As Nasty as He Wanted to Be: Remembering Marvin Sease
by Mark Anthony Neal | TheLoop21
Marvin Sease is not a name that will ever be included in a list of great Soul singers—and perhaps that is the way he might have wanted it. The singer, who died this week (Feb. 8) just shy of turning 65, will probably be most remembered as a cornerstone of the Southern Soul circuit for the past two decades.
Against all odds, his career didn’t take off until he was in his 40, and despite not getting any radio support for his music, he managed to become a star in a genre many thought had long been left for dead. Marvin Sease was a throwback to a time when Black performers could only be concerned with putting in a night’s work on stage and making sure that audiences had enough of a good time to come back again the next night.
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by Mark Anthony Neal | TheLoop21
Marvin Sease is not a name that will ever be included in a list of great Soul singers—and perhaps that is the way he might have wanted it. The singer, who died this week (Feb. 8) just shy of turning 65, will probably be most remembered as a cornerstone of the Southern Soul circuit for the past two decades.
Against all odds, his career didn’t take off until he was in his 40, and despite not getting any radio support for his music, he managed to become a star in a genre many thought had long been left for dead. Marvin Sease was a throwback to a time when Black performers could only be concerned with putting in a night’s work on stage and making sure that audiences had enough of a good time to come back again the next night.
Read the Full Essay @ theLoop21
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