Reggea greats

 

When I was about 9 years old I heard this song called quite village by Martin Denny! I love it.It made me think of summer on the beach looking for shells and catching waves on my little blue rubber raft.

As years went by I forgot about the name of that song but not the sound!

many years later in the late 1970s I hears a song called no woman no cry by bob Marley. I couldn't understand what he was singing about but I liked the music. a few years later in youth group my friend Krissy handed me her walkman and told me to listen to this tape my Bob Marley and the wailers.

Such fun and positive vibes were being song.At the time Rap and grunge were starting to take over the airwaves.

Soon after my cousin Donna came over for a weekend and lent me her Legend CD and told me to tape it. I did!

I was hooked.I practically wore out that tape. There's got to be more music like this out there I thought.around that time I found out the library had tapes and CDs!

I found out about UB40,Ziggy Marley and others through the library.

compilations from Putumayo music were a great gateway into Reggae music! I also got into ska and afrobeat.

The thing about African music is its fun, positive and upbeat! They aren't talking about disrespecting your mother or r-ping a girl! I also got into celtic and other world music through Putumayo music

African music is my Favorite though. As far as world music goes anyway. Oh and my Martin Denny guy? Yeah I have a CD or two of his too!

Here's a CD recommended by fellow youtube content creator Norman Maslov who has a huge record and CD collection and a lot of music knowledge too. He has a history of recorking in record stores and used to work for a distributor too.

OK I need some sleep but will talk about my youtube influencer in a future blog!