Flow #3
(Dennis Brown – Changing Times)
Changing times indeed..and as we ride them into the unknown hold this ESSENTIAL 1972 cut from the crown prince Dennis Emmanuel Brown. backed by the Crystalites and produced by, (for me), one of Jamaica’s greatest musicologists…Derrick ‘One Stop’ Harriott. Bear in mind that Dennis Brown was FIFTEEN when he waxed this !!
BigGirlNow #1
(Dennis Brown – If I Had The World)
“To be a parent is to have undying faith in ones child”
Happy Birthday..Beautiful and precious Angel. Thank you for choosing me to be your dad.
“If I had the world, I’d give it to you girl….”
Jamaica #23
(Dennis Brown – No More Will I Roam)
Looking back over the past week on themusicologist I couldn’t help but notice my absence..in truth the weather was too nice and I had much street walking, hustling, networking, planning and dreaming to do and themusicologist had to take a back seat but the weather is still scorching so I’ll have to come up with a new plan for this week…ahh got it…more music less scribbles, (it’s the scribbling that takes ALL my time)
So with that in mind….forward up with the sweet sounds of JA.
Ranking piece from the ‘Crown Prince’ Dennis Emmanuel Brown produced by Winston ‘Niney the Observer’ Holness for his Obsever label in 1974.
Listen Tune..
CoversWeek2 #5
(Dennis Brown – It’s Too Late)
Up and out with the larks today and no time to juggle so I’ll just have to leave you with this one from ‘the Crown Prince Of Reggae’ Dennis Emmanuel Brown. Child prodigy, musical ambassador and man of the people with a 1973? cover of the Carol King/Toni Stern composition originally recorded for and released on her famous ‘Tapestry’ set. The cover of which, (and the song in question), brings back fond memories of being a very young child. Produced by Herman Chin Loy
communication #8
(Dennis Brown – It’s Too Late)
Artist, producer and one of Jamaica’s most loved sons, Dennis Emmanuel Brown first recorded at the tender age of 11 for Derrick ‘One Stop’ Harriott but it was at Coxsone Dodd’s Studio 1 that he made his name starting with a cover of the Van Dykes cut, ‘No Man Is An Island’ in 1969. The man had a prolific career that stretched right up until his untimely death in 1999 at the age of 42.
This one written by Carol King is, for themusicologist, a great example of what a cover version should attempt to do, namely bring something new and fresh to a song. Something which Jamaica’s musicologists seem to have perfected….Recorded for Joe Gibbs sometime in the 80’s.
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