Jaye Hammer
Jaye Hammer
       
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Jaye Hammer Jeremy “Jay’e Hammer” George was born in Friars Point, Mississippi (the oldest town on the Mississippi River), “Jay’e Hammer” has been around the music industry since he was 14 years old. Album Discography "Work It On Me" (EWE Group 2005)
(1) WORK IT ON ME **1/2 Hammer's label, Blues River Records, has recently put out two excellent CDs (Booker Brown, Joy) so I expected the same from "Work It On Me" but, although not bad, it's a fairly mediocre affair. Hammer is a Mississippi native with a Gospel background entering the ever-growing "Southern Soul" scene with a voice and sound not far removed from peers O.B. Buchana or Omar Cunningham but main producer Morris J. Williams is in hit-or-miss mode on his 6 cuts. Throwaway tracks like "Down South" & "Step'in Out Tonight" contain countless cliché's and the lifeless programming detracts from winners like "Turn This Party Out" and the title cut. Percy T. Friends doesn't fair much better on his four tracks as only the Beach-rhythmic "Steppin' Out For Love" and the percolating shuffle-bumper "One Stop Lover" warrant repeat listens. That's the problem with programmed music- if the songs aren't exceptional nor the production particularly creative there isn't much left to recommend this over the competition. Being that Blues River has been proven to produce quality music I'm certain better things are to come from Hammer. Still, "Turn This Party Out" should be a hit club track.
1. I'm Leaving You
1. Shuckin' and Jivin'
1 I'm Not Gonna Cheat on My
Wife Anymore
01.
The Sweeter the Peach
1
The Last Man Standing up in It
1 Give
It to Me
1. She's My Baby Forever
1 Let Me Come Home
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"Hammer" (Ecko 2012)
"I Can Lay The Hammer Down" (Ecko 2013)
"Jaye Hammer's Still Got It" (Ecko 2014)
Jaye Hammer "I'm The Right Man" (Ecko 2015)
Jaye Hammer "Last Man Standing" (Ecko 2017)
"The Best Of" (Ecko 2019)
"Double Trouble" (Ecko 2019)
"It's Jaye Hammer Time" (Ecko 2021)
"Be Happy" (Ecko 2023)