If you had asked me to speculate about which of the veteran performers on the bill at the Midland Theater last February 20 would be the first to pass away, I wouldn't have named Marvin Sease. Bobby "Blue" Bland, God bless him, was distressingly frail. Then again, I thought Bland looked shaky when I first time saw him thirty years ago. He's tough. Shirley Brown and Floyd Taylor weren't exactly doing back flips twelve months ago either. As the evening's top-billed artist, Sease delivered his signature song with gusto. Depending on the context and my mood, lewd soul-blues material like "I Ate You For My Breakfast" can either delight or offend me. Sease died earlier this week.
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9 comments:
I loved Marvin Sease -- the man and his music! The range of his voice, his mega talent, the gentleness of his spirit and the love he had for his fans and his music, will live in every person who was lucky enough to ever see him perform and hear his music.
He never acquired the fame that was due to him, but he will be remembered as one of the true masters of his craft!
He loved and respected his fans, women, the "BLUES" and God!
I know God must have needed you Marvin… I can almost hear you singing the “BLUES” ….. all the way up there from heaven -- but our world here on earth will be a little dimmer, sadder and very lonely without you!
I LOVE YOU MARVIN SEASE -- your smile, your voice, your humanity is with me and inside me forever!
Now you will receive the fame from GOD that you have rightly earned and deserve!
Rest well….. I pray your journey to “SOUL HEAVEN” was what you thought it would be -- were the trumpets playing loudly as you took your place among the angels?
“Gone On” too, too, too soon! If only “we could live our lives again”, as you say in your song…….
I just cannot stop mourning about the loss of “YOU”, the loss of “YOU”, the loss of “YOU” …….
YOU WERE AND ARE THE BEST OF THEM ALL....
It's almost been a year since Marvin Sease left us, but his contributions to the "BLUES" is solid and legendary! When they recall and honor the absolute BEST soulful rhythm and blues artists of all time -- the name on the top of the list will always be
Mr. Marvelous Marvin Sease!
Thank GOD his music, his videos, his CD's and that beautiful voice will live on through the internet, YouTube, urban-radio, as well as in the hearts and minds of every fan who ever had the privilege of seeing and hearing him perform!
Why does God always take the BEST away from us?
Your legend will triumph Marvin, you planted the seeds and showed them all -- what a REAL maverick can accomplish!
If you never heard him sing, "Dreaming", "The Price of Feeding Him", "Gone On", "Stuck in the Middle", "Let Me Dream", "I'm Still Waiting On You", "Tonight is the Night", "Is It Over" ....to name only a few -- these are just a few classics that true "BLUES" fans understand why he and his music are forever!
I'm so sorry you died Marvin Sease, it wasn't supposed to be your time, not yet!
"Gone On", but always near!
Keep looking down Marvin Sease, because we are always looking up and hearing your beautiful voice smiling upon us!!!!!!
We are loving you -- then, now and for eternity!
It's almost been a year since Marvin Sease left us, but his contributions to the "BLUES" is solid and legendary! When they recall and honor the absolute BEST soulful rhythm and blues artists of all time -- the name on the top of the list will always be
Mr. Marvelous Marvin Sease!
Thank GOD his music, his videos, his CD's and that beautiful voice will live on through the internet, YouTube, urban-radio, as well as in the hearts and minds of every fan who ever had the privilege of seeing and hearing him perform!
Why does God always take the BEST away from us?
Your legend will triumph Marvin, you planted the seeds and showed them all -- what a REAL maverick can accomplish!
If you never heard him sing, "Dreaming", "The Price of Feeding Him", "Gone On", "Stuck in the Middle", "Let Me Dream", "I'm Still Waiting On You", "Tonight is the Night", "Is It Over" ....to name only a few -- these are just a few classics that true "BLUES" fans understand why he and his music are forever!
I'm so sorry you died Marvin Sease, it wasn't supposed to be your time, not yet!
"Gone On", but always near!
Keep looking down Marvin Sease, because we are always looking up and hearing your beautiful voice smiling upon us!!!!!!
We are loving you -- then, now and for eternity!
It's almost been a year since Marvin Sease left us, but his contributions to the "BLUES" is solid and legendary! When they recall and honor the absolute BEST soulful rhythm and blues artists of all time -- the name on the top of the list will always be
Mr. Marvelous Marvin Sease!
Thank GOD his music, his videos, his CD's and that beautiful voice will live on through the internet, YouTube, urban-radio, as well as in the hearts and minds of every fan who ever had the privilege of seeing and hearing him perform!
Why does God always take the BEST away from us?
Your legend will triumph Marvin, you planted the seeds and showed them all -- what a REAL maverick can accomplish!
If you never heard him sing, "Dreaming", "The Price of Feeding Him", "Gone On", "Stuck in the Middle", "Let Me Dream", "I'm Still Waiting On You", "Tonight is the Night", "Is It Over" ....to name only a few -- these are just a few classics that true "BLUES" fans understand why he and his music are forever!
I'm so sorry you died Marvin Sease, it wasn't supposed to be your time, not yet!
"Gone On", but always near!
Keep looking down Marvin Sease, because we are always looking up and hearing your beautiful voice smiling upon us!!!!!!
We are loving you -- then, now and for eternity!
It's almost been a year since Marvin Sease left us, but his contributions to the "BLUES" are solid and legendary! When they recall and honor the absolute BEST soulful rhythm and blues artists of all time -- the name on the top of the list will always be
Mr. Marvelous Marvin Sease!
Thank GOD his music, his videos, his CD's and that beautiful voice will live on through the internet, YouTube, urban-radio, as well as in the hearts and minds of every fan who ever had the privilege of seeing and hearing him perform!
Why does God always take the BEST away from us?
Your legend will triumph Marvin, you planted the seeds and showed them all -- what a REAL maverick can accomplish!
If you never heard him sing, "Dreaming", "The Price of Feeding Him", "Gone On", "Stuck in the Middle", "Let Me Dream", "I'm Still Waiting On You", "Tonight is the Night", "Is It Over" ....to name only a few -- these are just a few classics that true "BLUES" fans understand why he and his music are forever!
I'm so sorry you died Marvin Sease, it wasn't supposed to be your time, not yet!
"Gone On", but always near!
Keep looking down Marvin Sease, because we are always looking up and hearing your beautiful voice smiling upon us!!!!!!
We are loving you -- then, now and for eternity!
It's almost been a year since Marvin Sease left us, but his contributions to the "BLUES" are solid and legendary! When they recall and honor the absolute BEST soulful rhythm and blues artists of all time -- the name on the top of the list will always be
Mr. Marvelous Marvin Sease!
Thank GOD his music, his videos, his CD's and that beautiful voice will live on through the internet, YouTube, urban-radio, as well as in the hearts and minds of every fan who ever had the privilege of seeing and hearing him perform!
Why does God always take the BEST away from us?
Your legend will triumph Marvin, you planted the seeds and showed them all -- what a REAL maverick can accomplish!
If you never heard him sing, "Dreaming", "The Price of Feeding Him", "Gone On", "Stuck in the Middle", "Let Me Dream", "I'm Still Waiting On You", "Tonight is the Night", "Is It Over" ....to name only a few -- these are just a few classics that true "BLUES" fans understand why he and his music are forever!
I'm so sorry you died Marvin Sease, it wasn't supposed to be your time, not yet!
"Gone On", but always near!
Keep looking down Marvin Sease, because we are always looking up and hearing your beautiful voice smiling upon us!!!!!!
We are loving you -- then, now and for eternity!
Marvin Sease..... that name, that artist, that talented legend of a man, with such a beautiful voice, that God HIMSELF reached through the clouds and carried him through the rainbow, in order to have him sing to all of the angels that preceded him....
When they look back on the 20th and 21st century to write the Bible of the "BLUES", from cover to cover, they will all know the name and works of the Marvelous Mr. Marvin Sease!
Mr. Marvin Sease.... let us NEVER forget this true legend who used the highs and "blues" of his relationships to teach us, through his stories and songs, the variables of lust, betrayal, redemption, passion, compassion and ultimately true
L-O-V-E, love!
The depth of this intense man, was much, much deeper than the "Candylicker"!
You are gone, but you will NEVER be silenced!
Mr. Marvin Sease.... let us NEVER forget this true legend who used the highs and "blues" of his relationships to teach us, through his stories and songs, the variables of lust, betrayal, redemption, passion, compassion and ultimately true
L-O-V-E, love!
The depth of this intense man, was much, much deeper than the "Candylicker"!
You are gone, but you will NEVER be silenced!
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