Jerry Woodard - Heaven In My Soul (Remix by American Studies)

American Studies is a wonderful project from the duo of Bryant Saxon, the owner or record label Earth Libraries, and musician and producer Ryan “Inkline” Howell. Encouraged by his father, Saxon was introduced to the world of record collecting in the mid-90s – particularly the sounds of 1950-60s rock-n-roll and R&B.

The idea of making new songs by sampling the original recordings that Saxon and his father had uncovered, collected, and preserved, became a passion project of its own. To get the ball rolling, Saxon sent a set of recordings to Howell. The collaboration quickly produced interesting results thanks to the contrast of vintage guitar tones and vocal styles with beats influenced by world music and modern R&B – all while adding complex layers of psychedelic effects. The result is a fascinating juxtaposition of the old and the new, almost dubby in effect, a worthwhile project…

So here’s a version of Heaven In My Soul, originally released by Jerry Woodward in the early 1960’s…