UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE OCTOBER 2022.

My Bass cover of a Northern Soul song by Don Varner called "Tear Stained Face”.

"Tear Stained Face" was released in the States in 1967 on a small record label in Alabama – there are no records to show it made an impact on national or regional record charts.

At some point an English DJ got hold of a copy and played it in Nightclubs in the North of England during the 1970’s.

SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Varner

“Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Varner grew up in the same neighborhood as Eddie Kendricks co-founder of The Temptations.[1] Varner moved to Chicago after high school to pursue his music career but returned to Alabama after six years to record in Muscle Shoals.[1] at Rick Hall's FAME Studios. He wrote songs including "I Keep Holdin' On" for Sam & Dave (with William Crump). Varner also worked with Quin Ivy in Sheffield, Alabama[1] and released several songs including "Masquerade"(1967), "Down in Texas"(1967),[2] and "Tear Stained Face" on the South Camp and Quinvy labels.

Varner did not release many recordings but performed numerous live shows in the South with other major soul performers.[1] He moved to California in the 1980s and toured as the lead singer of the Johnny Otis Show.[1] He toured numerous European music festivals in 1985. In his later, career, he began to record gospel music. He died in Moreno Valley, California in 2002 of a heart attack at the age of 59. An album of his music from 1968 to 1974 entitled Finally Go Over! was released posthumously.”

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