That's where he'll be heading, if he's not there already.
Earlier today, singer Peabo Bryson died. He was 75.
From what I'm understanding, he suffered a stroke on May 31st. He would never recover. Will I and all of his fans around the world recover from his passing? All in due time, but this one's tough.
Bryson was one of those singers who I continued to listen to through the years, even after he stopped releasing new music (which I erroneously thought was in 1991). As far as I'm concerned, his library of music is and will remain timeless, even more so now that he's gone.
Mom absolutely loved him and by extension, so did I. As the years progressed and in particular, as R&B deteriorated in quality well after 2000, I found myself clinging to the artists of yesteryear. I've said this before and I'll probably say it again, but with the quality of the music and artists of today, as singers of old gradually start to pass away, there is no one taking the mantle and replacing them. So, in some respects, the music is steadily dying. I will have no choice but to seek refuge in those tunes of old. Actually, I've been doing that for years, so really, I'm not doing anything new.
Peabo is gone now. He now joins James Ingram, Luther Vandross, Roberta Flack, and Donny Hathaway, among countless others. May all these angels rest in peace.
Enjoy these Peabo Bryson classics, four of many, just as I will continue to do until the end of my years.
This is one of the earliest Peabo Bryson songs that I can recall and it may be, in fact, the first song of his that I had ever heard. It was released back in 1984. Call it an introduction.
One of two duets by Bryson and Roberta Flack that I'm aware of. This is a great and timeless long song. This was released in 1983.
This is the other duet that I know of by Bryson and Flack. This song was originally performed by Flack and Donny Hathaway back in 1977 and appears on Flack's album, "Blue Lights In The Basement". Hathaway tragically died in 1979. Both versions are excellent.
This was one of the last songs that I remember Bryson releasing, this one all the way back in 1991 (June 4th, to be exact - almost 30 years ago to the day as of this writing), from the album, "Can You Stop The Rain". After doing some research on it, I learned that he released six more albums after "Can You Stop The Rain". Clearly, I wasn't up on what Bryson was doing after 1991.
This is definitely a loss to the R&B world. There is no doubt that he will be missed.
Mom, there's another one of your favorite acts coming to join you.
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