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Presenting I Roy - black man time on slaving riddim

anybody clued up to who is the violin player???

also the violin on
big youth - screaming target / K.G.'s Half Way Tree

is the same player me thinks both being gussie clarke specials

any ideas tho..

forward kindly

from this page, *jahganga7 wrote*

the violin player on that cut is known as "white rum" raymond.(from screaming target's liner notes.) apparently he was an old man who would play for the price of his next drink, and never recorded much other than a rare sit in.

the above should probably read..

"apparently he was an old man who would refuse to play unless you got him very drunk first"

thanks muchly Lite-let... depth of knowledge is a joy to discover.

raymond has feeling flowing like ... 'white rum'

some other tracks with violin:
ashantie roy/ radics - weeping and
wailing 12" ( cry tuff)

and
congos- music maker/ at the feast 1981 12".
( not the lee perry versions).
peace natty iration
smoke up the lambs.......