As big a loss as any the music world sustained in the last quarter century. This performance, with an appreciative Stevie Wonder in the audience, comes from the 1975 Grammy Awards. It's one of the only live bits available on YouTube by Wynne, who was so unique that other singers could only speak of "that thing in his voice."
The only Spinners song from the Kinshasa concert in Zaire documented in Soul Power is "One of A Kind (Love Affair)."
Today we pray to the great Rubberband Man in the sky for the DVD release of the full concert. Future generations deserve to witness Philippé Wynne's mad vocal genius.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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DAMN RIGHT BROTHER.PHILIPPE WYNNE WAS THE BADDEST SOULMAN IN THE 70S.WE NEED TO FIND MORE ARCHIVES OF THIS MAN.HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE SINGER. HE REALLY KNEW HOW TO TOUCH YOUR SOUL LIKE NO OTHER.DAM,WHAT A TREMENDOUS LOSS IN 1984.HIS DEATH IN 1984 WAS BASICALLY OVERLOOKED BY THE MEDIA.LIKE HE WAS NOTHING.BUT MARVIN GAYES DEATH WAS VERY, VERY, WELL PUBLICIZED IN 1984.PHILIPPE GOT NO PUBLICITY.NOW THATS A DAMN SHAME.
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