I recorded this for you guys in Charlottesville, VA for a 106.1 The Corner radio spot at my studio. I also included my credit information with your audio files, but if you are still looking to give credit where due, my name is James McLaughlin, and this was recorded in Charlottesville, VA.

While the AWB did an excellent remake, this is Isley Bros' original work.

Mayer is so slept on. This is my first time hearing this, and I'm beyond impressed. Rock it on out!!

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)

'Prisoner' as featured on the album 'Bye Bye 17' out now on Cult Records.

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Prisoner (feat. Fabrizio Moretti)

A good song is a good song regardless of what style it is. I wanted to test my songwriting to see if it would hold up when performed a completely different way. What do you think?

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The Stars Are Ours (Mayer's Disco Version)

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Benet - Floating

Reality Is Falling - WTF

Reality Is Falling (Remix) [feat. Stung up]

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Cool Uncle (Bobby Caldwell & Jack Splash) - Game Over (feat. Mayer Hawthorne)

Official remix by https://soundcloud.com/tuxedofunk

Available now on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-like-that-tux-refux-single/id1107271068

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Lyrics:
You come around
You make me sick
With that cool lovey dovey shit
You never care
How far you go
You just can't get enough of it
I bite my tongue
I bide my time
You lick your lips
You drink your wine
I keep on waiting
Waiting in line
Hoping for some kind of sign

I pretend that I don't notice
But I know down deep inside that

I want a love like that
I want a love
Strong like a heart attack
To fire me up

Call me up
Real late at night
When the sex isn't dynamite
Let's skip dessert
That mini skirt
Yeah you know it's the one I like
I wish you well
You wish me worse
I write you speeches
That sound rehearsed
I keep on reaching
But in reverse
Hoping I can break this curse

I pretend that I don't notice
But I know down deep inside that

I want a love like that
I want a love
Strong like a heart attack
To fire me up

Going out my mind
Waiting for some sign
Going out my mind and I say
Going out my mind
Waiting for some sign
Going out my mind

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Love Like That (Tux ReFux)

Soul Time!

Inspiration Information

Naturally

How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?

The Brothers Johnson   (Strawberry Letter # 23)

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

Official audio for Mayer Hawthorne’s “Over”.

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

Lyrics:
I know that it’s over
And the past is all behind
But when I’m not sober
Well you still run through my mind
I know it won’t ever
Be the way it used to be
But can you come over
‘Cause I need you here with me

We got along
We’ve got a long way to go
To get used to this
But we can take it slow
(Take it slow)
A little rust
Been a while for the both of us
I swear it’s better now
Than it ever was

But it’s all over
And the past is all behind
But when I’m not sober
Well you still run through my mind
I know it won’t ever
Be the way it used to be
But can you come over
‘Cause I need you here with me

Back when we were still together you were never this brave
Italian looking glass
With the light pink wave
(Light pink wave)
And when I broke down in old town
You were tough
Hit me one more time
One is never enough

I know that when I get up
I’m ‘a feel like shit tomorrow
But I’ll still call you up
Cause I can’t let go
But I think I know

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Over

The 'For All Time' LP is out now: https://mayerhawthorne.lnk.to/foralltime

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