Thursday, September 18, 2008

RIP Norman Whitfield
Legendary Motown producer, famous for his psychedelic soul productions for Temptations (think "Papa was a rolling stone"), Marvin Gaye, Rose Royce, Undisputed Truth, Rare Earth and more.
More here and here.

ADDED: "My thing was to out-Sly Sly Stone," Whitfield told Marvin Gaye' biographer, David Ritz. "Sly was definitely sly, and his sound was new, his grooves were incredible, he borrowed a lot from rock. He caught the psychedelic thing. He was bad. I could match him though, rhythm for rhythm, horn for horn." Link.

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