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I never cease to be amazed at the longevity of roots reggaeand the simplicity of its message to all who have a heart but I would not know anything about it if I had not met Mr Natty in the early 80s when he had a little sound system that was playing at the hospital I worked at.
I was totally innocent of anyone other than bob Marley and so he took me through his record box Iroy Prince Fari Satta dread Dennis burning spear too many to mention then we grew into the Joey Jay and of course the children grew up with all the music we loved and grew into their own reggae and of course endless watching of rockers countryman etc
All our Ipods have our own songs but all have core songs and it is nothing to hear the children busting those same tunes all over again.
a few of their favourites are street 66 Sticksman Black uhurus rudie JahJah dub one stop klu klux klan and their ultimate kareoke song big youth marcus garveys words
Three generations of love of reggae and its simple message of love hope and unity.

Thank you for you post, Itietitey girl. Makes me smile to hear that the music is alive in your family. I'm blessed to have a wonderful girlfriend who enjoy's almost the exact same reggae as me with her favourite being Delroy Wilson. Only time we disagree is when I play post 80's ragga at home... But other times I might be playing some electropop, rebetika or turkish music and she'll be begging me to switch over to some reggae -- even ragga!

But I truly feel blessed that I can share one of my biggest interests with her. She might not be as obsessive about the music as I am but one thing that always impresses me is how she can pin point rhythms I would never have noticed.

So there's at least a good foundation to pass the music on.

It truly does sound like you have a solid foundation both in love and reggae and I hope your love will continue to grow.

I would still love to hear from others what reggae song from their youth you would like to hear someone close to you enjoying now perhaps even making you feel that the future might not be so bad after all.