ghost ghoston
Hailing straight from the Mississippi Delta, Xavier “GHOST” Villa Ghoston started singing out of the Holiness church at the age of 5. A true Soul singer with a quartet and Delta Blues tinged voice that combines all these elements with a modern R&B twist. Paying homage to all the Blues and Soul greats, Villa Ghoston initially got his professional start with the group FAITH that formerly backed Grammy Award winning Michael McDonald and various artists. From his sound you will see why he was coined “GHOST” not simply for his last name but also for being known as an “old soul”.
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Grandmama Ollie,
Ghost was introduced at a young age to his love of music by his late grandmother Ollie Jean. She reared him in the holiness church and introduced him to quartet greats like the Soul Stirrers, Highway QC’s,The Caravans, and Clara Ward Singers that stayed in rotation on her stereo system. Ollie Jean took him from church to church singing for “peppermints” at the age of 5.
A young GHOST pictured with father Anthony “GOAT” Ghoston
A Sunday “Saint” and Saturday “Sinner” as the old folks would say, GHOST credits his love of Blues and Southern Soul to his father who would steady bump greats like Johnnie Taylor, Tyrone Davis, BB King and Bobby Blue Bland throughout the home. Ghost spent many car rides down in Delta memorizing the songs word for word and his first being “I Found A Love” the Falcons Feat WIlson Pickett hit covered by Johnnie Taylor.