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U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:25 pm
by Congo Bunny
I feel like this has probably been asked before, but I can't find too much searching the forum
but Hugh Roy and U-Roy are the same person right?
Hugh Roy Junior and Hugh-Roy Henry are the same person?
but Hugh Roy & U-Roy is not the same person as Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry?
or is Hugh-Roy Henry a separate third person?
I'm sorry to ask, but it's driving me a little crazy trying to understand
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:53 pm
by Ron
Hugh Roy and U-Roy are indeed the same person.
U Roy Jr was another toaster who presumably died in the mid seventies, his style was a bit of a mix between U Roy and Dennis Alcapone, if you would ask me.
Hugh Roy Henry is a singer. I don't know much about him, except for the handful of songs he did.
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:27 am
by Congo Bunny
Brilliant, thanks Ron, I was getting very muddled up last night
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:39 am
by j j
then there is Hugh Brown & U Brown......
j j
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:48 am
by Congo Bunny
j j wrote:then there is Hugh Brown & U Brown......
j j
chuckles, not sure I've heard of Hugh Brown.
When I first started collecting reggae some 15 years ago I-Roy, I-Kong, I-Threes, U-Roy, U-Brown etc had my head in a bit of a spin I bet there are a tonne more of these
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:14 pm
by Sandy
I think that the "Hugh Roy" thing was just an error by the guy who wrote the sleeve notes for an album around 1969/70.
I'm pretty certain I read it somewhere - quite possibly in the notes to a CD re-issue.
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:52 pm
by vtov
Congo Bunny wrote:then there is Hugh Brown & U Brown......
j j
chuckles, not sure I've heard of Hugh Brown.
When I first started collecting reggae some 15 years ago I-Roy, I-Kong, I-Threes, U-Roy, U-Brown etc had my head in a bit of a spin I bet there are a tonne more of these
and don't forget U Black who toasted on a Maytones single and maybe some for Joe Gibbs
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:39 pm
by jumbo
Hugh Brown = Huford Brown = U Brown
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:07 am
by Sir dickie
I read an article many moons ago with u-roy and he claimed the name came from a nephew who couldn't pronounce his proper name.. Ewart..
Re: U-Roy, Hugh Roy, Hugh Roy Jr & Hugh-Roy Henry
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:23 pm
by Congo Bunny
Sir dickie wrote:I read an article many moons ago with u-roy and he claimed the name came from a nephew who couldn't pronounce his proper name.. Ewart..
cool, thats funny my daughter can't pronounce the word gigantic she says gimantic so I guess if I could sing I would have to be Ras Gimantic... although then people might think I was boasting about the size of my doodle... back to the drawing board on the reggae artist name