Singer Michael Jeffries Releases New Album, “Family Affair”

Joined by Daughter, Anikol,
and Son Mike J, former Tower Of Power lead singer Michael Jeffries is
sending out a positive message wrapped in a very pleasing melody.
You will find yourself singing along right from the start!

Michael
Jeffries was born in Memphis on August 16th 1954. The family moved to
Oakland, California in 1962. Michael began his love for music at a young
age teaming up with elementary school classmates to form a group that
later would become “The Two Things In One” The group had major local
success with two singles featuring Michael as lead vocalist “Silly
Song” 1971 And “ Together Forever “ 1973. During the early 70’s as front
man for the group Michael opened for Earth Wind & Fire, War, Bill
Crosby, Funkadelic and a host of other acts. In 1977 Michael was
recruited by The Bay areas own Tower Of Power as their lead singer and
recorded 4 albums with the band ‘’ We Came To Play CBS 1978, “ Back On
The Street “ 1979, Sheffield Labs Direct to disk live 1981 and Dinosaur
Tracks in 2003. In 1986 Michael co wrote the billboard top 10 single “
Never Say Never “ for songstress Denise Williams and appeared on the
Wildcat’s soundtrack singing the song “ Razzle Dazzle”. In 1987 Michael
appeared along with Karyn White as a featured vocalist on Jeff Lorbers “
Private Passion CD. Michael released his first solo CD in 1989 on
Warner Bros with tracks produced by Jellybean Johnson, Jimmy Jam and
Terry Lewis.

Hi this is Michael:

I’d like to take you on
a tour of how I fell in love with making music. Since I was just young
lad music was always around, the radio was always on and the popular
songs of the day provided the background and sometimes the foreground to
everyday life. My uncles and aunts were teenagers and I live my life
looking up to them and trying to understand it all. This was the golden
age of the Motown sound and the Memphis sound, it was an era when Radio
Dj’s were stars and people would tune in to listen to what the top jocks
played. With all the great music coming from Motown and Memphis I had
plenty to grow on. But while watching ED Sullivan I got a glimpse of
what would push me into action, James Brown. That night on Ed Sullivan I
saw something that would not allow me to sit still, I got up and
started skating around imitating what I saw James Brown doing and I was
his newest 8-year-old fan! With a mirror and a brush for a microphone I
skated and hollered until my parents thought I was good enough for half
time entertainment at some of their house parties! I would get so
excited when I would here them tell their party guest that I was really
good at doing the James Brown they would then come and get me to give a
impromptu performance and then back to my room out of grown folks
business. I looked forward to those opportunities and I’d never shy away
from the slightest request.

All this James Brown craze lead me
to the record store with my 50 cents to buy I Feel Good. I played that
record until the grooves wore thin! I thought I would die when my
mother took me to see the Man Himself Live at the Oakland Coliseum in
1966. James blew my top off and I haven’t been able to get it back on
every since.

Source: CdBaby