From the days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals, jj grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a bluecollared spirit over the. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The early days of mofro can be traced back to the midnineties when john higginbotham aka jj grey and daryl hance signed with a united kingdom label and played shows in europe as mofro magic. From the days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals, jj grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a bluecollared spirit over the bonedeep grooves of hi. Borrowing from the otis redding dictionary of soul, grey. Jj grey and mofro the sweetest thing featuring toots hibbert. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. With a muscle shoalsstyled horn chart, the pair take a midtempo ballad and mold it into a. The album features songs such as the sweetest thing that includes vocals from toots hibbert, from toots and the maytals. Point your camera at the qr code to download tiktok.
Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. A mofro concert gives you a buzz, leaves you hungering for more afterward, and sends you home in search of your next fix. Although mofro is based in the florida city of jacksonville, near where jj grey and daryl hance grew up, the band actually formed across the atlantic in london. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Jj grey and mofro every minute live in napa valley, ca 2015. Florida composed of jj grey vocals, electric piano, acoustic guitar and electric guitar, harmonica, andrew trube electric guitar and slide guitar, anthony farrell hammond organ, anthony cole drums and the hercules horns dennis marion. Users who like larry sparks henry hill single users who reposted larry sparks henry hill single playlists containing larry sparks henry hill single. Chris robinson would give his eye teeth to have written, let alone sung, it. Jj returns with eleven new original songs including one cowritten with songwriting icons chuck prophet and angelo petraglia kings of leon. Down by the sea staring at the sunset all those colors of light like a flame through the heart but i never saw a sunset woman till i met you. The sunset woman is the sweetest thing, the title of a song from jj grey and mofro s new album, georgia warhorse. The floridians were in great britain to work on a recording contract that ended up going sour. Genuine houserockin music since 1971 alligator records.
Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web. Jj grey and mofro live at jessies lounge outdoors on 201909. Also joining jj for a track on this album is grey s longtime musical hero and reggae icon toots hibbert, who sings with grey on the the sweetest thing. Drop it straight into the deep blue sea shes as sweet as tupelo honey shes an angel of the first degree shes as sweet as tupelo honey just like honey from the bee you cant stop us on the road to freedom you cant keep us cause our eyes can see men with insight, men in granite knights in armor bent on chivalry shes as sweet as tupelo honey shes an angel of the first degree shes as sweet. Jj grey and mofro the sweetest thing featuring toots. Listen to all your favourite artists on any device for free. Grey and hance met in their hometown of jacksonville, florida while working for an air conditioning company and developed a friendship through music. Larry sparks henry hill single listen to free music. Down by the sea staring at the sunset all those colors of light like a flame through the heart oh but i never saw a sunset woman till i met you yeah the sweetest. Jj has played countless festivals, including bonnaroo, wakarusa, austin city limits festival, byron bay blues festival australia, montreal jazz festival. The sweetest thing features the signature voice of toots hibbert, grey s greatest influence after otis redding. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
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