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Bunny Wailer - Time Will Tell

Bunny Wailer speaks out against Gun violence in Jamaica.

Damian and Ziggy Marley with Buju Banton and Bunny Wailer - I Know You Don't Care About Me

Joe Higgs - My Devotion

Higgs was the guy who coached and inspired the early Wailers.

People Funny Boy - Lee Perry



Working with Joe Gibbs, Perry continued his recording career but, once again, financial problems caused conflict. Perry broke ranks with Gibbs and formed his own label, Upsetter, in 1968. His first single "People Funny Boy", which was an insult directed at Gibbs, sold very well. It is notable for its innovative use of a sample (a crying baby) as well as a fast, chugging beat that would soon become identifiable as "reggae" (the new sound did not really have a name at this time). From 1968 until 1972 he worked with his studio band The Upsetters. During the 1970s, Perry released numerous recordings on a variety of record labels that he controlled, and many of his songs were popular in both Jamaica and the UK. He soon became known for his innovative production techniques as well as his eccentric character

Sly & Robbie - Crazy Baldhead (Live)



Sly and Robbie may well be the most prolific recording artists ever. One estimate is that they have played on or produced some 200,000 songs, considering that some of their riddims such as "Revolution" have been used on over 100 songs.

Far from restricting themselves to the Jamaican scene, (in which they have played for virtually every prominent Jamaican musical artist from Beenie Man to Sean Paul to Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Gregory Isaacs Dennis Brown and others), they have been one of pop music's most sought after rhythm sections, playing for and producing superstars such as Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones, Grace Jones, Joan Armatrading, Gilberto Gil, Joe Cocker, Serge Gainsbourg, Simply Red, Michael Franti, Sting, Khaled, Mey Vidal, Tricky, Doug E. Fresh, Carlos Santana, Sinéad O'Connor, and many more.

Sly & Robbie playing Drum & Bass in Black Uhuru concert

Aswad "Children Of The Rainbow" Glastonbury 1982



Aswad...African Children

Roland Burrell - A Quiet Place (Johnny Dollar)

Another classic with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare :afro:

The Tamlins - Baltimore

Their version of the Randy Newman song backed by Sly and Robbie.

The Tamlins - Smiling Faces Sometimes

The Abyssinians - Decleration Of Rights

The Abyssinians - Satta Massa Gana

Morgan Heritage - I'm Coming Home

Tanya Stephens - These Streets

Willie Lindo - Samba Pa Ti

Ranking Dread - Marijuana In My Soul

Do you like the homeless man at the start of the video?

Someone used that guy as an avatar over on the old AIR - Cool innit?

That was me every fuckin' morning ta rass when me waking up in fi doorway inna west London. Me roll up me herbs and just chill as them a going to work mon

Three of us slept in the tunnels at Hyde Park Corner tube station for months back in the late 1990's. Every morning we would wake up about 6 or 7 am, get up have a piss and then get back in our sleeping bags after getting a coffee from the kiosk and then roll a big spliff and smoke it as the comuters went into work

We met former Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont once as well and tried to beg him

Cornell Campbell - Queen Of The Minstrel - Studio1 classic

You've led an interesting life,Truthy,experience makes us wiser

Jonny Nash:Rock me baby,again

Time for music to cast off the Christmas stress,a bit more lovers rock,takes me back to better times

Bunny Wailer - The Old Dragon