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REGGAE & MUSIC

Dave Thompson

Backbeat IBooks San Francisco TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments vi Festival/Popular Competition Winners: Introduction vii 1966-2000 13 14 PART ONE: CARNIVAL HISTORY & WINNERS 1 Montserrat 15 Introduction: Background to Carnival 1 History 15 /Tobago 1 Carnival 15 History 1 St Kitts-Nevis 15 The Beginnings of Carnival 2 History 15 Carnival Competitions 4 Carnival 15 The Independence Calypso Competition 4 Calypso Monarchs: 1971-2000 15 Trinidad Calypso Crown Competition Winners 5 Road March Champions: 1972-2000 16 Calypso King: 1939-77 5 St Lucia 16 Calypso Monarch: 1978-2001 5 History 16 Road March (Lavway) Winners: 1932-2001 5 Carnival 16 Anguilla 6 St Vincent/Grenadines 16 History 6 History 16 Carnival 7 Carnival 17 Antigua 7 Turks & Caicos Islands 17 History 7 History' 17 Carnival 7 Carnival 17 Calypso Monarchs: 1957-2000 7 Virgin Island 17 Road March Champions: 1970-2000 S History 17 The Bahamas 8 Carnival 17 History S Carnival: Crop Over 8 PART TWO: ARTIST/GENRE PROFILES 18 Barbados 9 18 History 9 19 Carnival 9 Adisa Andwele 21 Dominica 10 22 History 10 Arrow 26 Carnival: Mas Dominik 10 The Baha Men 28 Calypso Monarchs: 1989-2000 10 Bankie Banks- 29 Grenada 10 Buju Banton 30 History 10 32 Carnival 11 34 11 Black Stalin 37 History 11 38 Carnival 12 Brother Resistance 42 12 43 History 12 Buccaneer 49 The Independence Festival 13 Burning Flames 50 Burning Spear 51 133 54 Kindred 136 Susan Cadogan 56 John King 136 Calypso/Soca 57 King Short Shirt 137 The Early Years 57 138 Calypso Goes International 59 Krosfyah 141 The Young Brigade Take Over 62 Bryon Lee & The Dragonaires 142 Essential Compilations 63 147 Index of Leading 64 Lord Kitchener 149 Calypso Rose 66 Lord Melody 154 Capleton 67 Lord Tokyo 155 Chutney 69 15 5 Historical Background 69 Recommended Listening 156 Hosein 69 Luciano 157 The Mohammed Brothers Take Control 70 & The Wallers 158 Mastana Bahar 71 & The Melody Makers 176 Chutney Take-Over 71 The Maytals 178 Monarchs: 1997-2001 73 : Jamaica's Own Calypso 181 Recommended Listening 73 Mighty Duke 183 74 184 76 189 Emory Cook/Cook Records 80 192 Crazy 81 194 Culture 83 Nyahbingi: The Root of All Rhythms 196 85 Recommended Listening 198 Recommended Listening 89 Billy Ocean 199 90 200 92 Pan: The Sound of the Steel Band Chaka Demus & Pliers 94 Panorama Champions: 1963-2001 205 The (Witco) Desperadoes 96 Recommended Listening 207 97 Mungal Patasar 207 99 Lee Perry 208 • Dub 101 218 Recommended Listening 102 219 103 Prince Far I 222 Eek-A-Mouse 105 Ras Shorty I 225 Front Line Records 107 Sunsplash International 227 Gabby 108 Index of Performers: 1978-98 228 Terry Gajraj 109 Reggae Sunsplash on Record: Recommended Eddy Grant 111 Listening 235 The Heptanes 114 The (BP) Renegades Steel Orchestra 236 John Holt 117 Rhythm Poetry: And Dub 237 De Hunter 120 \ Recommended Listening 241 Inner Circle 121 Roaring Lion 242 I-Roy 124 Rock Steady: Rudies All Round 244 127 Recommended Listening 247 I 248 U-Roy 292 ;• 2 51 295 Recommended Listening 253 Wailing Souls 297 David Rudder 254 Windsor Records 300 GamettSilk 256 Xtatik 300 Singing Sandra 257 TappaZukie 301 258 PART THREE: THE PRODUCERS 305 Recommended Listening 262 Directory of Leading Jamaican Record Producers 262 307 Sly & Robbie 267 PART FOUR: DIRECTORY OF SINGLES 319 Soca 272 1957-59: The Calypso Years 319 Soca Monarch: 1994-2001 273 1960-64: Everything's Gone Ska 321 Recommended Listening 273 1965-67: The Beat 350 Joseph Spence 274 1968-72: Reggae Everywhere 388 Square One 275 Superblue 276 10 STAR 506 Third World 278 Jamaica 506 Toasting: The Art of the DJ 280 Trinidad, etc. 506 Index of Leading DJs/Sound Systems 283 ' Part Two: Sound Systems 286 Bibliography 507 Recommended Listening: Toasters/DJs 287 Photo Credits 508 Peter Tosh 288 Index 509