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Funkyfred wrote:Jah Glu wrote :Funkyfred wrote :
The whole crew of Ras Michael & the sons of Negus!
Hehe, is dat cheatin?

Yes

Nah??!! Jah Glue, be a pal?

No one else can match up to Ras and his crew!! They´re allready a perfect combination.... so why disturb it?

Coz its more fun to combine. I love The Aggrovators too but it would be pretty dull if i just wrote The Aggrovators on everything. But suit yourself.

As the thread originator, I would prefer it if you list the artists, even if they are all from the same group.

Then it helps educate the newcomers to the genre.

leggo rocker wrote:As the thread originator, I would prefer it if you list the artists, even if they are all from the same group.

Then it helps educate the newcomers to the genre.

Irie Leggo....

Ok, point taken.

Hmm... Im a little embaressed to say that I know so little about di line-up of one of my favv-rootsbands!

But I gonna think about a dreamteam-lineup, with or without The Sons OF Negus.

I´ll be back!!

Being a fan of more than just reggae, I'd love to see a massive band explore funk and reggae.

Executive staff: No idea

Producer: King Tubby

Co-Producer: Lee Perry

Production staff: Perry/Tubby

Engineer: Perry/Tubby

Mixing Engineer: Perry/Tubby

Song writer(s): Anyone in the band capable of writin’ a good one

Musical Arranger: Rick James

Herbsman: California's Medical library

Chalice and Spliff production: I roll ‘em pretty good
Players of instrument and singers:

Lead Singer: James Brown/Bob Marley

DJ / Toaster: Barrington Levy

Backing singer(s): Parliament Back-up singers

Drums: Wadi Gad

Bass: Bootsy Collins

Percussionist(s): the Heart of the Congos percussion team, which as well as I can figure is: Lee Perry, Skully & Sticky, Mikey Boo Richards & Paul Douglas & Sly Dunbar. Open to corrections!

Lead Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Rhythm Guitar: Eddie Hazel

Keyboards / Piano / Organ: Stevie Wonder

Saxophone(s): Maceo Parker/Fred Wesley

Trumpet: Miles Davis

Trombone: none
Melodica (optional): Augustus Pablo


You'll notice a bunch of the best funk musicians as well as reggae ones in this crew. It's something I haven't seen and would love to. What's the band name? Immortals. Their first album? Rip It Up.

Wow Raphael!

Bootsy kicks a**!

And Maceo.... Godfather of Funk, a-ight!!

And di theme-song for your dream-team?

...."Funky Kingston" of course!!

Of course, of course. You a funk fan too?

I was thinking about an all alive version of the same band.

The core would be the Dap-Kings, Sharon Jones' (a modern day female JB) backing band. They did the work on all of Amy Winehouse's new cd and have worked extensively with the likes of RZA of the Wu Tang Clan, Keb Darge of deep funk production/DJ fame, and Britain's premier producer Mark Ronson. I don't know who else I'd add to the line up from the reggae world as I don't know percussionists/horn players in reggae as well as I know those in funk. However, I know at the very least I'd have Barrington and Jones at the front of the band. Imagine the interplay! Two genders, two styles. Imagine Barrington in your funk or Aretha in your roots. Anyone wanna add to this?

More on the Dap-Kings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Jon ... _Dap-Kings

I love this thread except for the fact that I found 74 new e-mails in my inbox when I got home from my holiday. Most of them was from this thread, I forgot to un-check the litte box below. However...

I really like 6anbattes lineup, Roy Cousins is a cool touch.

Yes, I am enjoying this too!

I'll post a second dream team over the weekend.

engineer - king tubby

mixing engineer - prince jammy

song writers - cedric myton & ansel cridland

producer - lee perry

lead singers - the congos & the meditations

dj toasting - leroy horsemouth wallace

backing singers - the heptones

drums - sly dunbar & style scott & sky juice

bass - robbie shakespear & aston familyman barret

percussionists - sticky & skully & sky juice

lead guitar - ernest ranglin

rhythm guitar - earl chinna smith & mikey chung

keyboards - earl wire lindo

sax - tommy mccook

trumpet - jo jo bennet

trombone - vin gordon

flute - clive hunt

melodica - augustus pablo

Irie.... Well here goes, my dream-team:

Band-name: Earth, Weed & Fire

Producer: Linval Thompson
Co-Producer: Jah Shaka

Engineer: Dennis Bovell
Mixing Engineer: LKJ
Song writer(s): LKJ & Ras Michael
Musical Arranger: Ras Michael
Herbsman: Everyone
Chalice-man: Anybody

Lead Singer: Kiddus I
DJ / Toaster: Clint Eastwood
Dub-poet in action: LKJ
Backing singers: Mighty Diamonds
Drums: Drummie Zeb
Bass: Dennis Bovell
Contrabass: Lloyd Brevett
Percussionist: Ras Michael, LKJ, Jah Bunny, Wenty"Countryboy"Stewart
Lead Guitar: Danny "Teacher" McKen
Rhythm Guitar: Brinsley Dan
Keyboards: Yuichi Oki
Saxophone: Roland Alphonso, Cedric Im Brooks, Gamo
Trumpet: Bobby Ellis

Opening theme-song: "Give peace a chance(Nyahbinghi-version).

....A nice universal band, with musicians from Jamaica, UK and even Japan! A-ight!!