{"id":1941,"date":"2021-08-27T00:49:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T00:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2021-08-28T15:54:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T15:54:26","slug":"taddy-p-has-an-open-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=1941","title":{"rendered":"Taddy P has an open mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first time Taddy P heard <strong><em>Leave the Door Open<\/em><\/strong> by Silk Sonic, he knew he had to cover it. That he did, reggae style, with Maxi Priest and St. Lucian singer Tennyson John.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran Jamaican bassist who has toured with Priest and Diana King, said his version has the goods to be as successful as the original. \u201cI see this song going in the direction of <strong><em>Wild World<\/em><\/strong> by Maxi Priest and <strong><em>Baby I Love Your Way<\/em><\/strong> by Big Mountain. Those songs covered local and international markets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Silk Sonic, whose members are Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak, formed in 2020. Released in March, Leave <strong><em>the Door Open<\/em><\/strong> was an international hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Taddy P was drawn to the song\u2019s throwback sound. \u201cThe original has an old school vibe that resonated with me, so I was definitely going for a similar vibe, as I am an old soul when it comes to music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Leave The Door Open<\/em><\/strong> is the follow-up to <strong><em>Live my Life<\/em><\/strong>, a song Taddy P recorded with Courtney Pine. It was released in March. John, who is also a drummer and keyboardist, is known throughout Eastern Caribbean Soca circles for songs like <strong><em>I Pray<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Oh Gyal<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first time Taddy P heard Leave the Door Open by Silk Sonic, he knew he had to cover it. That he did, reggae style, with Maxi Priest and St. Lucian singer Tennyson John. The veteran Jamaican bassist who has toured with Priest and Diana King, said his version has the goods to be as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1943,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions\/1943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}