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Garland Jeffreys (born June 29, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter in rock and roll, reggae, blues, and soul music . Career. Jeffreys is from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, of African American and Puerto Rican heritage. He majored in art history at Syracuse University, where he met Lou Reed before The Velvet Underground became active. [1] .
As a child of black, white and Puerto Rican heritage growing up in the ‘50s, Jeffreys was raised on everything from R&B to the first bursts of rock and roll to “God Bless America” crooner Kate Smith (who gets a shout-out in the new album’s title track, by virtue of having been a daily TV favorite of his grandfather’s).
11 de nov. de 2023 · 11. 536 views 5 months ago. Garland Jeffreys, the mixed-race Brooklyn native whose music defied industry norms, receives long-overdue recognition in this enlightening documentary. His unique...
Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between has been selected for DOC NYC, America's largest documentary film festival. Catch the world premiere of the long in-the-making Garland Jeffreys film! Full of never-before-seen archive, interviews w/ fellow musicians and friends, honest takes from the director (and Garland's wife) and most of all, Garland’s original music spanning fifty years.
9 de nov. de 2023 · Garland Jeffreys, 80, raised in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was shaped by his Black, white and Puerto Rican heritage — “father of coal, mother of pearl,” he once sang — absorbing early musical...
A portrait of one of music’s most under-the-radar performers, Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between explores the challenges and triumphs of a Brooklyn-born biracial singer-songwriter, over the course of his fifty-year career.
3 de dic. de 2023 · The underappreciated 80-year-old musician takes center stage in the film directed by Claire Jeffreys, his wife of 33 years, with the project premiering this past month at DOC NYC, the largest...
