By Tangerine Clarke
Legendary Guyaneseborn,
musician, Eddy Grant,
who was recently conferred
Doctor of Letters for Excellency,
in music by Professor
Eon Harris at the University
of Guyana, on Wednesday
wowed the hugely popular
“The Tonight Show with
Jimmy Fallon,”,while performing
his platinum single,
“Electric Avenue.”
The rocker got the audience
on its feet as he belted
out “Jimmy, we are gonna
rock-down to electric Avenue
and then we’ll take it higher”
singing the lyrics at the top
of his lungs during a pulsating
five-minute performance.
The 71-year-old, singer,
producer, songwriter, who
was accompanied by the
musical band, “The Roots,”
was promoting his longawaited
album, an ode to the
village in Guyana where he
was born.
Fallon, in his energetic
style, while introducing the
musician, shouted, “from
his latest album, ‘Plaisance,’
available on eddiegrant.com,
performing his classic hit,
‘Electric Avenue’, with a little
help from the ‘Roots’ give it
up for Eddy Grant!”
Grant, a founding member
of “The Equals,” one of the
United Kingdom’s first racially
integrated pop groups,
then took to the stage decked
out in a black Tee, blue jeans,
open front shirt, and signature
Rastafarian hat, and
danced like the 19-year-old,
he recently said he felt like.
The exceptionally talented
country boy, who recently
received a lifetime achievement
award from the government
of Guyana, is being
called upon by a cross-section
of Guyanese diaspora in New
York, to headline a “One Guyana”
concert.
However, to date, the only
event the “Gimme Me Hope
Jo’anna” singer will be attending
is the culmination of the
Dr. Mary Umolu - Medgar
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Evers College Jazzy Jazz Festival
2019, on Aug. 30.
Grant who has enjoyed an
illustrious solo career, with
breakout hits “Killer On The
Rampage,” “Walking On Sunshine”
and “Paintings of the
Soul,” “Mind the Gap,” “Now
We’re All Together,” “I’m The
One” and “True to You” — an
up-beat lyrical composition
that tells the story of the
singer’s upbringing in Guyana.
The video for cut, “True
to You,” from his current
album “Plaisance,” showcases
various historic sites,
including the majestic Kaieteur
Falls.
The multitalented, Grant,
who began his career in
England,and then spent many
of his years living and recording
at his studio in Barbados,
is loved by his Guyanese
brothers and sisters, many
who tuned-in from across the
world to see him perform live
on NBC New York television.
For more information, go
to www.eddygrant.com.
Musical guest Eddy Grant performs with The Roots on July
31, 2019. Andrew Lipovsky / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Eddy Grant for Medgar Evers
Jazzy Jazz Festival
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