As a musician who cut his teeth on Jamaica’s north coast scene, Timmy Love listened to, and performed, different types of music. Such as Forever Young, a power ballad made popular by German group Alphaville and American singer Laura Branigan.
Recently, he recorded a version of Forever Young. His self-produced cut was released in September.
“This is a song that I always liked, I prefer the original version that was done by Alphaville. However, My son put some hip hop drums to the song and created a different vibe. As soon as I heard it I could not get the song out of my head,” said Timmy Love. “It was then that I decided to do a reggae-pop version of the song.”
Branigan’s throaty version of Forever Young was hot in Jamaica circa 1985 when Timmy Love was beginning to chart a career playing bass guitar and singing in bands on Jamaica’s tourist circuit.
He kicked off his recording career 26 years ago and has released five albums to date.
Timmy Love has lived in the United States for over 20 years. For most of that time, he has been leader of the RefleXX Band which is based in his adopted home of Connecticut.
The seven-piece unit gets most of their gigs in the tri-state area. As an artist, Timmy Love has toured Africa and Japan.
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