What a pleasure to hear a great singer unplugged/live. Just goes to show how he doesn’t need to rely on autotune to shine. Authentic, heartfelt vocals that let the singer shine in his own right. No cold studio processing.

Another interesting fact? Notice how Seal plays the guitar. I was wondering what chords he was playing! At first, I thought he was a standard lefty like Hendrix. But no. He’s not only playing the instrument left-handed and upside down. So, in other words, the strings from top to bottom are: High E, B, G, D, A, Low E. Now that’s unusual and different. Leave it to Seal.

Full, live recording from that studio session…

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