“She had a very unique voice, a very different voice. For some reason, it just never translated in the US like it did in the UK, where she had a massive following.”
Last week, THE HUB remembered the artistry of the UK’s Lavine Hudson. She collaborated with Marvin L. Winans on her debut album, Intervention, on a beautiful song entitled “Home”.
Recently, I caught up with Winans, renowned gospel singer and pastor of Perfecting Church in Detroit, who graciously shared his memories of working with the beautiful British songstress.
“The first time The Winans went to the UK, we were in London performing a series of sold-out concerts at the Shaw Theatre, and Lavine was the local act,” Winans warmly remembered. “We became friends with her and her family, and she said she wanted to work with me. After our performances [in the UK], she came over to our studio in Detroit, and we put the song together.”
“Home” was one of the highlights from Hudson’s Intervention album. Winans remembered her one-of-a-kind artistry.
“She had a very unique voice, a very different voice,” Winans said. “For some reason, it just never translated in the US like it did in the UK, where she had a massive following.”
“Her reach extended past the UK and throughout Europe, actually,” Winans continued. “She wound up touring with Joe Cocker, and they toured Spain and France, as I recall. She was much bigger in Europe than she was in the States.”
Soon after Hudson’s released her sophomore effort, Between Two Worlds, she was diagnosed with lupus. After a long battle with the disease, she died in 2017 at the age of 55.
“Lavine was very nice, and I was so hurt that she had that disease that crippled her and took her out,” Winans said. “The steroids or whatever medication they were giving her prohibited her from singing and continuing on. I was just so hurt about her, because she was such a lovely person.”
Come back next week for more memories from Marvin L. Winans of The Winans. He talks about working with other legendary artists like Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Stevie Wonder!
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