Soul Fire

Lee “Scratch” Perry’s, 70‘s classic, “Soul Fire”, was the ignition for the songwriter and singer Vassilis Savopoulos a.k.a “Jah Smiley” to form “Soul Fire”, the first reggae band in Greece 15 years ago. After “Jah’ Smiley” set up his project studio, he formed this greek based reggae trio comprises, himself, (vocals and guitar) King John (drums) and T Wise (bass). Their live performances reach as far to the early 90’s and albeit they‘ve started by playing cover versions, such as, “Chase the Devil” by Max Romeo and “Soul Rebel” by Bob Marley, soon filled their live track listings only with their own deep roots reggae riddims. Since then,they are enjoying the respect of all their greek fans, and they are now considered to be the pioneers of the local reggae scene. God, love, inner self, consciousness and justice could be the keywords for someone searching behind Jah Smileys songs. «Marley was the light and Burning Spear was the mystic spirit of reggae for me» he says. 2004 is the turning point, for their career. The great producer Mad Professor (Ariwa Records), was surprised to discover such an original reggae band in Greece so he decided to produce their first album. With the co-operation of a so prolific producer, Soul Fire recorded their groundbreaking and critically acclaimed album. Well-known artists participated, like drummer “Sinclair”, active member of “Lee Scratch Perrys band “Roboticks”. World famous reggae stars singing the backing vocals, like Aisha ,Cofi and Mafia from “Mafia&Fluxy” plus the MC Fredi Kruga. Without a doubt „Soul Fire-The Outtake mixes EP“ is an exceptional debut for this band,.supported by the legenadary reggae producer Mad Professor and all the aforementioned artists. TRACKLISTING 1. SOUL FIRE 2. DANCIN’ AND GROOVIN’ 3. LET’S GET IRIE 4. EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I 5. GREETINGS SOUL FIRE SOUL FIRE LP Their full length album of Soul Fire has been released in July 2005. TRACKLISTING 1 SOUL FIRE 2 SUNSHINE REGGAE 3 EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I 4 DANCIN’ AND GROOVIN’ 5 GREETINGS 7 LET’S GET IRIE 8 LIKE CHILDREN 9 THE SIGN OF THE CROSS 10 PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE 11 WHY? 12 FREE THE MARIJUANA 13 REGGAE WIRE 14 COOL RUNNINGS BONUS TRACK HALLELUJAH Musicians Jah Smiley - songwriter and singer Stefanos Paterakis – Bass,sound engineer John Stoikos – Keyboards, grand piano. Ioakim Sotiriades – percussions Thanos Kosmides – guitars Alekos Panagopoulos - Tenor sax Leonidas Vlaxos - Trumpet. On drums appears Sinclair Backing vocals appears Cofie and Mafia, Aisha on the track Sunshine Reggae And the Mc Freddi Kruga toasting on cool runnings. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.