15 Jun (New Post) Happy Father’s Day! A Musical Dedication to My Dad

Happy Father’s Day!

First I want to give a big shout out to my good friend George Jones and how awesome of a father he is! His love and dedication to his daughter is amazing to watch! Check out his instagram to get just a taste of his love for his lil lady.

Now I’d like to send love to my own dad, Andre Lewis! I gained my love for food, music, travel and spontaneity in life from my Dad and to top it off I look a lot like him! When I was a kid I was his twin, now I’m bit more like my mom but I still have a lot of my Dad in me. When I think of my Dad I think of music, I was very fortunate to grow up listening to and singing all kinds of music and it was all because my Dad was such a huge fan of artists and musicianship. I learned to appreciate singers (real sangers!) and songwriting from a very early age because of the type of music that played in my home and the car when I was growing up. These influences truly shaped who I am as a woman and an artist and they also made me feel right at home when I was little girl because I’ve always had an old soul.

When I was younger my family always took long driving trips to Boston and New York to visit family and that was the time I felt most at home being able to sit in the back seat and sing along with Curtis Mayfield, The Chi-Lites, Sanchez, Patsy Cline or my favorite Soul Singer, Betty Wright. These moments are truly some of the highlights of my childhood and I have to thank my Dad for filling my ears, head and heart with such amazing and timeless music. I want to share just bit of the music that I grew up listening to with you guys and dedicate this music journey to my Dad, thank you, I love you! Happy Father’s Day!

**To my readers: This may take you awhile but I strongly encourage you to listen to all of these songs, you won’t regret it! Enjoy!**

Patsy Cline – Crazy

Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – People Get Ready

The Manhattans – Let’s Just Kiss & Say Goodbye 

Sanchez – Missing You 

Luciano – Its Me Again Jah

Byron Lee – Dollar Wine

Gladys Knight & The Pips – It Should’ve Been Me 

Nancy Wilson – Guess Who I Saw Today 

The Chi-Lites – Have You Seen Her