Music legend Garland Jeffreys dreamed of a more inclusive, less racist society and delivered his vision via song.
His mission lives on a new documentary, "Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between," now streaming. Despite being a legendary talent, you may never have heard of Jeffreys, now 82, who retired from performing in 2019.
But some big musical names you have heard of revere him. Bruce Springsteen , in the documentary, places Jeffreys in "the great singer-songwriter tradition of Dylan and Neil Young ... one of the American greats."
Others who sing his praise in the film: guitarist Vernon Reid (Living Colour), actor Harvey Keitel , musicians Graham Parker and Alejandro Escovedo , as well as Laurie Anderson , widow of the late Lou Reed (he's seen in photos and heard in