Just because. Just because it is a great song.......
Just because. Just because it is a great song.......
Yessir. One of the songs Lamont prepared about a year before he defected from The Hollands. "Out Here On My Own" and "Black Bach" are both great examples of the creative chemistry that existed between He and McKinley Jackson. Produced Freda Payne's album,Produced Clarence Carter's album,Hooked up a joint for Popcorn Wylie,Did a single for Reggie Garner,Was Billboard's "Best New Artist" in 1974. Yes my man Marv, for a time he and McKinley tore it up at ABC Records, but it started here. Still waiting for the unreleased "Prophecy" album from 1975 that was completed shortly before his contract expired and he went with Warner Brothers. Hope those tapes didn't go up in flames,I think we'd have that one freshly remastered by now.
Last edited by Quinn; 07-08-2019 at 11:08 PM.
Sorry guys i hate this song,yes i have it but never have liked it.
Marv, thanks for posting. This is the first time I have ever heard this song. To be honest, I have heard a lot of songs that don't motivate me, however, if this were available today and I was still buying 45s as I did way back then, I definitely would buy it.
I think he wandered off topic by getting political , too jarring , but I always enjoyed this song [[TRYING TO HOLD ON moreso)
Two things, why did Lamont seem to be a little downtrodden/sullen during this period? Man, the man has a history of writing umpteen number one songs! That has to be quite satisfying. Why so heavy ?
Second, I wonder how many in the Soul Train Gang even fully understood who this was, that was performing in front of them ?
Was listening to "Fish Ain't Bitin'" only a couple of weeks ago and that got me onto Four Tops' "Midnight Flower". Those ex-Invictus staff tracks were good.
The Holland Brothers were essential and indispensable to Lamont’s success at Motown.
Equally essential and indispensable to Lamont’s success post Motown was McKinley Jackson. He was Lamont’s other half in most of Lamont’s creative endeavours both for himself and for Clarence Carter, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Freda Payne, Popcorn Wylie, Ben E. King, Margie Joseph, Zingara, Future Flight, The Originals, Bobby Hutton, Garland Green, Z Z Hill, Aretha Franklin, etc etc.
Four of the Prophecy tracks from the lost album were released as part of the Expansion Records CD on Lamont Dozier’s ABC output.
cheers
Mike
SUCH A GREAT SONG!
"I'm running last in this human race
Trying to get over this hopeless place..."
great line
You had an[8th grade picnic]??? You must've went to school in[utopia]hehehe...the closest we ever got to a picnic was if they moved your table next to the one window that wasn't painted black and you could get a peek at rock quarry across the street!
I can assure you I know it.
Nine years ago when I joined the forum, I put into my profile Favourite artist Lamont Dozier, Favourite Album Love and Beauty, Favourite song Trying To Hold On To My Woman. Nine years later not much has changed other than I would say Out Here On My Own is my favourite album. A lot of us in the UK were thrilled to see Lamont issue a genuine solo album as opposed to Love And Beauty which also featured Brian Holland. Out Here On My Own is the top album of all time to my ears.....every song a gem. And the most extraordinary killer fact? Lamont is not credited with composing a single song. McKinley Jackson is the producer and composer/ co composer on every song, not Lamont. That is why I believe McKinley has been as responsible for Lamont's post motown success as much as Lamont himself on all the artists he has recorded
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Quinn, to be honest, I was a teenager at that time and was not thinking about Lamont Dozier and Scherrie Payne like that. I know that when he ran into Mary Wilson at a party in LA during the latter part of 1973, she told him she was looking for a new singer for the Supremes. Lamont recommended his girlfriend Scherrie Payne. So that tells me that they were a couple at least during that time.
"Fish ain't bitin'" received a bit of airplay in the UK.
Marv, Snakepit, appreciate your responses....this is a fabulous piece of work...
Quite amazing and arguably the last true soul album before the disco disaster which ultimately killed the artform of soulmusic.
It is always interesting to me how a block of songs can stir up vivid memories. This was one, along with Rock Your Baby by George McCrae, Skin Tight by the Ohio Players, The Love of Money by the O'Jays, along with some others that bring back memories of the summer of 1974 for me.
I'm with you Mike...although "Black Bach" was my favourite. I had the ABC and some of the WBs aalbums. I know I missed his later stuff but also amongst my VERY favourites is "California Sunset".
I had tickets to see him this year but Alas it didn't happen.
snakepit, I also had a refund on the cancelled London concert due to Lamont's health issues. In all honesty, I was not confident I would have come away ecstatic as I am not impressed with the work produced on him by Fred Mollin. I like soul music, not the supper club treatments on Reimagination. Lamont should have stuck with McKinley Jackson.
My favourite track on Black Bach..... Put Out My Fire
Yes I was wary of his repackaged Motown hits.. I wasn't looking forward to that element of the show.
About time I played these albums again.
Here's another one that you don't hear often, but I liked very much:
I'm pretty sure that I had my photo taken with Lamont's ex wife at Hitsville in 1994
Last edited by snakepit; 07-18-2019 at 04:32 PM.
When Lamont sings about "Phase I, Phase II....." he is singing about economic plans put forth by the Nixon Administration that were not working for most Americans at that time.
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