Mighty Sam McClain - Never Too Busy (1971) early Malaco rare soul funk Stax songwriter Joe Shamwell

This upbeat soul funk anthem with soaring horns and great backing vocals should have been a big hit for Mighty Sam McClain, and if it had, might have helped usher in the disco revolution a little bit sooner. Released in 1971 on Jackson, MS-based Malaco, only the fourth record ever issued by the label.  The A-side was “Mr. & Mrs. Untrue,” a touching soul poem to a cheating couple in love.  “Never Too Busy” was the stunning B-side, a song judged immortal from its first note. Co-produced by label owner Tommy Couch, and written by Joe Shamwell, who was a fairly prolific songwriter for Stax artists like Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas and Johnnie Taylor.

Mighty Sam McClain was a singer/songwriter who released many great but underappreciated soul records in the 60s and early 70s. If Malaco hadn’t been a brand new label, who knows, “Never Too Busy” could have changed up the entire course of dance music history.

But instead, it was sadly McClain’s last record for fifteen years.  He eventually dropped out of the music industry, worked menial jobs, and ended up homeless.  Then, in the mid-eighties, the Neville Brothers helped get him back on track, and he began a highly successful second act as a blues artist.

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Happy Heavenly 80th Birthday to Mighty Sam McClain (April 15, 1943 – June 15, 2015).

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