What have you been through?’” Morgan says. “This relationship is going to be a catalyst to really help people to say, ‘Tell me your story, man. The unlikely duo met at a Nashville Predators game, and it wasn’t long before they were crafting songs out of Reid’s Soultrain Sound Studio in Berry Hill. Just before moving to Nashville, Morgan had dipped his toes in the country world, covering Alabama’s “Feels So Right” for the compilation album “Reggae’s Gone Country.” But he didn’t really take the plunge until he met another Nashville transplant from a distant land: Scottish-born artist, songwriter and producer Johnny Reid. One of Bob Marley’s first singles was a cover of Claude Gray’s 1961 country hit “I’ll Just Have a Cup of Coffee (Then I’ll Go).” Kenny Rogers was greeted like royalty when he first performed in Jamaica in 2004, after songs like “The Gambler” had endured there for decades.Īnd legendary reggae group Toots & the Maytals – led by family friend “Toots” Hibbert, whom Morgan grew up calling “Uncle Toots” – covered “Country Roads” not long after John Denver’s version hit the airwaves.īlues on the Green: Gary Clark Jr.'s All-Star Revue to kick off Blues on the Green series in Zilker Park The genre’s storytelling and spirituality earned a receptive audience in Jamaica in in the mid-20th century. “Country music is a huge part of my DNA,” he says. Growing up, Sundays in his household were “Rice and Peas Days,” when his family would break bread as songs like Randy Travis’ “Forever and Ever, Amen” played on the stereo. 'Most amazing shows I've ever seen on this stage': Jon Batiste makes 'Austin City Limits' debut Country and reggae connectionsĪlong with reggae, country music was also the soundtrack of Morgan’s formative years. “Because musically, it's a gamble, right? A lot of people said, 'How are you going to make that work?' But when they heard ‘A Woman Like You,’ they were like, 'Whoa! Gramps, what have you done?' And I'm like, 'It's not me. “I think this brings both those worlds together perfectly,” Morgan says.
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