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Reggae?

AmazingGracePlayer

AmazingGracePlayer

Oct 8, 2006
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#1
Can someone recommend me some good reggae bands? I have heard of almost all songs by Bob Marley (Punky Reggae Party is my favorite although not many people have it or have heard of it...), almost everything by Bob's 12 kids (Stephen, Damien, Ziggy, etc)... I like Third World too, but only a few of their songs (Reggae Ambassador). I tried UB40, did NOT like them at all.

Thanks all!
 
#2
some Newer american reggae bands, I'll start of with, jsut because i cant get enough of it lately.

check out the aggrolites!! They play 'dirty reggae' which is like, up tempo reggae from late 60's 1970ish . http://youtube.com/watch?v=m2nlzwXUttY

the slackers, west bound train, hepcat are all great newer american jamacian revivalist ska / reggae bands.

Great band from brittan is Steel pulse, if you like third world(check out a bunhc more of their stuff) you will really like them.

Morgan heritage is really good.
Dennis Brown is probably one of the best/most influential reggae artists besides bob marley. he is considered the "crown prince of reggae".

Can't forget about the great Alton Ellis. This music is also considered "rocksteady" and "lovers rock" precursor to the real reggae movement.

Get yourself a copy of The Congos - Heart of the congos.

anything by Augustus pablo.

Learn about Dub, find some music by king tubby, Scientist, mad professor, lee "scratch" perry.

Everything by Barrington Levy .... imo essential reggae and reggae dancehall .

John Holt is a great singer.

So is Freddie Mcgregor, i saw both of these fellas play with an ochestra... amazing.

One of my favorite groups of all time..., the mighty diamonds http://youtube.com/watch?v=XC7CatrXWUs


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this is a must watch for reggae fans... some legendary reggae musicians (earl chinna smith, Earl Flabba hort, horsemouth, robbie lynn). Invalid Link Removed

Look up "studio one" in youtube.


these are all a good foundation for your reggae expeience... so much reggae out there i find new stuff every day... :)

don't worry about not liking UB40, thats pretty common..
 
#3
Some Newer Reggae music that is also commonly refered to as Dancehall.

Buju Banton
Sizzla
Capleton
Damian Marley
Lone Ranger
Burro Banton
Anthony B
Fantan Mojah
Natural Black
Chuck fenda

these just some of my favorites.

Get Familiar with Riddims. You'll notice, most artists share many songs. common ting.

for instance, say Jackie Mittoo(check him out) put out a hit, others would version it.

theres a whole sub-culture of Versionist, Reggaedubwise.com is a good community of that.

So some classic riddims you can find albums of, and will expose you to many many artists are:

Queen Majesty riddim
Hot milk
Queen of the Minstrels
Truth and rights
Cuss cuss
Love me forever
M16
Stalag(baddest riddim of all time)
Sleng Teng
full up
throw me corn.


enjoy
 
#5
COOL AND DEADLY said:
Good job Drifta. I reccommend The Heptones, the Aggrovators, Black Uhuru, Dennis Brown, Barrington Levy for some oldies. Newer stuff I really like Richie Spice, Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Luciano. So many more too.
Look for anything backed by Sly and Robbie or Roots Radics.
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yeah I love all those too. theres just too much to list really.

I can't wait, just found out morgan heritage is coming to town, and Luciano and Everton blendor are playing next month too!!!! :hyper::hyper:

oh and Black Uhuru! micheal rose, junior reid!!
 
#10
COOL AND DEADLY said:
good work on the riddims too! Don't forget "Answer" riddim and "Tempo." Also "Real Rock" and "Full Up." I think Real Rock is the leader as far as number of songs. Can't argue with Stalag as your favorite. What a wicked piece of sound!
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hah yes you're right, i have a giant awnser riddim folder. Real rock is bad too. however i say baddest riddim of all time for stalag because of Freddie mccgregors claim at the beginning of his song "no defeat" :) gotta love riddim..
 
#12
Maybe since we got a funk 101 sticky in this forum, and we get Reggae threads every other day or so, can we sticky this? I think i've compiled great awnsers to anyone seeking reggae, and other can contribute, we can sticky this?. would be a cool idea to do for other genres tooo.
 
#17
oH YEAH check out Ed Friedland's book reggae bass. It will teach you many classics old and new as well as give you some stylistic pointers. Hey Drifta, I found a tab of the Stalag 17 riddim on that French based reggae tab site. It doesn't seem right to me. I wondered how you (specifically) played it. We play a version of "Ring the Alarm" (less like Tenor Saw and more like Sublime, to my dismay) And we play it on B ending on A. I'm sure we don't play it "right" either. It seems relatively simple, but sometimes simple doesn't mean easy to figure out.
 
#18
for some of the Roots Rock Reggae flavor, i suggest some of the following:

Israel Vibration
Toots Hibbert (and the Maytals)
Jimmy Cliff
Gregory Issacs
Pato Banton
JC Lodge
Groundation

on the Dub tip, i suggest checking out:

Twilight Circus Dub Sound System (Ryan Moore, former bassist of the Legendary Pink Dots)
Scientist
King Tubby
Prince Buster
Horace Andy
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Sly & Robbie
Dub Sydicate
Easy Star All-Stars
 
#19
COOL AND DEADLY said:
oH YEAH check out Ed Friedland's book reggae bass. It will teach you many classics old and new as well as give you some stylistic pointers. Hey Drifta, I found a tab of the Stalag 17 riddim on that French based reggae tab site. It doesn't seem right to me. I wondered how you (specifically) played it. We play a version of "Ring the Alarm" (less like Tenor Saw and more like Sublime, to my dismay) And we play it on B ending on A. I'm sure we don't play it "right" either. It seems relatively simple, but sometimes simple doesn't mean easy to figure out.
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I play it like this
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#20
four2oh said:
for some of the Roots Rock Reggae flavor, i suggest some of the following:

Israel Vibration
Toots Hibbert (and the Maytals)
Jimmy Cliff
Gregory Issacs
Pato Banton
JC Lodge
Groundation

on the Dub tip, i suggest checking out:

Twilight Circus Dub Sound System (Ryan Moore, former bassist of the Legendary Pink Dots)
Scientist
King Tubby
Prince Buster
Horace Andy
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Sly & Robbie
Dub Sydicate
Easy Star All-Stars
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nice picks i've seen toots, and pato this past year. both are GREAT performers!!!! really work the stage.
 

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