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DONNY HATHAWAY: REASSESSING HIS MUSICAL LIFE September 1973, In person interview conducted by David Nathan in London Donny Hathaway was in London on vacation after completing work on a new album, “Extensions Of A Man” and took a brief time for his only UK interview… (c) 2007, David Nathan/SCI Enterprises, All rights reserved |
BECAUSE OF the nature of its contents, it’s usual for “Blues & Soul” to be always aware of exactly who’s due to visit this country and
we normally know exactly when to expect any of our favourite soul people. But the brief visit of Donny Hathaway was initially
unheralded and unexpected – mainly because the man was here solely as a visitor as part of a vacation he’s taking in Europe.
It was hardly to be expected that Donny would publicize his arrival too much (…would you?) and courtesy of Atlantic here. “Blues &
Soul” took just a small amount of his time to ask him about his career in general.
Practically anyone with any interest in Mr. Hathaway will be aware of how he started out and how he came to the attention of Atlantic
through the late King Curtis. What motivated him to move from purely studying music (and possibly, in consequence, teaching it) to
entertaining full-time? ‘Money!” was the reply, and although I had expected it to be a bit more because of the need for artistic expression,
he reiterated that the major consideration was “that there was more money in it”.
After some time as Curtis Mayfield’s right-hand man, Donny felt the need to move on because “like Curtis, I was an innovator and I
needed to say certain things which weren’t possible whilst we were together.”
Everyone knows how Donny made his initial impact with ‘The Ghetto” and his first album really had a strong impression in the soul
world. That led him on the road to his teaming with Roberta Flack (with whom he’d studied music at university) – in itself a logical
progression. The duet produced two big hits, “Where Is The Love” and “You’ve Got A Friend: as well as being a big-selling album
together. Since then, silence from the two. Why?....
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| DONNY HATHAWAY 1973 Interview (DH-73-2007) Conducted by David Nathan, (c) 2007, David Nathan/SCI Enterprises |
