We are very pleased to see a track we posted over a week ago from J-Summa getting
plaudits and airplay as we provided it to a select few DJs to plug with
approval from the artist's rep. It also featured on the UK Soul Chart Breakers
show last week. Some comments were made regarding the guitar solo around
2:45 mins so we have commissioned an edit removing the 30 second guitar solo making it
a little more 'soul friendly' as we know some of you guys don't like guitar
solos! Thanks to Phil Ward for the edit.
Being a guitarist, I'm sure J-Summa is not entirely delighted with the edit but if it gets him airplay that he otherwise wouldn't, then that must surely be a good thing?
It is the debut single from Jamaican
singer, songwriter, guitarist Gawaine 'J-SUMMA' Campbell, "Heaven and Home", which is 'proper' old school soul, so it's no big surprise to learn that
he cites his influences as the likes on Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bobby Womack and Curtis
Mayfield as well as fellow Jamaicans Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, so he is
our kinda guy!
He started singing aged 7 and picked up the guitar at 19 and states
that the first album he owned was The Mighty Clouds Of Joy and, when asked what
song he would have wished he had written, he replies Al Green's "Let's
Stay Together" but that honour, of course, goes to Green, Willie Mitchell
and Al Jackson.
His debut single has been a while in the making after meeting producer,
and now his manager, Rayan ‘Rocky’ Russell in 2016. In 2018 he featured
on a track on a compilation celebrating Red Stripe's 100th anniversary
"Journey With Stripe" which is a bit of poppy affair reminiscent of
CeeLo Green titled "Keeping It Up".
We found a live video performance of the song from Oct '22 billed as
J-Summa & The Outlawz who are J-Summa, Rocky and, presumably,
Clifton Dillon, the song's other writer.
A 9:30 version of the song also features on their Soundcloud channel from three years ago along with five other songs (which sound
like live takes) billed as Amanda's Birthday Rehearsals so perhaps
recordings of rehearsals for a live show?
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
Click icons below for further information or to connect with the
artist.
| Rating: | 8.7 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Retro Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Oufah Music |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 17/02/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | 1B/65 |
| Price: | £1 |
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