So Close To You / Reincarnation
Seven years after their last 'Americana' compilation for BBE Music, The Mighty Zaf and Mark GV Taylor present two more rare blue eyed soul cuts from across the pond: 'So Close To You' by Arthur, and 'Reincarnation' by Future Force.
Taken from his first and only solo album, 1981's 'Joy', 'So Close To You' is a sweet, folk- tinged song written by Arthur's guitarist Dean Devener and voiced by Maye Cavallaro. Hailing from New York, a diamond dealer by day and a bassist by night, Arthur joined his first band in '66. He was living in the tiny community of Inverness, just North of San Francisco when he recorded 'So Close To You', which featured mainly local musicians from the West Marin area. "Between around 1980 and 2010, if someone told me I'd see any interest let alone money from my album, I'd have thought they were hallucinating" says Arthur.
Seven years after their last 'Americana' compilation for BBE Music, The Mighty Zaf and Mark GV Taylor present two more rare blue eyed soul cuts from across the pond: 'So Close To You' by Arthur, and 'Reincarnation' by Future Force.
Taken from his first and only solo album, 1981's 'Joy', 'So Close To You' is a sweet, folk- tinged song written by Arthur's guitarist Dean Devener and voiced by Maye Cavallaro. Hailing from New York, a diamond dealer by day and a bassist by night, Arthur joined his first band in '66. He was living in the tiny community of Inverness, just North of San Francisco when he recorded 'So Close To You', which featured mainly local musicians from the West Marin area. "Between around 1980 and 2010, if someone told me I'd see any interest let alone money from my album, I'd have thought they were hallucinating" says Arthur.
