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Levi Stubbs: Standing in the Shadows of Love

Submitted by dmenconi on 10/17/2008 - 15:36
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A fond farewell to Levi Stubbs, gravel-voiced leader of the Four Tops, who died at home in Detroit today. Even when serving as the voice of a bloodthirsty plant, Stubbs was one of Motown's most distinctive voices -- and also the subject of one of my favorite tribute songs of the past quarter-century.

ADDENDUM (10/19/08): Nice remembrance.  

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B.Bragg

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 23:50 — dmenconi (author)

Yep.

Were you able to interview

Sun, 10/19/2008 - 22:27 — blureu

Were you able to interview Billy to promote his upcoming Durham show on 11/1?

 

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David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.

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