which highly rated reggae artists don't really do that much for you?

[Red Eyes]

With me it's
Horace Andy
also a lot of Dennis Brown's stuff though there are a lot of tunes of him i think are great, I think he was never a great songwriter like Bob Marley and is a bit overrated
Bunny Lee & the flying cymbals sound
Studio One (don't really dig the sound, much prefer channel one style)
the high pitched vocalist from the Congos

I do realise i will probably be excommunicated for this.

[7]

Bye bye!

[aabey]

Bunny Wailer is far to be in my top 10, although I appreciate (not effusively) majoritie of his work.

[ACEtone]

dare I say Mr. Marley...

[ks.kerenski]

Delroy Wilson and John Holt

really don't know why people do appreciate them so much. May be someone can explain?

[vtov]

Delroy's singing is just pure soul. And he had great backing at Studio One and Channel One. I think his voice is in best form on the work he did with Striker Lee.

[ACEtone]

I agree with vtov. (though I don't know Delroy's stuff with Stiker apart from a couple of tracks - can you recommend the best Striker/Delroy stuff?)
Holt and Wilson while quite different to each other fit very much into the pop / soul side of the JA music equation. Those who favour more dread roots material might miss what is so enjoyable about their music. I like them a lot. Two of the best (in every respect) voices in MUSIC (not just JA music)

I find Horace Andy to be hit and miss. Some of his music is really excellent, some of it just sounds a bit off to me.

Pablo Gad, Pablo Moses, Bim Sherman - still haven't come to appreciate these apart from a select track here and there.

@leggo - took me a long time to 'get' DEB too. I find myself liking his music, voice, singing style more and more. Very influenced by Nat King Cole and Lou Rawls. The NKC I can really hear - but he takes it to another level...

[vtov]

i've had 'nuff Delroy but unexpectedly the one that hit hardest was this:

http://artistdirect.com/nad/store/artis ... 28,00.html

Not really Rocksteady, so title is misleading. Link says it could be different producers, but I thought it was all Striker, with backing from the Aggrovators. Some do-overs of Studio One tunes and Motown classics. The passion of Delroy Wilson makes them sound fresh still.

Also a great take on Tune In.

[Visitor]

bob marley. RIP... its way too comercial for me.

[flashman]

I know it's kind of sacrilege, but I agree about Cedrick Myton. I guess I'm just not that into falsettos. For this reason I'm never too excited about Jr. Murvin either.
I second Bob Marley, too. Also agree about the flying cymbals. I love listening to hi hat patterns in reggae drumming, so flyers is pretty boring in that respect.
Love Holt and D Wilson and DEB. I prefer Nitty Gritty to Tenor Saw. Prefer I Roy to U Roy. Prefer Michael Rose and/or Jr. Reid solo to Black Uhuru (I know that sounds crazy, but as they say, there's no accounting for taste.)