I'm getting way OT here, but...
I recommend a book called "Bass Culture: when reggae was king" by lloyd
bradley. It's the whole story of that Prince Buster / Sir Coxsone / Duke
Reid sound system war and as well as being a damned good read, Lloyd Bradley
is one of the coolest b**tards alive, and I'm proud to be able to give him a
bit of my hard-earned cash.
Detroit connection? I seem to remember that LLoyd bradley once played with
George Clinton. If anyone can remember which band that was with I'd much
appreciate it...
hasta
seth
Sometimes these battles were literally just that. If my memory of reggae
history serves me right I believe it was Coxsone (one of the major
soundsystem runners) who would send thugs out to the rival soundsystems to
bust them up... guns, bottles, rocks, knives the real deal. He would often
do this to find out what song was driving another crowd nuts. Remove the
label and he can't do that. He may destroy all your equipment but he
wouldn't find out that hot tune was.
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