Re: Reggae Guitar Solos

Willie Lindo - Samba Pa Ti is not bad at all.

el pueblo wrote :Who is the guitarist in Lacksley Castell's "Morning Glory."

Junior Marvin of the Wailers is in the album credits, so it could very well be him.

Listened to Bim Sherman last night - some nice guitar playing on "If I Can Make It".
Some prominent guitar playing throughout the album, "Stranded" by Wailing Souls. Given the year of it's release, 1984, I have a hunch that they were probably influenced by the guitar sound that Quincey Jones used when producing Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

Jahson wrote :el pueblo wrote :Who is the guitarist in Lacksley Castell's "Morning Glory."

Junior Marvin of the Wailers is in the album credits, so it could very well be him.

thanks

Check out the album - Red, Gold and Blues by John Kypia (pronounced kap i er). You will be blown away. If im correct the legendry Dennis Bovell had a part in the production.

ZigggyyyyyYYY wrote :Black Uhuru, Live in New York City, song: Let us pray is a beautifull guitar solo in a layback reggae way with lots of echo

Yeah, Chinna again! Best Reggae Guitarist of the last 30 years?

Chinna and Dwight Pinkney formerly of Roots Radics are two of the tastiest guitars in reggae. One of my favorite guitar lines is Dwight's intro to "Youthman Penitentiary" by Edi Fitzroy. Undistorted, but with a touch of flanger or phaser. A simple but memorable line that propels this tune forward and starts it off right! It's an integral part of the music, not just an ego-driven note-laden excursion riding on top of the rest of the riddim but not really a part of it.
As far as distorted, screamy 'rock-ish' guitar, a lot of Jamaican reggae acts bring such a guitarist, because they're convinced that's what the people 'a farin' want to hear.

Derrick Harriot's Do I Worry has some very nice guitar work

Thats a great example of how guitar solos should be in reggae (in my personal oppinion of course!)

Its probably already been mentioned, but there is a "guitar version" of Drum Song that is the B side of the trojan single KB - Everything I Own. Its just credited to Jackie Mittoo, I forget who actually does it, someone posted it in a thread on the bing network that is no longer with us which we are not supposed to mention.

Willie Lindo and The Charmers - Drum Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBkQjQxTfqk

Brilliant guitar over a not-so-exciting riddim

Dennis Brown's Black Magic Woman has a very nice guitar solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=241EaD_p77U