Down To Earth Feat. Stacey Lee [2022] - What We Gonna Do / My Guiding Star [Speegra]

Having had their album "Still Riding High" hit the top of the UK Soul Chart last October and spending several weeks at #1 and on the chart, Down To Earth followed it with a new single "You Keep Loving Me" in Apr 2022 which entered straight in at #9 on Solar Radio's Sweet Rhythm Chart. 

Prior to the release of a new album due in the Autumn, in May they invited me to a recording session for a new single which they originally titled "So Good Together" (it's now called "What We Gonna Do") for which they recruited the services of Stacey Lee to do the lead vocals. In addition to sessions, Stacy Lee performs live as an Adele tribute act. Within a matter of a couple of hours she had laid down all the vocals.

The core of Down To Earth are duo Stevie Paul and Lol Williams who have worked together for over 30 years and their chemistry is evident. They have also known Stacy Lee for over 20 years since she was a young girl who started singing at a very young age.

It was a complete no drama session, the backing track was already recorded and Stacy Lee had already recorded the vocals previously but the guys decided that the song's tempo was too fast so decided to slow it down and asked her to come back to record new vocals. In she came and within a few takes recorded verse, chorus and ad libs, job done, and off she went to prepare for a show that evening.

The guys told me that the track would require a few more sessions for Lol to record his vocal sections and to then mix the track down into the final cut before it would be ready for release. It is now ready for release imminently.

Whilst there, they also played me several unfinished cuts of songs planned for the new album and I can tell you it will be just as good as, if not better than, the last album so I'm looking forward to hearing the final cuts. I think the new single is probably one of their best and is very reminiscent, to my ears, of Incognito's 1999 version of The Jones Girls "Night's Over Egypt".

They have decided to release a double single as a taster/teaser for the new album so, along with "What We Gonna Do", they have recorded a ballad "My Guiding Star".

What We Gonna Do

My Guiding Star

Details

Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Speegra
Cat No:	None
Date:	23/09/2022
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£1.98

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