Wikipedia Genre: No Wikipedia, but soul, southern rock
Home: Decatur, AL
Poster Position: Third Quarter - Line 18
Day: Sunday.
Weekend One Only.
T-Mobile Stage at 12:45.
Thoughts: Listening to this fella has been really weird, because he appears on a single called "Ms. Mocha," by an R&B crooner named Wade Brown, and so each time that song keeps popping up in the playlist, my brain does a hard left and is like "oh wait, this guy is D'Angelo?" it is very offputting. Because his normal music is pretty dang soulful, but it still sounds like a white dude cranking out the soul through the red hair coifed atop his head.
Thoughts: Listening to this fella has been really weird, because he appears on a single called "Ms. Mocha," by an R&B crooner named Wade Brown, and so each time that song keeps popping up in the playlist, my brain does a hard left and is like "oh wait, this guy is D'Angelo?" it is very offputting. Because his normal music is pretty dang soulful, but it still sounds like a white dude cranking out the soul through the red hair coifed atop his head.
He started playing the guitar as a teenager, and then appeared on America's Got Talent. Dude looks terrified. Not sure if it is the glasses or the paleness, but
I think he was trying to be something he is not on that show - dude is a soul singer, not a pop thing. Prior to that appearance, a cover of a Ray Charles song had gone viral and gotten him a taste of fame. But it was a cover of "Rubber Band Man," reposted by Questlove, that got the attention of Dave Cobb and a label signing. His first single available on Spotify is a cover of "Love and Happiness" that sounds legit. 1.6 million streams.
He has a 2018 self-titled EP, but otherwise nothing but singles. I assume that an album is on the way, as he has two recent singles where the newest one also includes the earlier one on the single (which is annoying to me). That newest one is kind of fun though, "Oh Shit! (I'm in Love)" with 54k streams so far.
Those horns - any good soulful rock song with horns added gets my attention. I also like how you can't really tell that he's cursing in the chorus unless you know the title of the song. Sounded more to me like he was singing "she" instead. Kind of an Alabama Shakes vibe there.
I'd go watch this guy. I wonder if he might be better suited for a smaller environment, rather than a huge field, but still, this is enjoyable...
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