This is Terry Gillespie at his best…when he mixes all of his musical influences and comes up with something like this 'original adaptation' of a song from the early 1970's. When Terry Gillespie was young he experienced first hand the music of Miles Davis, Howling Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Bob Marley & The Wailers, and The Rolling Stones. A question he asks himself every day is: if I was one of my heroes, how would he do it? Terry doesn't play 'covers' so much as he plays interpretations, allowing the original to be his first influence. His music is Blues based. You could quote Willy Dixon "the blues is the root and the rest is the fruit'. In his case the rest is a mix of jazz, R&B, Reggae, Soul and African rhythms, music that caught the popular ear, re-interpreted for the now.
He also writes his own songs. There is already tonnes of music out there. Given that, the first thing he does is look for a space in what is out-there already, a gab that he can fill with one of his tunes. Terry loves to lead bands. It is probably what he is most good at. As a band leader he was influenced by performing in orchestras in his early years. He watched his heroes work with their bands. Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus and Howling Wolf all brought out the best in their bands, and he tries to do the same.
Luddy Samms opened up "Drifters Beach Bar" in Negril, Jamaica in 2012... he has musicians from around the world jamming with each other and other fellow Jamaica musicians performing reggae, blues, some soul, a bit of rock n roll etc...from 3pm to 7pm Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays, December to April...under the blues skies of the Caribbean...and near Mile One on the seven mile long beach.

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