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TOMMY HOEHN & VAN DUREN - BLUE ORANGE (2002)

Memphis musician and power-pop scene staple Tommy Hoehn has died.

Hoehn, known for his solo work and collaborations with Big Star members Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, had been battling cancer for the past year. The 55-year-old Hoehn died on Thursday night at Methodist University Hospital. Source

PPC pays tribute to the fabulous Tommy Hoehn with his last official release "Blue Orange".

Tommy Hoehn and Van Duren are both veterans of the original power pop movement. Based in Memphis and finding each other to be kindred musical spirits, they banded together in the '90s to make some easygoing adult pop. On "Blue Orange", their second recording together, Hoehn and Duren pursue a blue-eyed soul-tinged path not unlike the one forged by John Hiatt or fellow southerner Don Dixon. Laid-back tempos, lots of thick Hammond organ, twangy guitars, and impassioned vocals are the order of the day from beginning to end.

Songs
Your Beautiful Self / Red / Renee / Bad for You / Black Little Book / Love Overtakes Me / Anytime / Side Effect / Heart Burning Down / Goodbye to Us / Drowning in Waves of Light