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The old '60s Jamaican players


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My current main (not intentional, but these things happen) band does a set of old Jamaican pop covers as a sort of bait n' switch set for our original tunes. Works out well. Anyway...

Bloody hell what an influence those old Jamaican studio musicians were. Some tunes I probably wouldn't enjoy playing so much if I wasn't singing on them too, but they got such a lovely sound and they've sold me on flatwounds and basses with sh*t pickups :)

I guess they were listening to the American soul players, but whatever, they had some great songs of their own. Spotify links follow:

[url="http://spotify:track:6iF9F6xFNY2sJkN5065bGS"]Toots & The Maytals - Sweet and Dandy[/url]
[url="http://spotify:track:7I1yNJueIgZGHRomxbghAY"]Alton Ellis - All My Tears[/url]
[url="http://spotify:track:4If0n3AcyxqS36719dz8L0"]Desmond Dekker - Problems[/url]
[url="http://spotify:track:5YAjthSvYESaY6Wvolqjvl"]The Paragons - Riding On A High And Windy Day[/url]
[url="http://spotify:track:06EORoBQehq8dXZE1YZgln"]Winston Jarrett - Wise Man[/url]
[url="http://spotify:track:49P2H3WXZRGFas1LcsBnY3"]Delroy Wilson - Once Upon A Time[/url]
[url="http://spotify:track:3e7dGh3zEswYX2xVFbf48J"]The Gaylads - It's Hard To Confess[/url]
[url="http://spotify:track:3Utse5Hyin3HfDEURVm3i4"]The Gaylads - Somewhere Over The Rainbow's End[/url]

The only modern tune we've found that really fits with a set like this is [url="http://spotify:track:3ATGgPMAZfLZ1SIJxp4sIg"]this[/url]. Bless 'em. :rolleyes:

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