![]() It’s easy to be reminded of Jimmy Buffet’s better material on some of these songs with their laid back island feel, the Country vibe but for some reason I keep thinking of 1960’s California surf rock too. The final track, “All About Love,” is a plea for understanding and helping each other through the tough times. I can’t recall ever hearing banjo on a Reggae song before, but here it is and it sounds fantastic, and, oddly enough … oh, so natural. “Rumnesia” is a playful romp on the excesses of partying, and is that a banjo I hear on the songs “Conkytonk” and “Runaway Bay”? “Paradise” features wonderful guest vocals by India.Arie and the addition of Caribbean steel drums to offset the Nashville pedal steel and a great mix of genre-specific instrumentation to fill out the overall sound. “A Woman Like You” is a pedal steel fueled love song, while “Secret to Life” is precious life advice and more of that delicious pedal steel. “If You’re Looking for Me” has a laid back groove all about being, well-laid back. ![]() “ Positive, positive vibration, A tried and true Rasta formulation.”Īnd if you can’t dance or move to this music then something is wrong deep in your soul. “ It make we dance til we can’t dance no more” Take the title cut, in which he lays out the recipe for the entire album: Gramps’s voice shines on these songs, and his lyrics are spot on too. Morgan spent time in Nashville and grew to love the sounds of pedal steel, dobro, and fiddle, and has incorporated those sounds into the production of this, his third album.Īdd that to his naturally Caribbean-infused songs, guest vocals by Shaggy and India.Arie, clear and thorough production by Johnny Reid, and you have quite an interesting batch of songs.Īs a member of Morgan Heritage, whose 2016 album Strictly Roots won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album, Gramps played keyboards, sang, and wrote a bunch of songs.Īs a songwriter and band leader, this solo album excels with its easy going, tropical beach songs, and clean Nashville studio production. If you’re listening to Reggae great Gramps Morgan’s album Positive Vibrations and you detect a definite modern Country Music sound throughout, your mind is not playing tricks on you. ![]() The Perfect Soundtrack For the Summer of 2021 – Just Add Rum and Sun.
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