mixtape: white reggae in the works (suggestions)

apeshallnotkillape · Post by **apeshallnotkillape** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:54 pm

*nevermind*
i really enjoyed elvis "backed" by sound dimension!

Roots Archives · Post by **Roots Archives** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:11 pm

Some people don't 'sense' the humor.

apeshallnotkillape · Post by **apeshallnotkillape** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:22 am

don't sense and
wouldn't even *sensimilla* their humor

blakbeltjonez · Post by **blakbeltjonez** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:27 pm

apeshallnotkillape wrote:nevermind
i really enjoyed elvis "backed" by sound dimension!

thought it wasn't too bad for a mashup novelty.... dunno if i would buy it, but it was worth a listen.

a bit of trivia, it's true i swear: Elvis' "It's Now Or Never" was a soundsystem hit in the late 50's in Jamaica.

blakbeltjonez · Post by **blakbeltjonez** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:47 pm

oh, as an addition to this mixtape, might i suggest Prince Flo and Jah Edward's 1981 session....."Rock Steady With Flo & Eddie" - the duo who were the 60's pop group The Turtles.

not bad at all for white kids, but they are backed by some of the usual suspect session musicians from JA recorded at Tuff Gong, just after Rita Marley bought the old Federal Studios from Ken Khouri. the two turned up at the newly minted Tuff Gong expecting to churn out reggae-lite after recently discovering the music ..... but co producer Errol Brown tossed their ideas into the trash and gave them a crash course on real Jamaican music.

my picks would be "Swing And Dine", "Party Time", and "Moving Away"

Dubbaddikt · Post by **Dubbaddikt** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:05 am

ape, there is a Sinead O'Connor album called "Throw Down Your Arms" which is all cover versions of classic reggae tunes. It was recorded in Jamaica with Sly & Robbie and its actually very good. Worth checking out!

Roots Archives · Post by **Roots Archives** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:49 am

Two more:

Robert Palmer - Love Can Run Faster
Simply Red - Love Fire

Nandez · Post by **Nandez** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:48 pm

Willie Nelson, the US Country/Western artist, did an all-reggae album called "Countryman"

Another country act, the Bellamy Brothers, had a HUGE tune called "Reggae Cowboy" -- There's even video of it being played inna dancehall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwbHRx9f2eQ
Rewind selecta!!!

imet · Post by **imet** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:03 pm

well...martha velez is an american rock singer (in auge on 70s) but bob marley and lee perry produced an entire album for her, called escape from babylon....quite interesting

here's a tune from youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL4AGmIBDy4

Mick Sleeper · Post by **Mick Sleeper** » Tue May 03, 2011 9:20 pm

The Fall's cover of Lee Perry's "People Funny Boy"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpCghKWnzC0

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