Michael McDonald has just issued a timely new single.
McDonald's jazzy take on Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" was recorded at a Southern California club several months ago. He says, "It's just live. A couple of tracks are with local musicians in Santa Barbara, just musicians I play with in the different local haunts there. I decided to pull them in for a little project. Everything is live. I'm playing live and singing live."
The brilliance of Marvin's nearly 50 year-old composition -- written with Obie Benson of The Four Tops and Motown tunesmith Al Cleveland -- shines in its opening line. "There's too many of you crying… There's far too many of you dying" could easily be ripped from today's headlines.
