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January 2009 - Usually, when recorded
music gets popular, the vocalists on the
recordings get all the attention. This is
sad, especially within Reggae Music. For
what's a vocalist without music?
In the
1970's, most Reggae Music was played into
the multi-track recorders by the house bands
of the various recording studio's on
Jamaica. A number of producers utilized
these studio's as they arranged musicians,
recording engineers and/or vocalists.
The
producers, therefore, are at least as
important as the vocalists who usually get
all the attention. There would not be, let's
say, these magnificent 1970's tunes by
Johnny Clarke and the Revolutionaries if it
were not for producer Bunny Lee.
Neither
would there be such a great tune by Burning
Spear as "Slavery Days", produced
by Jack Ruby: the man with the same name as
the one who is said to have shot Lee Harvey
Oswald who in his turn was said to have
killed JFK in the 1960's.
In this 4
minute video, we get to know Jack Ruby in
sight and sound. A rare piece of historical
footage, that is simply to good to ignore.
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