Garland Jeffreys is one of the greats. Post a Comment. C recommends Mizar6 Get this crazy baby off my head! Garland Jeffreys - I'm Alive - - Universal Music Group International Nine years after he last put made an album 's Wildlife Dictionary and 14 years since he was able to put a record out in the United States 's Don't Call Me Buckwheat , it's good to hear from Garland Jeffreys regardless of the circumstances, and while it's hard not to wish there were more than three new songs on I'm Alive, the record as its title suggests is a welcome reminder of a potent talent who has been flying under the radar far too long in America.
I'm Alive is a de facto "Best of Garland Jeffreys" collection, featuring 15 classics from his back catalog along with three songs original to this album. While this set doesn't represent every album Jeffreys has made since launching his recording career in , I'm Alive effectively skims the cream of his music, and great music it is. While Jeffreys has made a handful of good albums and at least one great one 's Escape Artist , I'm Alive is the all-killer, no-filler collection Jeffreys' admirers have long been waiting for, with the three new songs all top-shelf work accompanied by such overlooked classics as "35 Millimeter Dreams," "Wild in the Streets," "R.
If you're not familiar with the work of Garland Jeffreys, I'm Alive is a superb introduction to a superb and wildly underappreciated artist. If you're already a fan, savor those fine new numbers, enjoy the classics, and hope Jeffreys is good to his word about visiting the studio more often in the future.
During that time, he has gone from major labels to indies and back. He is a proud son of New York City, who grew up within spitting distance of The Cyclone, approachable yet enigmatic, ethnically mixed, a musical matador who has soaked up every imaginable genre but whose work belongs to none of them exclusively. Of course, even during his commercial peak, Garland Jeffreys was never exactly a household name.
In a sense, his greatest musical asset, drawn from many forms but not limited to any, has also been a commercial liability. Do you need more?! Of African-American, Puerto Rican, and European heritage, he was raised in a multi-cultural household and a neighborhood that was not always accepting of his family's racial diversity.
After graduating from high school, Jeffreys studied art history at Syracuse University, where he struck up friendships with fellow students and music fans Lou Reed and Felix Cavaliere; Jeffreys also expanded his cultural boundaries by studying for several months in Italy.
After completing his studies in , he began appearing at folk and rock clubs in Manhattan, often performing material that dealt with racial issues and using props and make-up to emphasize his messages. John Cale recruited Grinder's Switch to form the core of the backing band credited as Penguin on his first solo album, 's Vintage Violence, and the album included one of Jeffreys' songs, "Fairweather Friend.
Grinder's Switch were signed to Vanguard Records and cut an album that was released not long before the band split up in Jeffreys began working as a solo act again, and was signed by Atlantic Records. The latter, though largely devoted to hard-edged narratives of street life, also featured a romantic number called "Matador," which became a major hit in the U. While a cover of "What Does It Take To Win Your Love " fared well on the charts, the album was a commercial and critical disappointment, and it was nine years before Jeffreys returned to the recording studio.
In the same year Wildlife Dictionary was released, Jeffreys and his wife welcomed the birth of their daughter Savannah, and he took time off from his recording career to be a full-time father. He staged occasional European tours and in released I'm Alive, a compilation spanning his solo career that also included three new songs, but it wasn't until that he returned with a full album of new material, The King of In Between. Posted by A. Labels: 's Rock.
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