By bcnyc (152.163.252.68) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 10:14 am:

Howard Tate "Rediscovered"

Rediscovered, the first new album from legendary R&B vocalist Howard Tate in nearly thirty years, and one of the most remarkable career comebacks in the annals of popular music, to be released on Private Music / Arista Associated Labels, July 1.

One of the most distinctive and dynamic vocalists in the entire R&B idiom, Howard Tate first burst into the national spotlight in 1967 with the release of his seminal debut album Get It While You Can, produced by Jerry Ragovoy and featured such hits as "Look At Granny Run Run", "Stop" and "Ain't Nobody Home" It was followed in 1974 by "Ain't Got Nobody To Give It To", but by then Tate had grown disillusioned with the music business and, shortly after its release, dropped out of sight.

Rediscovered reunites Tate with renowned songwriter and producer Jerry Ragovoy and features eleven new Ragovoy originals composed especially for the project, including a track co-written with Elvis Costello. The album also highlights Tate's electrifying rendition of the Prince classic, "Kiss"

In the ensuing three decades following Tate's disappearance, he endured a harrowing ordeal that included the death of a daughter and a protracted struggle with drug and alcohol addiction. It was in 1994, homeless and destitute, that Tate experienced a powerful religious conversion, which led him to establish and pastor the Gift of the Cross Church in his native Philadelphia.

His reuniting with legendary songwriter/producer, Jerry Ragovoy is a marriage made in R&B heaven: great songs and production showcasing Howard's exquisitely heartfelt singing.

Recorded near Ragovoy’s home in Atlanta, Georgia, Rediscovered features a top-notch studio line-up, including performances by the famed Uptown Horns. Produced by Jerry Ragovoy, it also highlights such Ragovoy originals as Mama Was Right, Sorry Wrong Number, All I Know Is The Way I Feel, and Either Side Of The Same Town co-written with Elvis Costello.

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 10:48 am:

Wouldn't Howard Tate be GREAT for a PBS special?

By mhc (172.203.136.242) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 12:12 pm:

I saw and heard Howard perform a lot of this material at the Village Underground in NY last December and it was very moving. I thought to myself, "This is about as good as it gets..". Can't wait to buy the CD.

By Fred (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 01:50 pm:

Howard will be doing the David Letterman show on July 15 and the CBS Early Show (interview and performance) sometime the week of July 1. He's also taped material for a 60 Minutes feature to run in the fall.

BMG/Arista have really gotten behind the CD, so you can expect to see a lot of print stuff as well as the TV exposure in the next couple weeks.

The new CD is worthy of standing next to the Verve and Atlantic LPs. I have been listening to a CD of the set list for the July 1 show and it is incredible how the material from the new CD is perfectly seamless with the older stuff.

Commercial plug: The new CD can be preordered from Amazon.com. If you order it, you can stream the entire CD now and not wait until the release date.

By MEL&THEN SOME (212.159.49.125) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 01:50 pm:

Great artist Howard Tate,
I have quite a bit of his material and was first turned on to his music many years ago.
He is long overdue some recognition and I for one wish him all the best in everything that he is involved in.
Right-On Howard
we never forgot about you man
mel/and the uk northern soul scene.

By Fred (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 01:53 pm:

And a P.S. to the original post in this thread. Much of the CD wasn't recorded "near" Jerry Ragovoy's home, they were recorded IN Jerry Ragovoy's home. (I was there, and it was one of the great thrills of my life to see the two legends working together). The rest was done in a studio in NY.

By TonyRussi (68.210.7.184) on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 02:43 pm:

This is so cool!!I saw Howard Tate perform in 1966 at the Orlando Auditorium as part of the Joe Tex-Mary Wells Show.I still listen to "Ain't Nobody Home" "Look At Granny Run Run" and "Stop" all the time.