Tonight’s mystery artist once said. ""I loved the music, but the excesses of rock 'n' roll never really appealed to me at all, I couldn't see the point of getting up in front of a lot of people when you weren't in control of your wits." So who might our straight arrow be?

Lost far too soon the quote I found this info in a Billboard article on the life of Robert Palmer. Palmer was known for many things beyond being straight laced, for his GQ sense of style, Palmer was named best-dressed male artist by Rolling Stone in 1990.

His style of course carried over to his videos with the "Addicted to Love" video, memorable  miniskirted models strumming guitars as Palmer sang, became one of MTV's most-played clips, and sparked protests from some feminists.

To which Palmer replied, "I'm not going to attach inappropriate significance to it because at the time it meant nothing. It's just happened to become an iconic look,"

It was back in 2003 that he was on a break in Paris when Robert Palmer suffered a heart attack and died much too soon at the age of only 54.

Here he is with tonight’s featured song:

 

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