Hear Organ Fairchild Put Jazzy Spin On Bob Marley Classic For Upcoming Covers Album

Buffalo-based trio Organ Fairchild shared a cover of Bob Marley’s “Them Belly Full.” The track is set for the band’s forthcoming covers album, Songs We Didn’t Write, due out on June 7 in vinyl, CD and digital formats.

Organ Fairchild co-produced Songs We Didn’t Write — following the band’s sophomore album, Leisure Suit — with Justin Guip (Hot Tuna, Levon Helm). Soulive’s Alan Evans handled mastering.

The LP boasts instrumental reimaginings of the Grateful Dead’s “Lost Sailor,” Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle” (with special guest guitarist Jorma Kaukonen), a Harry Styles song and more. The album is bookended with Bob Marley songs including opener, the aforementioned “Them Belly Full,” and closer “Redemption Song.”

“It was actually my son who suggested a full album of cover songs!” Guitarist Dave Ruch stated. “Why not? We love rearranging material in our organ trio format, and our shows always include some choice covers – we had a ball making this!”

Organ Fairchild — Ruch, keyboardist Joe Bellanti and drummer Corey Kertzie — shared Bob Marley’s “Them Belly Full” to preview the collection. The song originally appears on the 1974 album, Natty Dread.

Listen to Organ Fairchild put a jazzy spin on “Them Belly Full” below:

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Songs We Didn’t Write Tracklist:

1. Them Belly Full (Bob Marley)
2. Lost Sailor (Grateful Dead)
3. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
4. Canyon Moon (Harry Styles!)
5. Hard to Handle feat. Jorma Kaukonen (Otis Redding)
6. Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles)
7. Lazy River Road (Grateful Dead)
8. I Wish feat. The Brass Machine (Stevie Wonder)
9. Redemption Song (Bob Marley)