{"id":150,"date":"2013-12-03T02:22:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T02:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/?p=150"},"modified":"2015-07-17T18:26:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:26:51","slug":"gregg-martinez-creole-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"GREGG MARTINEZ: Creole Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/greg-martinez-creole-soul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/greg-martinez-creole-soul-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"greg martinez - creole soul\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/greg-martinez-creole-soul-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/greg-martinez-creole-soul-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/greg-martinez-creole-soul-259x260.jpg 259w, https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/greg-martinez-creole-soul-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/greg-martinez-creole-soul.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>\u201c\u2026one of America\u2019s greatest hidden treasures.\u201d &#8212; Ed Bradley, 60 Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A premier, powerhouse vocalist of Louisiana, Gregg Martinez (from the Spanish Creoles of Bayou Lafourche) is a sensationally soulful baritone often compared to Sam Cooke and Luther Vandross. Recognized early on in local churches and bars, the young Martinez rapidly ascended all the way to an exclusive contract with billionaire Donald Trump in Atlantic City, and a seven figure recording deal with multi-platinum Philly producers Victor Carstarphen and Keith Benson. On the brink of stardom, though, the bubble burst, eventually returning the prodigal son to his native Bayou<br \/>\nBlues and Creole Soul roots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreole Soul,\u201d Martinez\u2019s 10th album, struts his best collection ever of feet-don\u2019t-fail-me-now, dance floor numbers, love songs and heart-wrenching ballads \u2013 delivered in his distinctive South Louisiana Blues\/Soul\/Gospel\/Swamp Pop style. Martinez\u2019 interpretive genius shines through on lesser known compositions by fellow Louisiana masters Bobby Charles, Randy Newman and Fats Domino. It\u2019s all powered by original members of River Road (the long-lamented Capitol Records bayou country band), some brawny Louisiana brass, and subtle female choruses.<\/p>\n<p>If Elvis were remaking his famous New Orleans movie now, the man \u201c\u2026with a great big soul\u201d he\u2019d be singing about would be Gregg Martinez.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/creole-soul\/id763708799?uo=4\" target=\"itunes_store\" style=\"display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;background:url(https:\/\/linkmaker.itunes.apple.com\/htmlResources\/assets\/en_us\/\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat;width:110px;height:40px;@media only screen{background-image:url(https:\/\/linkmaker.itunes.apple.com\/htmlResources\/assets\/en_us\/\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.svg);}\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Creole-Soul-Gregg-Martinez\/dp\/B00G28N1NC\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1424658348&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=gregg+martinez\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-button-02-e1424654609347.png\" alt=\"amazon-button-02\" width=\"129\" height=\"40\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-138\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u2026one of America\u2019s greatest hidden treasures.\u201d &#8212; Ed Bradley, 60 Minutes A premier, powerhouse vocalist of Louisiana, Gregg Martinez (from the Spanish Creoles of Bayou Lafourche) is a sensationally soulful baritone often compared to Sam Cooke and Luther Vandross. Recognized early on in local churches and bars, the young Martinez rapidly ascended all the way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,5,25],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blues","category-catalogue","category-soul","tag-gregg-martinez"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5O8RF-2q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrhr.dreamhosters.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}