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Music Preview: Wailer says he was mastermind of Marley’s success
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Aug 16, 2007
To hear him tell it he not only put the groove andfunk in reggae but that Bob Marley was nothing more than afledgling singer until he hooked up with Barrett and his brotherCarlton. “I am the mastermind behind the great success of Bob Marley andthe Wailers” said Barrett in a thick Jamaican accent. “Everyonewant to make it seem like it was a one man band. But Bob PeterTosh and [Neville] ‘Bunny’ Livingston were struggling until theymet the Barrett Brothers.
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Toronto Star – Aug 16, 2007
Karim Jivan is the man behind Brown Eyes Entertainment and will be DJ-ing alongside Chocolate during the Sly and Robbie gig at the Phoenix next Tuesday. Few people have had as much influence on reggae ? or music in general ? as Jamaica?s legendary Sly and Robbie. After three decades they?re still pushing the envelope Aug 16 2007 04:30 AM Be the first to comment on this article. Ben Rayner Pop Music Critic Were one to scour the planet for the ideal rhythm section Sly and Robbie would wind up in the running for first place.
n eve of concert activists take reggae artists to task for anti-gay…
New York Daily News – Aug 16, 2007
But if local gay activists and New York politicians like state Sen. Tom Duane have their way stars like Buju Banton and Bounty Killer won’t come anywhere near the place – at least unless they sign a controversial paper known as “The Reggae Compassionate Act. The one-page document drawn up earlier this year by the gay activist group Stop Murder Music asks reggae artists to renounce the genre’s long and well-documented history of lyrics advocating violence against gay men and lesbians. Stop Murder Music has documented at least three songs by Bounty Killer that encourage burning drowning and “wiping out faggots. ” Killer has also released a song (”Dat Ah True”) via the Internet that asserts his right to his beliefs and vows not to bow to the “faggot maggot. Activists say Killer has refused to sign the paper. A spokeswoman at his American record company VP said she could not reach the artist’s manager to confirm that or to comment on the issue.
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