R.I.P. Emitt Rhodes

[Buttler]

So sorry to hear he passed away...

[orioles70]

an obi-tribute of sorts for Emitt

www.brooklynvegan.com/emitt-rhodes-rip/

[tremblinwilbury]

Pretty good stuff Buttler. I must admit I had never heard of Emitt.

I have now - thank you.

R.I.P. Mr Rhodes

[orioles70]

Emitt's early work sounds Idle Racy
reading his Wikipedia entry, there are some similarities to Jeff

the do it all himself mindset
< Rhodes wrote all of the songs on his albums. On Emitt Rhodes, Mirror, and Farewell to Paradise, he played all of the instruments and sang all of the vocals while recording himself in his home recording studio. He used a four-track recorder for the instruments for Emitt Rhodes and transferred those to an eight-track recorder to add the vocals. >

the no good, terrible, unfair recording contract
< Rhodes' contract with Dunhill called for an album every six months (six albums over three years) – a schedule that was impossible for Rhodes to meet, due to writing all of the songs and recording each instrument and vocal individually by himself.[3] Dunhill sued Rhodes for $250,000 and withheld royalties because of his failure to deliver albums on the timescale required by the contract. Emitt Rhodes took nearly a year to record, the album Mirror took nine months, and Farewell to Paradise took over a year. >

the return after a long absence
< On November 12, 2015, the announcement was made that Emitt's first album in 43 years was to be released on February 26, 2016 through Omnivore Recordings. The album is titled Rainbow Ends and is produced by Price. It features contributions from Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., Jason Falkner, Aimee Mann, Jon Brion, Susanna Hoffs, Nels Cline, Pat Sansone, Taylor Locke, Fernando Perdomo, Joe Seiders, Bleu, Probyn Gregory and Nelson Bragg. The first single, "Dog On A Chain", featuring harmonies by Mann and a solo by Brion, was premiered by the Wall Street Journal's blog Speakeasy.[9] Rainbow Ends was released to favorable reviews, including 4 star reviews from MOJO Magazine,[10] All Music Guide,[11] American Songwriter[12] and a highly favorable review in The Washington Post that said "in a better world [it] would have topped the charts in 1978 or so.">

[lasttrain929]

Just been listening to these Butler, didn’t know of his music, he had a great voice. Loved the bee gees tribute “how can you mend a broken heart”
RIP Emitt

[Buttler]

Emitt Rhodes aka The One Man Beatles...

[queenofthehours]

This is sad. I was shocked when I read Emitt had passed away. I heard about him probably at about the same time as I was discovering Jeff but because ELO required so much concentration I never dug too deep into his music.

These are the videos I discovered first -