Detroit soul man J.J. Barnes looks back on his career...

The Detroit Metro Times website is currently running an excellent feature on JJ Barnes, details below, full and do mean full of interesting info, well worth the trip over...

Detroit soul man J.J. Barnes looks back on his career ahead of what he says could be his final live performance

The ‘Chains of Love’ singer is set to perform at northern soul festival Detroit-A-Go-Go

... mailman who delivered to the Barnes’s home also ran a record label. Mailman Fred Brown had recently initiated his Kable and Mickay’s imprints, and knew a good thing when he heard it. While walking his delivery route, Brown overheard the Barnes family singing and harmonizing together. The mailman promptly signed Barnes, his sister Ortheia, and his stepfather’s group to contracts with his...

https://www.metrotimes.com/music/detroit-soul-man-jj-barnes-looks-back-on-his-career-ahead-of-what-he-says-could-be-his-final-live-performance-31421347