Donny Hathaway – I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
a great musician and soul artist, now little remembered
If you don’t know the peerless music of Donny Hathaway, I suggest you amend this hole in your musical world as soon as possible. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know has a beautiful, tender lyric which shines out from the glut of macho posturing, and Donny’s sincerity is a touchstone for all serious vocalists.
I wish contemporary R&B and soul singers would study his delivery, not only for the emotional sincerity he imparts, but for his use of space. The pauses he leaves in this minor key number are delicious, bitter-sweet, poignant, and lend an entirely saccharine-free profundity to the song.
His strange death is still an open book, a case not quite solved. Roberta Flack said of him, “People compare him to Otis (Redding), but Donny was greater. He was not only a singer, but also a composer, arranger, conductor, singer and teacher.”
Sweet brilliance. Enjoy…
“Donny Hathaway - I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know"