BLOOD ON THE STREETS... IN THE U.S.A. (2026 Remix)

CREDITS • BACK STORY • PRESS

CREDITS

Los Angeles:

Solomon King: Vox
Solomon King, George Dez: Guitar
Todd Szabo: Drums
Lonnie Mitchel, Ron Battle: Bass
Johnny “B” Borges: Keyboards
Joanne Lazzaro: Flute
Elle Lorraine: Backing Vocals

Nashville:

Leo Zayas: Drums and Percussions
Storm Rhode IV: Guitar
Alex Reverberi: Bass, Rhythm Guitars
Alex Reverberi: Mixing and Mastering

Written by Jeff Laine pka Solomon King (BMI)
Published by Onewisdom Music Publishing (BMI)
Performed by Solomon King & The Chosen

THE BACK STORY

The Sunday Night Jam @ MJ's Social Club — a true South Central L.A. blues club, a juke joint — the night after I wrote the song. No rehearsal. The band had never heard it.

I performed it cold. Two chords, making up the lyrics as I sang them.

I did NOT know it was being recorded. A fan in the room pulled out his cell phone, hit record, and captured that first-ever live performance.

That fan later sent me the cell phone recording.

When I heard it back, saw the video — the raw vocal, the band catching the spirit in real time, the room responding — I felt this song was meant to be heard.

I put it on YouTube. The response was... "Great song but I can't hear the lyrics... is there anything you can do to fix it?"

So I did. That accidental cell phone recording became the template. The 2026 Remix is built on that sacred first take — the odd bars, the tempo changes — the overdubs were made on the original recording, never losing the urgency of that night in that juke joint.

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