Unfortunately, Atlantic's A Donny Hathaway Collection, one of the few career retrospectives available (and basically the only one in print), isn't quite definitive; it presents a version of Hathaway's career inordinately focused on his commercially successful duets with Roberta Flack, and his slowest, most dirge-like solo recordings. A few of his best up-tempo tracks are represented ("The Ghetto," his live cover of "What's Going On"), but not before haunted material like "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know," and "Giving Up." Admittedly, his duets with Flack are among the best recordings of his career, ranging from the depressed ("Where Is the Love") to the atmospheric ("The Closer I Get to You") to the downright driving ("Back Together Again"). But A Donny Hathaway Collection neglects far too much material from his two greatest solo albums, 1970s Everything Is Everything and 1973's Extension of a Man, to be considered the perfect first choice. It may simply be a matter of embellishing the myth of the tortured artist, but this doesn't present both sides of the Hathaway legend.
www.lanier2.imeem.comDonny Hathaway was born in Chicago, IL, but grew up in St. Louis, MO. He and his wife, Eulaulah, had two daughters, Lalah and Kenya.He began singing in a church choir with his grandmother at the age of 3. He also began playing piano as a child, and by the time he was a teenager, his prowess at the piano earned him a fine arts scholarship to Howard University in 1964. He att...
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So, I had to throw in my 2 centavos, because I see all of these people looking for Xmas music, and, to the best of my knowledge, no one has mentioned this song. What song, you ask? Why, "This Christmas," by Donny Hathaway. It's about as soulful as Christmas music gets, and Donny's voice is like BUTTER, man. Like butter. It is the greatest Christmas song ever recorded. Go on, attempt to refute m...
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www.lanier2.imeem.comDonny Hathaway was born in Chicago, IL, but grew up in St. Louis, MO. He and his wife, Eulaulah, had two daughters, Lalah and Kenya.He began singing in a church choir with his grandmother at the age of 3. He also began playing piano as a child, and by the time he was a teenager, his prowess at the piano earned him a fine arts scholarship to Howard University in 1964. He att...
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So, I had to throw in my 2 centavos, because I see all of these people looking for Xmas music, and, to the best of my knowledge, no one has mentioned this song. What song, you ask? Why, "This Christmas," by Donny Hathaway. It's about as soulful as Christmas music gets, and Donny's voice is like BUTTER, man. Like butter. It is the greatest Christmas song ever recorded. Go on, attempt to refute m...
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