Alright, this one's a bit different from the last post, but I couldn't resist. This is truly one of my favorite reggae tracks ever, and I don't even really know why. The production is simple, the instrumentation is standard. It would seem that there was nothing special about this song at all. Yet Pat Kelly's "How Long" is great. I've listened to this song too many times, and tried to solve the ...
Pat Kelly was born in 1949, and replaced the wonderful Keith "Slim" Smith as lead singer in the Techniques, during the rocksteady era. When the group finally went their separate ways, Pat began a long solo career, recording initially for Bunny Lee, where his name was made for all time by his ripped from the heart performance on this tune. It was helped somewhat by the superb backing band Gladdy...
Alright, this one's a bit different from the last post, but I couldn't resist. This is truly one of my favorite reggae tracks ever, and I don't even really know why. The production is simple, the instrumentation is standard. It would seem that there was nothing special about this song at all. Yet Pat Kelly's "How Long" is great. I've listened to this song too many times, and tried to solve the ...
Pat Kelly is a reggae singer who was born in 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica whose career began in the late 1960s. Aside from singing, he also moved into production, producing his own Youth and Youth album in 1978, and co-producing with John Holt 's The Impressable John Holt (Disco Mix) album in 1979.The late 1970s [...]~~