1973 Songs: Brother Louie

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Before I hobble on out of here toward a new adventure (I took a tumble in the Noccalula Falls gorge yesterday…just a bruise and a cut and a “hey, dummy, you’re 63 now you shouldn’t be doing this!” gripe from my body ) I’ll present another tune from the great music year of 1973. Let’s go back half a century for this! Brother Louie - Stories And I was a couple of years ago years old before I realized the lead vocalist on this song is a man. . It’s Ian Lloyd, who’s had a long career as a session musician and songwriter/producer. He formed Stories with a member of the band Left Banke (“Walk Away Renee”), and they had a couple of hits in the mid-70s before disbanding. And a honky at that! There’s a lot of soul in that voice! This was the bigger of their chart successes, a cover of the interracial love song written by and originally performed by the British soul band Hot Chocolate (of “You Sexy Thing” fame). And yeah, I thought it was a black woman singing lead. Hope Ian Lloyd considers that a compliment! Brother Louie Written by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson Recorded by Stories From About Us, 1973 He took her home to meet his mama and papa: