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Lou Rawls R.I.P.

Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
edited January 2006 in Strut Central
Damn, Respect...
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  • On_the_Red_ClayOn_the_Red_Clay 1,728 Posts
    C u when we get there, Lou.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Sad indeed. RIP.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    on no.

  • PEKPEK 735 Posts
    Damn, Respect...

  • JoshDJoshD 215 Posts
    "You've made ME so very happy"

    Sad news, god bless.
    Respect
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    R.I.P.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    I just saw an ad for a benefit he was scheduled to be at, honoring Stevie Wonder.
    DCdigga told me this weekend Rawls was in a bad way....this is sad news for sure.

    Peace go with you, Mr. Rawls.

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    If anyone wants to write a memorial post for Soul-Sides.com (with songs if you like), I'd welcome the contribution.

    PM me.
  • CousinLarryCousinLarry 4,618 Posts
    Sad, much respect RIP.
  • 99Problems99Problems 1,541 Posts
    Sad, much respect RIP.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Sad sad news, had a pretty crazy life from what I know.

    He'll be missed.
  • pacmanpacman 1,114 Posts
    Sad, much respect RIP.

    I'll put Tobacco Road on the platter when I get home..........
  • MoogManMoogMan Sao Paulo, Brazil 1,173 Posts
    Sad, much respect RIP.




    Peace
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    Sad, much respect RIP.

    I'll put Tobacco Road on the platter when I get home..........
    Yes, L. Rawls albums are gonna get played tonight. RIP.
  • Mr_Lee_PHDMr_Lee_PHD 2,042 Posts
    RIP.

    I'm playing your BOMB version of For What Its Worth man.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Oooh, You'll never find, as long as you live
    Someone who loves you tender like I do
    You'll never find, no matter where you search
    Someone who cares about you the way I do

    Whoa, I'm not braggin' on myself, baby
    But I'm the one who loves you
    And there's no one else, no-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh one else

    You'll never find, it'll take the end of all time
    Someone to understand you like I do
    You'll never find the rhythm, the rhyme
    All the magic we shared, just us two

    Whoa, I'm not tryin' to make you stay, baby
    But I know some how, some day, some way
    You are (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    You're gonna miss my lovin' (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    You're gonna miss my lovin' (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    You're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my lo-o-ove

    Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    Late in the midnight hour, baby (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    When it's cold outside (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    You're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my lo-o-ove

    You'll never find another love like mine
    Someone who needs you like I do
    You'll never see what you've found in me
    You'll keep searching and searching your whole life through
    Whoa, I don't wish you no bad luck, baby
    But there's no ifs and buts or maybes

    You're gonna, You're gonna miss (miss my lovin')
    You're gonna miss my lovin' (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    I know you're gonna my lovin' (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    You're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my lo-o-ove

    Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    Late in the midnight hour, baby (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    When it gets real cold outside (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    I know, I know that you are gonna miss my lo-o-ove

    Let me tell you that you're gonna miss my lovin'
    Yes you will, baby (you're gonna miss my lovin')
    When I'm long gon
    I know, I know, I know that you are gonna miss my lovin...
  • JayGeeJayGee 313 Posts
    My mate who never plays his soul records anymore pulled
    out "Too Much" yesterday and thew it on.
    His version of "It's an uphill..." rocks my world.

    RIP!
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    RIP Mr. Rawls. Your shell might be gone but your music will live on.



    This might seem corny, but my first introduction to Lou Rawls was

    listening to the songs from the Garfield cartoons on TV as a little kid.

    I remember thinking: who is this guy singing?

    My mother told me who it was, and that voice has been in my mind garden ever since.



    "Southside Blues/Tobacco Road" from the live album is on the platter while I'm writing this.

    Unfadeable.
  • Garcia_VegaGarcia_Vega 2,428 Posts
    RIP one of the greatest soul singers of all time.

    At least he's not suffering anymore, his medical problems late in life were very serious.
    Rest at last.
  • 33thirdcom33thirdcom 2,049 Posts
    R.I.P.
  • dCastillodCastillo 1,963 Posts
    This is nuts.

    He was just singing the national anthem for our White Sox. Hard to believe somebody can go so soon.

    R.I.P. to a man with an authentic voice and a class apart from everyone else.

  • whatwhatwhatwhat 89 Posts
    Oooh, You'll never find, as long as you live
    Someone who loves you tender like I do
    You'll never find, no matter where you search
    Someone who cares about you the way I do

    RIP. The man was real.

    When I first met my to-be-future-wife, this was the song that was playing the first time we kissed.

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    This is nuts.

    He was just singing the national anthem for our White Sox.

    People forget that even though he was L.A.-based, he was Chicago-born, and often repped the Chi in his monologues. "Tobacco Road" was written by a Nashville songwriter (the great John D. Loudermilk), but Lou made it an anthem for ghettos all over the world, combining urban despair with grim determination (to get the hell out, then come back and help others out). R.I.P.
  • mrpekmrpek 627 Posts
    Dang my son and I were bumping "uphill climb to bottom" last night... Dude had a one of a kind voice
  • troublemantroubleman 1,928 Posts
    I remember seeing dude at a Tower of Power concert like 5 years ago. He was very short statured but what an incredible voice. He even went onstage and sang with them a couple songs, which made that concert go from to
  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    RIP. I had the great pleasure of seeing him at a supper club here in DC back in 88 or 89 and he tore it up. A total pro with a God given voice.
  • theory9theory9 1,128 Posts
    Damn, Respect...


  • idiotproofidiotproof 880 Posts
    Whoah, I was just listening to that Axelrod comp 'The Edge', earlier this evening & that '...Happy' song came on & then thinking to myself i don't really know much of his music.

    I also only just dl'd 'Season of the Witch' from 16corner's blog.





    Could someone recommned a primo album by him.
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,526 Posts
    R.I.P

  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Just had a small tribute to Lou last month....
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