G. C. Cameron sang lead for the Spinners on "It's a Shame." A grand epitaph in my book. But he allegedly, in addition, has six voices. This one, "No Matter Where," is Curtis Mayfield. Wound tight and urban. It has a formal quality that might sound like it'd be exercise but instead is fierce and exact: "No Matter Where." A piercing urgency; if you're not getting down to it on the dancefloor you're on the edge of your seat. He also, reputably, does Smokey Robinson, The Isley Brothers, and Willie Hutch, any of them half as good as his Curtis and he's legend. Oh yeah, and "No Matter Where" was on rotation in the NYC dance clubs in 1973, as I learned from Vince Aletti's Disco Files. The classic era disco desktop reference book.
Thank God It's Disco Friday.
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