JJ GREY RELEASES VIDEO FOR THE SWEETEST THING -- Song Featured on NPR's Song Of The Day
JJ GREY RELEASES VIDEO FOR THE SWEETEST THING
Joined by Toots Hibbert And Filmed in Jamaica
The Sweetest Thing Featured on NPR's Song Of The Day
JJ Grey, driving force behind Jacksonville's JJ Grey & Mofro, has just released a video for the song, The Sweetest Thing, the first single from his critically acclaimed new CD, Georgia Warhorse. The song features JJ singing a duet with vocalist Toots Hibbert (of Toots & The Maytals). The video, directed by Brendan "Spookie" Daly, was filmed in Jamaica and can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6J-SBfMP5A
The track was featured on NPR's Song Of The Day on Wednesday, October 13, and can be heard here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130537000&sc=nl&cc=sod-20101013
The Sweetest Thing has blanketed radio stations around the country. In the Adult Rock (AAA) Format, The Sweetest Thing was the #1 Most Added song overall among AAA stations and was #1 Most Added record on FMQB's panel of stations. Currently, The Sweetest Thing is #9 on the Indicator Chart and the album, Georgia Warhorse, is #9 on FMQB's Public Radio Chart.
Georgia Warhorse, named after a particularly resilient southern grasshopper, is Grey's best-selling album to date. Grey was recently featured on NPR's All Things Considered. The album has been reviewed in USA Today, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Paste, Relix, An Honest Tune and many other national and regional publications.