Dope Beats: Mayer Hawthorne's Lonely Hearts Tour Underway, Possibly Leading to Massive Surge of Baby Making throughout North America
See what Mayer Hawthorne is grubbing on? That plate is an American classic, just like the rhythm and blues that originated from Southern deltas and perfected by Detroit’s Motown Sound. Mayer’s new album, A Strange Arrangement, is nothing but a big ass helping of chili dogs and a vanilla Coke.
His 2009 debut is soul without the “neo” prefix. One could swear they were listening to an obscure gem from Motown or Stax if they weren’t in the know. Get familiar this fall as Mayer Hawthorne and the County hit the road to bring precious slow jams to a town near you. TDR will be in attendance tonight at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop, and will bring you word of Mayer’s buttery sound tomorrow.
Until then, peep this cover of ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky,” from KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic.
