Kip Carmen started his career as a musician and songwriter in the mid 1960s, beginning a thirty-plus year career with highlights including recording at Royal Studios in Memphis for Hi Records in the 1970s, collaborating frequently with the great Cornell Dupree (guitarist for King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Stuff) and James Allen Smith (keyboardist for King Curtis, Robert Palmer, Candi Staton) and opening for Albert King, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Cotton, and more. Read Kip’s full bio here.

Watch the full story of the recording and release of Kip’s sought-after single “This Island Is Our Home,” his collaborations with Cornell Dupree and James Allen Smith, and why the planned full-length album “Clear the Way” was never released.