Songs about the departed

[Rhygin]

Been thinking of this recently, anyone got a particular track that focuses on the afterlife of a loved one or tribute, ie. Andy & Clyde's We All Have To Part or Busty Browns King Of The Trumbone. Especially interested in roots era...

[unorthodoxconqueror]

i really like prince buster - ghost dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE7mXhDzO90

"since music be the food of love, i'll forever sing on. and for rest us all, we'll soon get back on ship"

[j j]

Mikey Dread - Jacob,Marcus & Marley.

untold bob tribute tunes especially by the DJ's.

j j

[pf]

'Everything I own' by Ken Boothe. Not a rare one, I know, in fact a massive hit. It's a cover, don't remember original artist, and despite looking like a love song it was actually written in loving memory of the artist's father. That makes it a bit more moving in my opinion.

Winston Groovy transformed The Commodores tribute to Marvin Gaye 'Night Shift' into a Marley tribute...quite cheesy though depending on your taste...

Reformed 80's Skatalites and Lord Tanamo 'Big trombone' is tribute to Don Drummond.

[unorthodoxconqueror]

if we are counting selassie tributes there must be hundreds. i like "jah no dead" by burning spear and "can't leave jah" by johnny osbourne. though would you really count these as tributes to a departed hero, or just denial/rejection of the notion that H.I.M had passed? that would be a whole other kettle of fish i suppose.

interesting thread topic though.

[blakbeltjonez]

'Everything I own' by Ken Boothe. Not a rare one, I know, in fact a massive hit. It's a cover, don't remember original artist, and despite looking like a love song it was actually written in loving memory of the artist's father. That makes it a bit more moving in my opinion.

song was written by David Gates of Bread as a tribute to his father - a big hit for them sometime 1971 or '72, and covered by Ken Boothe in 1974.

[aztecryan]

prince lincoln thompson and the royal rasses heroes just the same. from his last album 21st century.

[jahsteppa]

I rate Tribute to King Tubby LP featuring lots of the digital era singers and DJ's (Courtney Melody, Pad Anthony, Ninja, Nigga Mikey). Wicked tribute LP...

[Marky Dread]

"Talk About Run" by Clint Eastwood and General Saint is a humorous take on being chased around a graveyard... a bit irreverent to the subject, but a great track!

[jahsteppa]

my mistake. its actually called salute to king tubby on taurus records