Monday, June 05, 2006
Desmond and Japan.
Props to Desmond Decker who died last week. We heard a
"live version" of Israelites from when Decker appeared on some American bandstandesque type show. Looks like he's lipsinking, but with Israelites being one of the greatest reggae recordings ever, the applause is well deserved. His contributions to reggae are responsible for a music that has reached every corner of the world. Just ask the ladies of
OneAndG in Japan and they'll tell you Japanese Reggae is where it's at. I know what you're thinking, but these girls don't only know how to dress dancehall reggae, they can dance it too.
Peep the video if you don't believe me, shit's hot.
May have spoken out of turn on the "where are Haul and Mason" question. They've got new(er) mixes on
their site and some original tracks too,
one of which we heard later in the show.
And we also heard a lengthier selection from
Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra who took songs of change to the freejazz realm in 1968 (an
Impulse classic if you ask me). Be sure to check out the redux with "Not In Our Name" and the
official CH web presence in the process. Awesome stuff.
That's all I've got for now. More mayhem to come.
-Gpopa
