Marlo Henderson

Marlo Henderson was a prolific session musician who played on albums such as Them Changes by Buddy Miles, Face to Face by Evelyn "Champagne" King, I Am. He also played on the "Girlfriend" song by Paul McCartney.

As a song writer he co-wrote "Young, Willing and Able" with Minnie Ripperton which appears on Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection album. He also co-wrote "Strange Affair" with Ripperton which appears on her Love Lives Forever album. Other composition include "In The Morning" which appears on Táta Vega's Try My Love album and "Power in Your Love" with Booker T. Jones and Michael Stokes.

He was also a producer.

Background

Personal

Henderson was born in New Mexico in 1948.^[1][2] He was supposed to be named Leroi Mario Henderson. A mistake on the birth cert was made and the Mario part of his name became Marlo.^[3]

In the early 1970's he played on the We Got To Live Together Album by Buddy Miles. One of the tracks he also contributed backing vocals to was "Walking Down The Highway".^[4][5] He is also the grandfather of producer, audio engineer Corwin Dewayne Henderson who is also known as Swiffy Beats.^[6]

Proferssional

In addition to being a session musician, he was also a arranger and producer who's work appeared on over 50 albums.^[7] During the 1970s he was a member of Stevie Wonders back up band Wonderlove.^[8][9]

In the late 1990s he was involved in the production of Roscoe Lee Browne's Murmurs of the Heart album.^[10]

Death

He passed away at age 67 on Sunday 25th October 2015.^[1] Prior to his death he had been suffering from cancer.^[2][1]

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