sounds of Jamaica
King Tubby: The Heaviest Dubs, published 2021
As a white London boy growing up in the 70’s, surrounded by my friends of west indian descent with their red, gold and green coloured wooly hats and King Tubby blasting from their portable cassette players, I learned to love the almost mystical sound of the incessant, almost hypnotic, bass.
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Rev. Dennis “Clay” Jackson (vocals), Rev. Charlie Jackson (guitar), “Lord, You’ve Been Good to Me,” live, Mississippi (Gloster), 1987
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“You Can’t Make Me Doubt Him,” unknown group, live, Baton Rouge (City of David Church of God in Christ), c. 1990s
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Dr. C. J. Johnson (1913-1990) and Family, “You Better Run,” 1989
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Andrew Hill (1931-2007, piano, compositions), live, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), 1975
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