Garland Jeffreys, Brooklyn, New York) is an African-American and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Puerto Ricans in the United States (also referred to as the "Puerto Rican Diaspora," " Nuyorican " "Stateside Puerto Ricans" "mainland Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics His music is a unique blend of rock and roll, reggae, blues, and soul. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression The soul, according to many religious and philosophical beliefs is the self-awareness, or Consciousness, unique to a particular living
Jeffreys is from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Sheepshead Bay is a Bay separating the Mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Jeffreys majored in arts at Syracuse University where he met Lou Reed before The Velvet Underground became active. Syracuse University (SU is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. This article is about the band For their self-titled album see The Velvet Underground (album; for the book see The Velvet Underground (book In 1966, Jeffreys played in Manhattan nightclubs. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Grinder's Switch, a group founded by him in 1969, released one album before breaking up in 1970. In 1973, he released his first solo album, Garland Jeffreys, on Atlantic Records. Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock
Around the same time Atlantic also released a 45 RPM single of a song called "Wild in the Streets" that was not included on the LP. The track received airplay on progressive FM album-oriented rock stations and has become one of his best-known songs. Album-oriented rock (sometimes referred to as Adult-oriented rock or as West Coast Rock) abbreviated AOR and originally called album-oriented radio Later, in 1977 when Garland recorded his Ghost Writer album for A&M Records, the Atlantic version of "Wild In The Streets" was included on side 2.
"Wild In The Streets" has been covered by several artists, including:
- The Circle Jerks, from the album Wild In The Streets
- Chris Spedding, from the album Hurt
- British Lions, from the album British Lions
- Hot Water Music, from the album Til the Wheels Fall Off
Jeffreys is featured in the 2003 documentary Soul of a Man, directed by Wim Wenders as the fourth installment of the documentary film series "The Blues" produced by Martin Scorsese. The Circle Jerks are a Hardcore punk band formed circa 1979 in Hermosa Beach California. Wild in the Streets is the second album by the hardcore band Circle Jerks. Christopher John Spedding (born 17 June 1944, in Staveley, Derbyshire) is an English Rock and roll and Jazz Hot Water Music is a punk band from Gainesville, Florida. The members of the band are Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black The film explores the musical careers of blues musicians Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir.
He was featured on the cover of Beyond Race magazine in February 2007.
Jeffreys is currently touring again and has been very active on MySpace, communicating personally with his extensive fanbase. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and
Garland Jeffreys Discography
- 1969: Grinder's Switch Featuring Garland Jeffreys
- 1973: Garland Jeffreys
- 1977: Ghost Writer
- 1978: One Eyed Jack
- 1979: American Boy & Girl
- 1980: Escape Artist
- 1982: Rock 'n' Roll Adult
- 1983: Guts for Love
- 1992: Don't Call Me Buckwheat
- 1992: Matador & More. . .
- 1997: Wildlife Dictionary (only released in Europe)
- 2007: I'm Alive (only released in Europe)
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