Gramps Morgan performing the hit single ‘Down By The River’ which introduced a Morgan Heritage kind of a vibe and vitality to the stage at Crown Hill Theatre in Brooklyn.
Photograph by Anthony “ER Guru” Turner
Reggae singer Gramps Morgan, an authentic member of GRAMMY Award-winning reggae group Morgan Heritage, was honored with a Metropolis Council Quotation from Chi Ossé, Council Member for New York Metropolis’s thirty sixth District, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant and North Crown Heights, for his philanthropic work and for being a worldwide ambassador of reggae.
“To be acknowledged by town of my start was unreal,” Gramps advised Caribbean Life final weekend. “There’s many issues that we now have completed as a household that I’m pleased with, however to be acknowledged for the solo work that I’ve finished inside my group, style, and representing my household is a good feeling.”
In Ossé’s absence, the quotation was introduced to Gramps by Syntyche “Syn” Clarke, chief innovation officer (CIO) and DJ Roy, each of CaribStar radio, 103.5 FM HD3.
The presentation happened at The Crown Hill Theatre the place Gramps carried out at his first live performance in Brooklyn because the premature passing of his brother and Morgan Heritage’s lead singer Peetah Morgan in February.
Jamaican leisure publicist Anthony Turner advised Caribbean Life that Gramps delivered most of the solo hits he has amassed together with “Optimistic Vibration,” “If You’re Trying For Me,” “Runaway Bay,” “Psalm 23,” “Wash Away The Tears,” and the emotional “Individuals Like You.”
“A Gramps Morgan set wouldn’t be full with out ‘She’s Nonetheless Loving Me’ and ‘Down By The River’, which introduced a Morgan Heritage kind of a vibe and vitality to the stage,” the New York-based Turner stated.
“He confirmed musical agility with Otis Redding’s 1966 traditional ‘These arms of mine,’” he added. “The musical tribute continued with ‘I’ll Do Something For You,’ devoted to household patriarch Denroy Morgan who handed away in 2022.
Turner stated Gramps was joined by sons Priel and Jemere Morgan, who carried out “Hold Blazing” and “Don’t Haffi Dread”, devoted to his Uncle Peetah. Different performers included singer Dre Island and Ras Shiloh.
“Therapeutic, therapeutic is what Saturday night time was about and never only for Gramps Morgan and his sons however for us lovers of reggae music,” Syn Clarke stated.
“We watched Gramps permit tears to circulate and pay tribute to his brother Peetah Morgan in what felt like a communal farewell to one of many best reggae voices of our era,” she added. “The timeless legacy of Morgan’s Heritage was additionally on full show with the expertise of Jemere that shone brightly beside his father, together with the most recent voice of the Morgan household Preil Morgan.
“Preil is clearly a celebrity that the world will know quickly,” Clarke continued.
