Great cover from Mayer - one of his best~

this is some nice ass shit!! Dope! Cheers from Brazil! Woooord!

Great tune, it's making me wonder, what this lyrics about, can't get it, great vocals though, many times your covers are better than originals, bravo

Mayer Hawthorne had been talking for a while about releasing a free collection of cover songs for the web, and on May 11, 2011 he did just that via his Twitter account.  The collection is called Impressions and can be streamed and downloaded in the player above. Mayer's track by track descriptions are below.

1. Work To Do
This one features my live band, The County: Quentin Joseph on drums, Topher Mohr on guitar, Quincy McCrary on piano, and Joe Abrams on bass. It was recorded live in a radio station studio somewhere during our Winter 2010 US tour. The tapes recently surfaced, but nobody can remember exactly where we were. The song is originally by The Isley Brothers, and that’s the only version I was familiar with until we started playing it in our live shows and people would come up to us and say “hey, loved your cover of Average White Band!”.

2. Don’t Turn The Lights On
My favorite track from Chromeo’s latest LP. On the surface it’s an electro-funk, dance floor filler, but underneath is a brilliant love ballad with lyrics that reminded me of something from Tyrone Davis. Dave1 (of Chromeo) told me the song is about a guy who falls in love with a ghost, so I wanted my version to have an eerie, ghostly feel to it. Quincy McCrary played the creepy piano solo at the end.

3. You’ve Got The Makings Of A Lover
Textbook Northern Soul from a little known Dallas, Texas group called The Festivals. I was digging for records in NY with my homey DJ Kurse, and the shopkeeper played the 45 in the store. Both of us immediately ran up to the counter and said “yo! what is THAT?!”. The original version was recorded in the late 60s, and the mix isn’t very good. I wanted a version that I could bump. Quentin Joseph played the drums and we recorded them at Sam Beaubien’s studio in Detroit. That’s Sam playing the trumpet as well.

4. Fantasy Girl
This song was written and composed by an amazing man from Pasadena named Steve Salazar. He was born with a heart condition and passed away at the young age of 27. Before he died he recorded one incredible album of demos in the mid-70s with a band called Shorty’s Portion. Peanut Butter Wolf found a copy of the album and I loved it so much that he gave it to me (thanks Wolf!). The vinyl had a handwritten note tucked in the sleeve that was addressed to anyone who could help the band with management, a record deal, radio airplay, etc. I’d estimate there were less than 300 copies pressed. That’s my Dad playing pedal steel guitar and Topher Mohr shredding the guitar solo on my version.

5. Little Person
Jon Brion is not from this planet. He penned this song for the soundtrack to Charlie Kaufman’s film “Synecdoche, NY”. I didn’t get the film at all, but I really got the soundtrack. The original has only female vocal and piano, but I always heard a larger arrangement. Hubert Alexander played some of the piano and I did everything else.

6. Mr. Blue Sky
This one also features my band, The County, and was recorded live, in one take, in a tiny makeshift tent, at a festival in Dour, Belgium.

Impressions (The Covers EP)

Jamiroquai - "Smile"

10. Osunlade - Crazy You

This one features my live band, The County: Quentin Joseph on drums, Topher Mohr on guitar, Quincy McCrary on piano, and Joe Abrams on bass. It was recorded live in a radio station studio somewhere during our Winter 2010 US tour. The tapes recently surfaced, but nobody can remember exactly where we were. The song is originally by The Isley Brothers, and that’s the only version I was familiar with until we started playing it in our live shows and people would come up to us and say “hey, loved your cover of Average White Band!”.

Work To Do

My favorite track from Chromeo’s latest LP. On the surface it’s an electro-funk, dance floor filler, but underneath is a brilliant love ballad with lyrics that reminded me of something from Tyrone Davis. Dave1 (of Chromeo) told me the song is about a guy who falls in love with a ghost, so I wanted my version to have an eerie, ghostly feel to it. Quincy McCrary played the creepy piano solo at the end.

Don't Turn The Lights On

3. You’ve Got The Makings Of A Lover
Textbook Northern Soul from a little known Dallas, Texas group called The Festivals. I was digging for records in NY with my homey DJ Kurse, and the shopkeeper played the 45 in the store. Both of us immediately ran up to the counter and said “yo! what is THAT?!”. The original version was recorded in the late 60s, and the mix isn’t very good. I wanted a version that I could bump. Quentin Joseph played the drums and we recorded them at Sam Beaubien’s studio in Detroit. That’s Sam playing the trumpet as well.

You've Got The Makings Of A Lover

This song was composed by an amazing man from Pasadena named Steve Salazar. He was born with a heart condition and passed away at the young age of 27. Before he died he recorded one incredible album of demos in the mid-70s with a band called Shorty’s Portion. Peanut Butter Wolf found a copy of the album and I loved it so much that he gave it to me (thanks Wolf!). The vinyl had a handwritten note tucked in the sleeve that was addressed to anyone who could help the band with management, a record deal, radio airplay, etc. I’d estimate there were less than 300 copies pressed. That’s my Dad playing pedal steel guitar and Topher Mohr shredding the guitar solo on my version.

Fantasy Girl

Jon Brion is not from this planet. He penned this song for the soundtrack to Charlie Kaufman’s film “Synecdoche, NY”. I didn’t get the film at all, but I really got the soundtrack. The original has only female vocal and piano, but I always heard a larger arrangement. Hubert Alexander played some of the piano and I did everything else.

Little Person

This one also features my band, The County, and was recorded live, in one take, in a tiny makeshift tent, at a festival in Dour, Belgium. 

Mr. Blue Sky

2018 PAPI

written by Kendra Morris & Jeremy Page
mastered by Kevin Blackler at Blackler Mastering

Production and Guitars - Jeremy Page
Bass - Jeremy Siegel
Drums - Sam Merrick

Released by:
PAPI
Release date:
22 June  2018

Summertime

From a show in Mexico City with Leon Bridges this past summer

Leon Bridges - Bad Bad News

Official audio of Mayer Hawthorne’s “The Great Divide”.

Stream "The Great Divide” here: https://mayerhawthorne.lnk.to/The-Great-Divide

Lyrics:
Ahh
It’s a sticky situation
Such a small world after all
Except for the space between us
A gentleman ceremoniously waiting
To the west of the Berlin Wall
Through the great divide
While you slept in my T-shirt on the other side

But I never saw it coming
It was written on your face
And what are we becoming?
Now it’s too late to stay
Got to run
Get away

Oh no
Houston now we have a problem
Brer Rabbit lit the dynamite
And that sucka ‘bout to blow
A chivalrous hand
Mr Magic to the rescue
Fairy godfather all in white
Through the private door
Living happily ever after
Forever more

Ooh we knew that it was reckless to begin
Oh but still we threw our caution to the wind


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The Great Divide

Official audio for Mayer Hawthorne’s “Healing”.

Stream "Healing” here: https://MayerHawthorne.lnk.to/Healing

Lyrics:
Let your hair down
Not a care around
Taste the air now
That extraordinary feeling
It's healing

I'm down on bended knee
Don't close that door on me
Just hold me near
I'll be right here for you
You know it's true

Let your hair down
Not a care around
Taste the air now
That extraordinary feeling
It's healing

I haven't felt this free
Since Mike was on TV
A child at heart
It's still a part of me
It's got to be

Oh god
Can I hold on
Can I tap into that young Andrew inside
Good lord
Can I hold on
To the fabric of this magic carpet ride



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Healing

Stream / Download 'Out of Love ft. Macy Gray' here - https://bustyandthebass.lnk.to/OutOfLove

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Busty and the Bass "Out Of Love" (feat Macy Gray) [Single Version]

Official audio for Mayer Hawthorne’s “Rare Changes”

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Lyrics:
It’s been a long time
Nothing happening nothing at all
Thanking the Lord but it’s still Wednesday
Singing the same song
Got me bouncing my head off the wall
Counting the carats on your Cartier

Holding hands and
Waiting for the rare changes
To take us out of the loop
So romantic
Leavin’ on a vacation
But I’ll be home soon

It’s been a long time
Nothing happening, same as before
Am I awake or am I sleeping
Over and over
‘Til I think I can’t take any more
Love you forever
Wouldn’t change a thing

Play high key
Surprise me
Let’s eat birthday cake on a whim
We’ll tandem
At random
This diet is wearing us thin but we’re

Holding hands and
Waiting for the rare changes
To take us out of the loop
So romantic
Leavin’ on a vacation
But we’ll be home real soon

Changes
Waiting for the changes
Waiting for the rare changes


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Welcome to the official Mayer Hawthorne Channel. Mayer Hawthorne is a Grammy-nominated, singer, songwriter, DJ, and producer based in Los Angeles, CA. His fourth studio album - Man About Town – was released on Vagrant/BMG in April 2016. Mayer's past albums were released on Stones Throw Records and Republic Records. He also performs as part of Tuxedo and Jaded Incorporated.

Rare Changes

The 'Rare Changes' LP is out now: https://mayerhawthorne.lnk.to/RareChanges

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