976, and<br \/>\nhis immaculate debut is replica music, constructed and buffed to a high<br \/>\nsheen. Drawing on Holland-Dozier- Holland\u2019s crisp, 180-second soul<br \/>\nclassics, the Michigan-born Hawthorne gorgeously apes the Temptations<br \/>\non \u201cI Wish It Would Rain\u201d and \u201cJust Ain\u2019t Gonna Work Out.\u201d There\u2019s<br \/>\nhardly an original thought here, but with arrangements so expertly<br \/>\ncomposed, who\u2019s complaining?&quot; <span class=\"submitted\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spin.com\/writers\/sean-fennessey\">Sean Fennessey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"description\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339900;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339900;\"><span class=\"description\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339900;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339900;\">Like discovering fun tunes to groove to?&#0160; Simply <\/span><span style=\"color: #333366;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><span style=\"color: #339900;\">subscribe to this blog<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #339900;\"> and we&#39;ll email you our latest and greatest music finds.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/hitsville-inpsired-tunes-for-2009\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/hitsville-inpsired-tunes-for-2009\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. John Mayer recently raved about this retro hipster on twitter and I have to say I agree. Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. \u201cMost of the best music ever made came out of Detroit,\u201d claims the singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, who counts Isaac Hayes, Leroy Hutson, Mike Terry, and Barry White among his influences, but draws the most inspiration from the music of Smokey Robinson, Curtis Mayfield, and the legendary songwriting and production trio of Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland Jr. A review reads, &quot;If honky soul is having an extended moment thanks to Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, and Jamie Lidell, Mayer Hawthorne probably has no clue. Hawthorne (n\u00e9 Andrew Cohen) is trapped in a time-stop circa 1976, and his immaculate debut is replica music, constructed and buffed to a high sheen. Drawing on Holland-Dozier- Holland\u2019s crisp, 180-second soul classics, the Michigan-born Hawthorne gorgeously apes the Temptations on \u201cI Wish It Would Rain\u201d and \u201cJust Ain\u2019t Gonna Work Out.\u201d There\u2019s hardly an original thought here,&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/hitsville-inpsired-tunes-for-2009\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[535,536,537,534],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-to-groove-to","tag-a-strange-arrangement","tag-just-aint-going-to-work-out","tag-maybe-so-maybe-no","tag-mayer-hawthorne"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}