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coming back to the topic, Iya Karna record with the wailers,
and Cañaman (spanish group) recorded something in JA recently.

bless

here and there? Basically all of his songs the last years was made for the rock masses and sounded like it.

the money men were the people who made bob marley commercial, not bob himself. he always stayed true to his roots and culture, musically he had a different style, but compare other records from any period and depending on studio/artists most had a distinctive style.even when bob marley had millions he still spoke of Jah, poverty, discrimination etc, and carried this message across the world while fighting cancer. today people still make a lot of money off his back, we're bombarded with images of the rastaman to sell pipes,ashtrays t shirts posters etc, and this adds to the 'sunshine reggae' mentality. some reggae fans might distance themselves from that. fine. i dont listen to bob as much nowadays, not because i dont like him, so much more to hear. but i love his music 100%. also lets not forget the interest virgin showed in jamacian music after marleys initial impact. a lot of artists have him to thank for that interest and subsequent break into the mainstream in uk and europe. 'dem say they tired fe see me face, cant get me out of the race'.

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ital kemar

Well said Ital Kemar

White man cyan do reggae

What about the so-called ska revival way back in 1979? The Specials are one band that sticks out in my mind. The Specials, The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers have all recorded versions, maybe not in JA but these were some of the first "reggae" tunes many of us 'lickle' white boys were turned onto...Jah Glu is right stating that Judge dread is awful. Please note that I have left out UB40...that S*** JUST AIN'T REGGAE!

True! UB40 is cheesy pop and nothing else.

hi guys
i would be very glad to cite joe yamanaka who was the first or the second who recorded with the wailers a full album right after bob passed ,in 1982,i don't know why it didn't get that much lage distribution,but it is all too good an album;joe is a japanese.
kevan"lulu" was an american lady who also recorded with donaldson aveteran calypso/mento singer an album with the wailers about the same period as"travel with love"by justin hinds and the dominoes.
"mother and child reunion"by paul mccartney,chris hinze"kings of reggae" and herbie mann album with tommy mc cook band in 1974(my girl,rivers of babylon,obla di obla daa) are also up there
i would be very glad to discover this "iya karma and the wailers"
fadel

If the difference between a black man and a white man is based on the colour of skin.then Yellowman
has to be the best "white" reggae artist!

Usually I do NOT like so-to-say white reggae music, but listen to Alborosie and we can find a great withe artist

Nuff respect for everyone

I don't like it when people create borders just because of the color of their skin. Why is it so that white man, or indians or asians can't do reggae? Why is it only the black man that can do reggae? What makes the black man so special from all the rest?

Jah Glu, what you are stating is preposterous. You say that the black man is a different breed than the rest of humanity on the grounds of skin color.