The debut single from Jamaican singer/songwriter/guitarist
Gawaine 'J-SUMMA' Campbell, "Heaven and Home", 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?
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| 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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