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LYNN TAITT: THE “TRINI” WITH THE ROCK STEADY BEAT!

LYNN TAITT: THE “TRINI” WITH THE ROCK STEADY BEAT!

  By Howard Campbell—   Students of Jamaican popular music usually point to rocksteady as the sound that keeps on giving. To this day, dancehall and pop artists sample its timeless bass lines and guitar riffs. The man responsible for creating rocksteady was not Jamaican. He was Lynn Taitt from Trinidad and Tobago. Taitt made his name as a prolific session musician during the 1960’s, playing on countless hit songs by Hopeton Lewis, Desmond Dekker, Johnny Nash, Alton Ellis, and … Read entire article »

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WILLIE “ARMAGIDEON TIME” WILLIAMS MAKING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS IN SPREADING REGGAE IN CANADA!

By Howard Campbell—  Willi Williams—– WILLI Williams had never been outside of Jamaica until 1974 when wanderlust drew him to Toronto, Canada. The singer, best known for the 1977 hit song Armagideon Time, liked it so much he stayed. Though it has been 40 years since his first time there, Williams vividly recalls his initial impression of Canada. “Obviously, it was different from Jamaica in many ways: a sleepy country, had a small Jamaican community,” he said. “Back then, when yuh si a Jamaican yuh glad ’cause there was a lotta discrimination.” The St Ann-born Williams had been recording since 1968, cutting his first song at Studio One. He also did a number of self-produced songs at Randy’s, Harry J and Dynamic Sounds. In mid-1970s Canada, he found a growing reggae colony headed by trumpeter Jo … Read entire article »

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ERNIE SMITH – THE UNWILLING STAR!

ERNIE SMITH – THE UNWILLING STAR!

Ernie Smith– When Ernie Smith recorded the slow ballad I Can’t Take It, at the Federal Recording Studios in 1967, he had to convince himself he was a singer of sorts. Smith went there with no intention of singing the composition himself, but rather to find someone to sing it. He had done little or no singing before, except for a few stints with the band, The Vandals, which he formed in Claremont, St Ann, after leaving school, and for which he … Read entire article »

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