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greetings in his name ,

we all know that reggae songs are covered by many different artists but whats your one song that should never be sung by anybody else?

mine is every tongue shall tell horace Andy!

my brothers song is luciano its me again jah!

my mums is junior byles and rupert reid remember me

my dads is his proudest dubplate its me mama steves cut shaka from way way way back in the day I am not even allowed to touch it it is sacred ........!!!!

our dog loves obediah devon russell/irons because her name is honey and we sing honeydiah to it and she stands on her back legs to dance......

please share yours with us !!!

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Wow! You really come from a reggae family. Luckily my parents at least had one Eddy Grant tape, that got me kinda hooked.

It's got to be Marley and redemption songs

No one should touch that

I like Wayne Jarrett's cover of Every Tongue Shall Tell

Jacob Miller - Tired fe lick weed in a bush...

What an intro..!!!

Congo Bunny wrote:It's got to be Marley and redemption songs

No one should touch that

You didn't like Johnny Cash + Joe Strummer's version?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaw9dyKv7vM

Funky Punk wrote:Congo Bunny wrote :It's got to be Marley and redemption songs

No one should touch that

You didn't like Johnny Cash + Joe Strummer's version?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaw9dyKv7vM

+1. FP beat me to posting this. their version while not perfect still brings a tear to my eye

This is another great cover of Redemption Song with Ziggy Marley and the Chieftains. It's a strange combination, but it works beautifully.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJgIq48C9k

Congo Bunny wrote:It's got to be Marley and redemption songs

No one should touch that

+1!

The Congos "Open Up The Gates".
For me , it's the greatest reggae song .Even the Congos shouldn't sing it on stage actually (what a disaster,my friends).
Loud and Lone (a pays basque band) made a cover a few years ago but it missed,what bob called, "the natural mystic".

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