I spotted the sale of the Jay T and wondered, connections ?

James Thorpe with J J Barnes ?

 

Edited January 4, 20223 yr by Blackpoolsoul

Two detroit, One LA release.  Wasn't JT / Jay Rhythm real name James Thorpe.  The Jay T artist seems to have all been connected with Rene Hall who was LA based for sure.

I'd say the top one maybe a differebnt artist, but there are folks on here that will know more.

Edited January 4, 20223 yr by Mal C

1 hour ago, Mal C said:

Two detroit, One LA release.  Wasn't JT / Jay Rhythm real name James Thorpe.  The Jay T artist seems to have all been connected with Rene Hall who was LA based for sure.

I'd say the top one maybe a differebnt artist, but there are folks on here that will know more.

James Thorpe , I agree (as in the title of the thread)

Perhaps like so many moved from Detroit to LA ?

they do sound vocally quite near. On  'I Love The Way You Do'  by J.T. Rhythm, you can hear phrasing quite like Jay T, but Jay T does sound deeper to me on the 'Road Ahead', although on the flip of that 45 he sounds more like J.T. Rhythm ....   Still I think these two singers are different.

 

Edited January 4, 20223 yr by Mal C

 

 

James Thorpe is on the far left. I think that's Orthea Barnes holding the JJ Barnes album on Perception, and then JJ is of course in the white outfit - I'm not sure who anyone else is. I'm positive that James and Jay T are not the same person.

Edited January 4, 20223 yr by Nick Soule

That is a great picture, nice to see JJ's Sister holding his LP,  never seen this picture before, where did you grab it Nick?

41 minutes ago, Mal C said:

That is a great picture, nice to see JJ's Sister holding his LP,  never seen this picture before, where did you grab it Nick?

A friend has been in touch with one of James’ kids, and they sent him a scan of the picture.