So Crashpryor has gotten me onto a bit of a ska kick. I have found myself getting out more and more of its music, and playing it in the backround while I am searching for work in the great state of Minnesota. It's a genre that is highly underrated, and I feel should get its proper due. Trojan records has been putting out cd's since 1967. Their whole thing is to try and "present the very best in...
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Out of the woodwork didn't seem to work on the web, so...I just added a handful of new links to the list of "Get to know me" mogger posts and now it's getting looooooong! Who knew we had this many verified people on MOG?! I'm loving every minute of reading these and I'm going to get around to commenting on all of them too. If you wrote a post in this theme and you don't see it linked in the w...
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...in the 60s, just before Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingston and Bob Marley's star really caught fire and took off, "*Desmond Dekker*":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker was one of Jamaica's more popular recording artists who helped spread the Island vibe beyond the Caribbean ...if you're down with the crucial, old-school ska joints from the Yard, then I highly suggest you snag yourself a ...
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desmond dekker meets fu manchu. it doesn't get much better than this. one of jamaica's best.
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I've never been a huge reggae fan - not to the extent of hunting and buying oddball or rare material (as i've done and still do with Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore...). I enjoy a lot of reggae and its relatives when i happen to hear them on the radio, but that's about it. (Ska being a partial exception, i have and will buy some ska dis...
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Desmond Dekker! RIP. I saw him on his last tour in San Francisco. I couldn't tell how old he was. He was too lively. All I remember was dancing. The spirit that took hold of that room was almost too magnanamous for words. Although these words are good to have in the mind all ways. Especially in the middle of a week. Mooska
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Ok, here I am dragging in late for Popeye's Laff-Olympics, but I was offline all day yesterday. Did you know there's a whole non-virtual world out there? Weird. Here's a short but funny old commercial for Maxell tapes from the UK. Pete's Weird Al "Bob" post inspired me to dig this out.
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As an old black man from the south, I appreciate being able to look around Netsville for all kinds of songs. One that I found, recently, has caught my attention. It reminds me of what the south was like in them early, rugged years. It also makes me think about all of those greedy fools and coporate monsters of today, who have train wrecked the economy. My friend Bobby, hipped me to the reggae s...
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Desmond Dekker – Rudy Got Soul - 1963-1968 : The Early Beverly Years (Trojan)Rudy Got Soul: The Complete Early Years 1963-1968 chronicles Desmond Dekker's first single from 1963, "Honour Your Father and Mother," through his enormously successful Jamaican hits recorded in the mid- to late '60s with the Aces. The disc highlights the outset of rocksteady with the tracks "Hey Grandma," "Music Like .
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I know it has been awhile but I'm starting to see the "light at the end of the tunnel," so to speak, and will be able to post a little more frequently. To be honest with you all, I just haven't been able to find the motivation to get things rolling again and I hope this post will be the sign of better things to come.I've been planning on doing a couple mixes to highlight two of Jamaican music's...
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Desmond Dekker (July 16, 1941 — May 25, 2006) was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer and songwriter. Together with his backing group, The Aces, he had one of the first international Jamaican hits with Israelites. Other hits include 007 (Shanty Town) in 1967 and It Miek in 1969. Before the ascent of Bob Marley, [...]
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“The Israelites” by Desmond Dekker and The Aces. As always, don’t end up like Bonnie and Clyde; click pause on the music player located in the side bar before playing the YouTube. Question: Can you turn a negative in to positive energy? Tags: Music, The best song in the world, YouTube
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