I'm Curious About (II) : Augustus Pablo [Private] life.

[hans]

Tnx Han

[aLonso]

im curious too, the booklet of the new boxset has some amazing information. i didnt know he was left handed...that is pretty awesome. reading all the post im assuming he was a very private person. on the very few live videos that are avaialble, i can see he was, at least trying. to be a perfectionist. besided his melodica skills, he was a superb productor. i'd place a top with scratch, gibbs, chin, and dodd.
maximum respect mr swaby
aLonso

[super ape]

ap also played the guitar lefty, jimi style.

[dan i]

Personally Augustus Pablo was the most gifted of all the reggae musicians, ever. His approach to music was unique. Check out Lol Bell Brown's book and discography for more leads.

There is an annual dance held to celebrate his birthday in JA by Rockers Sound System, run by his brother Garth Swaby. A DJ friend of mine has played at this event at least twice and says it is very moving indeed.

[Henry]

Here is a rare photo indeed of AP. Taken in London by Pogus Caesar and will be featured in upcoming book later this year. http://www.flickr.com/photos/75913636@N00/499395502/

This is the information taken from The Independent Newspaper -Pogus Caesar's

Muzika Kinda Sweet
By Matilda Battersby
Friday, 17 September 2010E
POGUS CAESAR
Grace Jones by Pogus Caesar


A book of photographs by Pogus Caesar celebrating iconic black musicians is to be published next month.

The book features evocative, nostalgic and largely unpublished images of musical legends like Stevie Wonder, Grace Jones and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.

Most of Caesar’s photography is based around his home city of Birmingham, documenting a spectrum of well-known personalities and recording significant events including the Handsworth riots, Birmingham tornado and the regeneration of the Bullring.

“These images record a unique period in what would come to be called black British life,” remarks author and historian Paul Gilroy.

“Pogus Caesar’s emphatically analog art is rough and full of insight. He conveys the transition between generations, mentalities and economies.”

Legendary reggae artists figures prominently, and appropriately, in the Caesar image canon - Burning Spear, The Wailers, Augustus Pablo, Rita Marley, Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru, Sly Dunbar, Steel Pulse etc. The photographer cites reggae itself is a significant influence, reflecting his own St Kitts background in the Eastern Caribbean.

The launch of Muzika Kinda Sweet follows an exhibition of the work at the Oom Gallery in Birmingham earlier this year.