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RIP Marvin Sease

LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
edited February 2011 in Strut Central
Southern blues/modern soul singer.

I always liked Candy Licker.

RIP

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  • GenePontecorvoGenePontecorvo 5,612 Posts
    R.I.P.
  • MurdockMurdock 542 Posts
    I love candy licker. My homie was dj'n a wedding and the father of the bride requested that song.... lol.
  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    Some time not so long ago on a message board not too far away, I got to mix it up with your man and mine, pickwick33:

    pickwick:
    sorry for the free plug, but there was no way i was gonna keep it to myself...

    Me and my friend John - a/k/a
    THE EAST OF EDENS SOUL EXPRESS
    will be deejaying classic soul 45's at
    THE CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL
    in Grant Park!!
    Jackson Blvd. & Columbus Drive
    ALL THREE DAYS AT THE ROUTE 66 STAGE!!!
    June 12, 13, 14 - 7 PM on Friday, 6:30 on Saturday & Sunday (until!!)
    BELIEVE IT!!!if you're not doing anything after the fest,
    check us out on Saturday night at
    THE HIDEOUT
    1354 W. Wabansia
    11:30 PM-whenever!!! (it's like that)

    Also:
    THE RABBIT FACTORY SOUL REVUE
    featuring Ralph "Soul" Jackson, Harvey Scales and Wiley & the Checkmates
    will be appearing at
    Bluesfest on Sunday on the Front Porch stage (4:45; 6:00)

    hope to see y'all around...keep on keepin' on

    me:
    Hey, for anyone who makes it down to
    THE CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL
    to check out my man
    PICKWICK33
    make sure to check in with your dude
    JAMES
    working my side hustle at
    THE NON-PERMIT PHOTO BOOTH
    where we have one of those big plywood things with the cut-out for your face so that
    YOU AND YOUR LADY
    can recreate your favorite
    MARVIN SEASE ALBUM COVER!

    You can pose in the
    FOREGOUND
    wearing a
    PROCESS
    and a you-know-how-it-goes-player shrug,
    while your lady is in the
    BACKGROUND
    looking all
    SOFT-FOCUS

    Or
    VICE VERSA

    The non-permit photo booth
    IS NOT HERE TO JUDGE

    Photos are five bucks. For seven, I'll hop in there with you.

    For exact location, call the number on the flyer. To get a flyer, call the number.

    Peace!

    pickwick:
    When I saw Marvin Sease live some time back, on a soul-blues package show, he was grabbing his crotch like the IRS was threatening to take it away.

    To be truthful, several of the other male acts were doing it too, but at least they did it in time to the music. Sease just did it randomly for no reason.

    You should hear that live version of "Candy Licker" on the album pictured above (where he's feeding the woman cherries in bed on the cover)...he gets on some serious Ray Stevens "The Streak" steez during the spoken intro - "I'M GONNA TAKE OFF ALL MY SHIT!"

    So, if you decide to have your photo taken by
    JAMES
    at the
    CHICAGO BLOOZE FESTIVAL
    near the
    OUTHOUSE STAGE,
    then make sure James gets in the picture with you
    AND MAKE HIM TAKE OFF ALL HIS SHIT
    cause if Marvin Sease can do it, we ALL can

    R.I.P.
    ("The last 'P'--well, that's not that simple...")
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    and I'm still disappointed that James didn't
    TAKE OFF ALL HIS SHIT
    at the Bluesfest photo booth!
    (crotch-grab optional)

    Seriously, though...

    What was probably the most intriguing thing about Marvin Sease is that he recorded for major labels, which in this day and age is an achievement for a chitlin-circuit sanger with a jheri curl. He wasn't on Malaco or Ichiban, his records came out on companies like London, Mercury and Jive. This didn't change his demographic any - as far as I know, no contemporary hit radio PD ever heard the censored "Candy Licker" and thought, "hey, he's on the same label as Bananarama - maybe we should add this to the playlist!" When he first came out, I'd seen the records turn up in the stores and thought he was another Vandross or Freddie Jackson, purely based on his label affiliation...then I saw him at a local soul-blues revue alongside Clarence Carter and Bobby Bland and quickly realized different...rest in peace, man.
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    The 30-something to 60-something black woman in the South love them some Marvin Sease.

    #1 requested artist on a radio show I did bitd.

    RIP....And I'm positive James nailed what the P stands for.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    About the same time Candy Licker was a hit, I saw a guy open for Bobby Bland.
    Same type of Southern, dirty, soul/blues.
    His hit was a remake of Froggy Went A Courtin. Played it twice in a 40 minute set.

    Anyone know who that was?
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