R.I.P. Pervis Jackson, bass voice of the Spinners

[Kalo]

Obit here

[Alexander]

Funny...I just heard this news, yet I've had "One of a Kind Love Affair" running around in my head all day!

The Spinners were a wonderful group. I love their Atlantic recordings, especially with Phillipe Wynne on lead vocal!

[catesta]

The Spinners have been part of my Sunday afternoon cooking music rotation for a long time.

A great singer, a part of a great group.

RIP

[Kalo]

I still listen to them a lot, too.

They were huge when I was in my mid-to-late teens, and I dug them then -- I used to try to sing along with all the parts on "Games People Play," from Jackson's bass to the falsetto part (which sounds on the recording like they actually subbed in a female singer), back when it was big radio hit.

But I think that I appreciate them even more now: from the great Thom Bell arrangements to the sublime, improvised outros by Phillipe Wynne AKA "Rubberband Man," who's one of my favorite singers, nutbar division, up there with Leo Watson and Al Hibbler. Wynne was almost as good a singer as Al Green and might have been twice as crazy!

[danasgoodstuff]

It's great to see all the love here for Mr. Jackson. In general I've always felt group vocalists didn't get no respect, at least compared to instrumentalists, any thoughts on why? Should probably start a new thread on whether any new groups compare to the Spinners, Temps, et al.

I'll Be Around...

Dana