Marvin Sease. (Memphis, Tennessee) Blues
legend Marvin Sease died today at 64. Sease started his
career with a gospel group
called the Five Gospel Crowns
out of Charleston, South
Carolina. After singing with
them, Marvin then left at age 20 settling into New York.
There he joined another gospel
group called the Gospel Crowns.
Marvin left the gospel circuit to
form his own R&B group. In this
group Marvin Sease was accompanied by his own three
brothers and named the
backing band Sease. Sease was a staple of the
traveling chitlin circuit artists
who performed Blues festivals
and clubs over the past 4
decades. His suggestive lyrics
and rich soul singing brought him fame and steady audiences
full of fans. In 1986 he recorded
a self titled album featuring one
of his more popular songs,
“ Ghetto Man.” After limited success with this
self-produced independent
release, Sease entered a record
contract with Polygram. With
this contract, he was able to
launch his music nationally with the re-release of his self titled
L.P. on the Mercury label in
1987. This included a new ten
minute track “ Candy Licker,” which became an instant
success for Sease throughout
the South where it was steadily
played on jukeboxes. Success
came to Sease despite a lack of
airplay as the media deemed his lyrics too explicit. Over the next ten years, Sease
recorded a string of albums for
London/Mercury (Breakfast,
1987; The Real Deal, 1989; Show
Me What You Got, 1991) and
the New York-based Jive (The Housekeeper, 1993; Do You
Need a Licker?, 1994; Please
Take Me, 1996) that sold
consistently well, although none
have yet matched the
performance of the self-titled album Marvin Sease, which hit
number 14 on Billboard’ s R&B chart and number 114 on the
pop chart. Several more
releases were issued before the
’ 90s came to a close: Bitch Git It All (1997), Hoochie Momma
(1999). Women Would Rather Be
Licked was issued in early 2001.
The live CD and DVD Live with
the Candy Licker both appeared
in 2005. Marvin Sease was booked to
headline the Greensboro Blues
Festival and was scheduled to
appear with Mel Waiters, Latimore, Clarence Carter, and
Theodis Ealey on February 13.
He was also booked to headline
Cincinnati Blues Festival on
Ferbruary 18. Sease died in Vicksburg,
Mississippi. on February 8, 2011,
eight days before his 65th
birthday. The cause of death is
not yet know but sources state
that he was suffering from pneumonia.
Source:
http://www.ameriblues.com/
legend Marvin Sease died today at 64. Sease started his
career with a gospel group
called the Five Gospel Crowns
out of Charleston, South
Carolina. After singing with
them, Marvin then left at age 20 settling into New York.
There he joined another gospel
group called the Gospel Crowns.
Marvin left the gospel circuit to
form his own R&B group. In this
group Marvin Sease was accompanied by his own three
brothers and named the
backing band Sease. Sease was a staple of the
traveling chitlin circuit artists
who performed Blues festivals
and clubs over the past 4
decades. His suggestive lyrics
and rich soul singing brought him fame and steady audiences
full of fans. In 1986 he recorded
a self titled album featuring one
of his more popular songs,
“ Ghetto Man.” After limited success with this
self-produced independent
release, Sease entered a record
contract with Polygram. With
this contract, he was able to
launch his music nationally with the re-release of his self titled
L.P. on the Mercury label in
1987. This included a new ten
minute track “ Candy Licker,” which became an instant
success for Sease throughout
the South where it was steadily
played on jukeboxes. Success
came to Sease despite a lack of
airplay as the media deemed his lyrics too explicit. Over the next ten years, Sease
recorded a string of albums for
London/Mercury (Breakfast,
1987; The Real Deal, 1989; Show
Me What You Got, 1991) and
the New York-based Jive (The Housekeeper, 1993; Do You
Need a Licker?, 1994; Please
Take Me, 1996) that sold
consistently well, although none
have yet matched the
performance of the self-titled album Marvin Sease, which hit
number 14 on Billboard’ s R&B chart and number 114 on the
pop chart. Several more
releases were issued before the
’ 90s came to a close: Bitch Git It All (1997), Hoochie Momma
(1999). Women Would Rather Be
Licked was issued in early 2001.
The live CD and DVD Live with
the Candy Licker both appeared
in 2005. Marvin Sease was booked to
headline the Greensboro Blues
Festival and was scheduled to
appear with Mel Waiters, Latimore, Clarence Carter, and
Theodis Ealey on February 13.
He was also booked to headline
Cincinnati Blues Festival on
Ferbruary 18. Sease died in Vicksburg,
Mississippi. on February 8, 2011,
eight days before his 65th
birthday. The cause of death is
not yet know but sources state
that he was suffering from pneumonia.
Source:
http://www.ameriblues.com/
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