No dread, I am shocked... Bob Marley is among world great... that is Bunju Banton, have you ever heard of him ?, he's well known as well.

I am glad you were able to share that little tidbit with us. "Natural Mystic" was bombastic, reggae have changed so much over the year.

I yearn for the good old day of Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Gregory Isaacs, Freddie McGregor and Dennis Brown.

The video and the song is a cooperation between Jean wyclef, Tvice and Bunju Banton the music is Haitian compas with that reggae flavor

that was a great collaboration of island masters. yes, i am very aware of Buju Banton, and also the other guys. Wyclef is masterful in his own right. a friend of mine is going to burn me all his songs. and yes, reggae has gone downhill, with this one-beat pocomania style that spawned reggaeton. the dance hall ethos is basically degenerate, misogynistic, homophobic, materialistic, violence oriented, and mindless. Bob is turning in his grave. my other good friends, such as Third World Band (Now that we've found love, what are we going to do with it), cannot be bothered to play such crap. ever heard the old man Burning Spear? another good friend of mine.

Well now I'm being transported back in time. remember first being introduced to Third World back in the early eighties as well as Black Uhuru and Marley. But nothing really compares to Marley.

Ladronaso, Third World band was one of my favorite reggae groups. i remember them when they were a garage band called Alley Cats. then they became Memphis Underground Band, and played in a tent. then they became Inner Circle. they split, and the Lewis brothers, Ian and Spongy, went to Miami, and took the name Inner Circle. they went on to record the theme from the TV show Cops (Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do, what you gonna do when they come for you)..Third World kept the guitarist and keyboard player, who was also my domino partner. yes, i knew them all, to a degree; Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Big Mountain member Mike Dobson, etc. i also played a little bass guitar when i could still move my fingers. actually, i introduced the keyboard player of Third World Band to his wife, and we went on a double date for his first evening with the lovely Joy Atkinson. i hope he is not mad at me.LOL.

Bob marley

Yes Dread, indeed shame on me, I did not mention the great Burning Spear, the first time I heard reggae was in 1976, a song by Bob Marley called "Rastaman Vibration ". follow by "get up stand up"
I end up memorizing the lyrics, BoB Marley was such a lyricist, way ahead of the game, I understand some of his lyrics were taken directly from the bible.

So Dread, do you go as far back as the day of ska and the rude boy, that was late 60 early 70 I take it.
do you remember "the harder they come" ?

yes, antonio, sadly i do go back to the days of ska, which was an early to mid sixties musical style. it actually was an extension of jazz, which was made musically accessible to the common man. the major ska exponents, such as The Skatalites, Don Drummond, Llans Thelwell, and others, were accomplished jazz musicians. the music became the Rock Steady in the latter part of the 60s, then the reggae at the end of the sixties. Bob was coming into his own around 70-71. the intriguing thing about the ska was that it was mostly instrumental; the major bands had no vocalists, nor songs recorded. the reggaeton was derived from dance hall style reggae. many jamaicans went to Panama to seek work building the canal. so, there is a solid jamaican community there, and guys have curious names like Jose Robinson, Francisco Williams, etc; latin names, english surnames. El General , and others, started the reggaeton thing in panama..the beat is a jamaican rhythm called "pocomania", or 'LITTLE MADNESS". it was a semi religious ritual beat, used for ceremonial cult practises. dance hall is very popular in jamaica, because it appeals to the lowest common denominator. bands like Inner Circle and Third World were considered too suburban, without broad appeal. even Bob Marley today is still revered, but the idols are Buju Banton and the other dance hall types. so, in summary, the ska, unlike the bachata, was originally instrumental; the bachata is lyrics based.

dreadlocks
I told you once that bob Marley was a God sent messenger to be an example for us earth inhabitants.
I really meant it then and I mean it now. I listen to his music as a inspiration and a motivation.
Here is a present to you guys for your health. (Nothing to do with Marley but you can play the music as you watch).

http://www.hogrockcafe.com/male_therapy.htm

yumnuk3, there is a very rare picture of Bob Marley when he just started his locks were still afro type
can you post if you have it by any chance.