Artist's albums
Garland Jeffreys
1973 · album
Wildlife Dictionary
1997 · album
Don't Call Me Buckwheat
1991 · album
Guts For Love
1982 · album
Rock & Roll Adult
1981 · album
Escape Artist
1981 · album
American Boy & Girl
1979 · album
One-Eyed Jack
1978 · album
Wild in the Streets
1977 · single
Ghost Writer
1977 · album
American Boy & Girl Unplugged
2023 · album
She's a Killer
2017 · single
Everybody
2017 · single
Matador Redux
2017 · single
14 Steps to Harlem
2017 · album
Truth Serum
2013 · album
The King of in Between
2011 · album
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Biography
Garland Jeffreys has been making provocative, personally charged urban rock & roll since the late 1960s. 14 Steps To Harlem, the latest album by this “beloved rock-soul-reggae singer-songwriter” (New York Times) released April 28 on his own Luna Park Records. Produced by James Maddock with band members Mark Bosch, Charly Roth, Brian Stanley and Tom Curiano, guest spots by Brian Mitchell and Ben Stivers, a gorgeous duet with daughter Savannah and a radiant violin solo by Laurie Anderson, this record delivers what fans have come to expect from Jeffreys: edgy immediacy and literate, emotionally raw lyrics coupled with a still supple voice capable of singing in a practically limitless number of styles. Jeffreys has long held the respect of his peers and the breadth of contributors to his recordings and performances reflect that, as well as an ahead of his time penchant for musical genre-bending: Dr. John, The E Street Band, John Cale, The Rumour, James Taylor, Phoebe Snow, Sly & Robbie, Sonny Rollins, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Lou Reed and many more have recorded and performed with him. With a string of critically acclaimed records and radio hits including “Wild in the Streets” and his cover of the garage rock classic “96 Tears” it’s a testament to the diversity of his music that his songs have been covered by hardcore punk legends The Circle Jerks (whose version of “Wild” is a skater anthem), psych-folkies Vetiver and jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker.