| Heads up for anyone interested in classic reggae 09:17 - Sep 4 with 355 views | WeWereZombies |
That bastion of Rastafarian culture, BBC Radio Four, has reminiscences by Marcia Griffiths, Jimmy Cliff, Chris Blackwell, Mykaell Riley and Owen Gray at eleven fifteen this morning:
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| Heads up for anyone interested in classic reggae on 09:59 - Sep 4 with 314 views | WeWereZombies |
And the thought of classic reggae prompted me to fire up Dr Alimontado's 'Best Dressed Chicken' on YouTube. Now I don't necessarily believe all the stories that crop up in the comments underneath songs but this one from Martijn in the Netherlands tickled me:
'I met Tado once. I was just a kid of about 18. I was working in a reggae record store here in Holland. It was for school which was a laugh because it was basically a front for large scale weed trade. And I mean kilo's not grams. Anyway I used to man the counter there, stoned out of my mind, waiting for customers and blasting music. One of my favorite records was this one. I actually had the cover up on the counter when Tado walked in. My boss was out so I rang him up. He was in his coffeeshop downtown. He asked me to close up and guide tado to the shop. And this was like 97 or something so smartphones werent a thing yet. So we got into his beat up double parked volvo. He was so blasted it took him four tries to start it. What followed was a slow but harrowing ride through town. I couldnt drive yet so I couldnt take the wheel or i would have. We get to the shop amazingly without crashing. We roll up some lambsbread, he hands me a letter and asked me to translate it for him. Rather baffled i told him it was a long expired final notice to pay. It was from the department of fisheries and agriculture. He said "Aye man I have some agriculture in Jamaica" he ripped up the letter and we had a good laugh. My boss arrived and I went back to the shop. What a bloke had a great laugh.' | |
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