Showing posts with label jamaica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jamaica. Show all posts

Friday, September 2, 2011

BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES - Dance The Ska





From the year I was born ,1964 ,comes one of my favorite ska albums of all time,hands down! Byron and the boys played the World's Fair in '64 also,and tried to introduce the new music known as "ska" ,to American audiences.One of the earliest practitioners of the genre,which was still in it's infancy when this was recorded. An album for the ages,every self-respecting ska band should be covering songs from this disc. If you haven't heard this,you'll never know what you've been missing! Grade A+ ska ,to the max! Thanks to Ralph at Record Trader!
CLICK HERE:
https://archive.org/download/ByronLeeTheDragonaires-DanceTheSka/ByronLeeTheDragonaires-DanceTheSka.zip 

Sunday, August 16, 2009

HERB PIRATE




This artist lives on an island near Jamaica,with some amps and instruments and a dog and a boat,and a television with a satellite dish,which is how he picks up his ideas.This is a concept album,based on Herb's adventures and nightmares of fighting a dub war with a ghost who lives in his t.v..Mostly based on an argument with David Letterman,about the world of the future,and how the ghost in the television plans on ruining any hope of a future which includes,flying cars,homes in space,and summer dogs.White boy rasta sounds,songs in homage to Haile Sellassie,praise Jah,homage to the sacred herb.A pirate who only robs smugglers of their green,to keep himself supplied,and able to survive on his own little island in the Carribean.Toke up and listen here,the second part of this Jah-pera,chronicles the battle with the ghost in the t.v.,and could cause trouble if you let him out thru your stereo or player,while listening,or even worse,listening on your computer,and having him get trapped in your hard drive!Anyway ,don't fear,listen to this,and leave comments for Herb,we'll send them in a bottle thrown into the gulf!