Re: [Harp-L] Harp in Jamaican music

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was the harp player for the Reggae bands Family Sauce and Mr. Brown
and Dubkids.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I haven't yet heard him myself, but I've heard good things about the
> Melodica playing of reggae producer Augustus
> Pablo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Pablo>.
> You might be able to adapt some of his stuff to the harmonica.
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Niall Tracey
> <internationiall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> > Harp content: I played at a rally for a local Rastaman who is being
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>> > persecuted for his lifestyle. I love playing harmonica with Reggae music.
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>> The harmonica is an oft-overlooked part of Jamaican music.  As with in so
>> many genres, it was all too quickly ditched as the "poor man's instrument"
>> once the music started drawing in money, so all the reggae you tend to hear
>> is sans harp.
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>> I've been looking on the net, and while this article (
>> http://jamminjasounds.blogspot.com/2007/05/harmonica-in-jamaican-music.html)
>> makes a few recommendations. Of these, I've found the following on Spotify:
>> Shi-cago (Dennis Bovell)
>> There is Fire (Black Uhuru)
>> Talkin Blues (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
>> Street 66 (Linton Kwesi Johnson)
>> Reggae Got Soul (Toots and the Maytals)
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>>
>> What other tracks or artists are worth looking out?
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