Jerry Lawson & Talk Of The Town
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Persuasions fans & music lovers everywhere have reason to be ecstatic. Jerry Lawson, lead singer of the legendary a cappella group for 40 years & 22 albums, is back...and he "still ain't got no band."

After leaving the Persuasions in 2003, Lawson announced that he was absolutely through with
a cappella forever. Jazz combos and big bands beckoned. But on his way to Russia to record a solo album with the Moscow Philharmonic, fate revealed other plans.

Along came Talk of the Town, an a cappella group that had been waiting for Lawson for 35 years---really. Jerry has just finished what he regards as the masterpiece of his life--creating harmonies he long dreamed of, but could never realize. So remarkable was the chance meeting of Lawson and his new group that it was all filmed for a forthcoming documentary. The documentary includes Rod Stewart trading lead with Jerry.on the Katrina fundraiser which can be seen here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1N7lbR-x-8


The new CD, Jerry Lawson: Talk of the Town, features 20 stunning tracks (recorded on good old, warm analog) and a few wonderful guests. Lawson: from A cappella to A cappella. The odds of it all happening are almost as good as winning the lottery.
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  • Members:
    Jerry Lawson: Lead, Rayfield Ragler: Bass, Paul Carrington, Baritone, Carl Douglas:First Tenor, Stan Lockwood: 2nd Tenor
  • Sounds Like:
    Nothing you've ever heard
  • Influences:
    Roy Hamilton, David Ruffin, Sam Cooke, Brook Benton, The Persuasions, Marvin Gaye, Elvis, Mahalia Jackson, Nat King Cole, Gladys Knight
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    05/15/07
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