The Jeremiah Show

Oct 24 2024 86 mins

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THE JEREMIAH SHOW - Featuring Fantastic Negrito

*My interview with Fantastic Negrito originally aired in 2020.

Fantastic Negrito is the incarnation of a reborn musician after going through a lot of awful sh**.

The name Fantastic Negrito represents his third rebirth, literally coming back from death this time. The narrative of this man is as important as the sound because the narrative is the sound. Songs born from a long, hard life channeled through black roots music. Slide guitar, drums, piano. Urgent, desperate, edgy. Fantastic Negrito is the story of a man who struggled to “make it,” who “got it,” who lost it all, and somehow managed to find his way back.

Returning to music in 2014 by playing on the streets of Oakland, Fantastic Negrito won the inaugural NPR Tiny Desk contest. In 2016, he released his debut full-length album, The Last Days of Oakland, which went on to win a GRAMMY in 2017 for Best Contemporary Blues Album. And this year, he won his second GRAMMY in the same category for his critically acclaimed new release, Please Don't Be Dead. He has three GRAMMYS in total and has been nominated four times.

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Fantastic Negrito Won Best Contemporary Blues Album For "Please Don't Be Dead' | 2019 GRAMMYs

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