The Who at the Super Bowl Half-Time Show

The Who opened the halftime show with “Pinball Wizard.” Then green lazer lights flooded the stadium in Miami as the band broke into “Baba O’Riley.” After a Roger Daltrey harmonica solo the group transitioned into the classic “Who Are You.”  Pete Townshend and the boys still got it. A rocking  ”Won’t Get Fooled Again” concluded the show.

Keller Williams and That 1 Guy play Granada Theatre in Dallas, Texas

That 1 Guy and his magic pipe stole the show at the Granada Theatre this Friday night in Dallas. Mike Silverman aka That 1 Guy is a classically trained double bass player from the San Francisco Conservatory. He has developed a new instrument–the magic pipe. A seven foot tall collection of steel plumbing pipes and joints, orchestral bass, and electronics, the magic pipe makes some crazy and amazing sounds. You must see Silverman’s creation in order to fully grasp the genius of this new instrument. Crazy tunes like “Weasel Potpie” grip the audience and make them dance. Furthermore when he added a wobbling handsaw to play “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” minds were blown.

Like Keller Williams, That 1 Guy is a one-man band. Keller joined That 1 Guy at the end of the set for a rip-rollicking futuristic jam. Keller Williams plays bass, guitars, and a drum machine infusing funk, reggae, and psychadelia into his looping sounds. He also dubs his music live on stage. Williams picks brilliant cover tunes making them original compositions. Williams reggaefied Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode.” And Nirvana’s “All Apologies,” the Grateful Dead’s “Brown Eyed Women,” and Phish’s “Birds of a Feather” all made the setlist. Keller mixed in originals too, playing crowd favorites like “cadillac,” “Breathe,” “Freeker By The Speaker,” “Apparition,” and “Best Feeling.”

The World of Reggae Music Collection–Dub Reggae: Neo-Dub Reggae

Neo-Dub Reggae

The new era of reggae dub music has been electrified by bands like Dubmatix, Thievery Corporation, and Noiseshaper. In this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection, the selector included classic dub artists like Mad Professor, Jah Shaka, and Dub Syndicate. Alongside the masters of dub, bands like Sublime and Long Beach Dub All-Stars added to the great dub music emerging from the 1990s and 2000s. One of the selectors favorites in this genre is the Austin-based Grimy Styles.

1. Dubmatix – War, Peace & Dub
2. Dub Syndicate – Dubbing Is A Must
3. Thievery Corporation – A Warning (Dub)
4. Dubmatix – Happy Dub
5. Noiseshaper – Jah Dub
6. Love Trio in Dub – Goth Dub
7. Barrington Levy & Long Beach Dub All Stars – Righteous Dub
8. G-Corp – Liberation Dub
9. Grimy Styles – Dubbin’ On the East Side
10. Mad Professor & Jah Shaka – Only One God
11. Dr. Israel & Easy Star All Stars – Brain Damage
12. Salmonella Dub - Dub Cakes
13. Mad Professor – Afrocentric Dub
14. Thievery Corporation – Reign Dub
15. John Brown’s Body – Ziontific Dub
16. Thievery Corporation – The Outernationalist
17. G-Corp – Babylon Dub
18. Grant Phabao – Dubolition
19. International Observer – Vale
20. Dubmatix – Soul Dread Dub
21. Mad Professor & the Robotiks – Aisha
22. Dubmatix – Fist Full Of Dub
23. Salmonella Dub – Love Sunshine and Happiness
24. Dub Is Ticking – Clock Is Ticking
25. Random – Dubmage
26. DJ Spooky Vs. The Observers – Babylon Burning Dub
27. Mad Professor & Jah Shaka – One Million Man Dub
28. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Burnin’ and Lootin’ (Bill Laswell Ambient Dub Remix)
29. Dry & Heavy – Love Explosion Dub
30. Sublime – Lincoln Highway Dub
31. Long Beach Dub All Stars – Wonders Dub I
32. Long Beach Dub All Stars – Wonders Dub II
33. Dubblestandart, Mad Professor, Mikey Dread, & Sonic Colin – Dub Is The Roots
34. Nucleus Roots – Meditation Dub
35. Rocker’s Hi Fi – Push Push (Original Remastered)
36. Bloik – Lazy Dub
37. Bluetech – Diaspora Dub
38. Dubmatix – Ain’t Got No Love Dub
39. Dub Syndicate – Substyle
40. 10 Ft. Ganja Plant – Blood Money
41. Dubmatix – Champion Sound
42. Gregory Isaacs & Dub Syndicate – Kingston 14
43. Radical Guru – Strong Dub
44. Fedayi Pacha – The 40 Night Of Musa Dagh
45. Dub Syndicate – Overloader
46. Tsunami Wazahari – Fat Leg Dub
47. Synkro – Attack
48. Grimy Styles – Sound Czech
49. The Interrpurtor – African Satellite Dub
50. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
51. Slightly Stoopid – London Dub
52. Gov’t Mule – Horseflies
53. Sublime – Steady B Loop Dub
54. Sublime – I Don’t Care Too Much For Reggae Dub
55. Seel An Skin – Afro Punk Reggae Dub
56. Radical Guru – New Decade
57. Dan I – Jah Muzik Dub
58. Sublime – Doin’ Time (Uptown Dub)
59. Bass Science – Transmissions from Planet Dub
60. Manasseh – Ribbit Teecha
61. Luciano & Twilight Circus Dub Sound System – What We Got To Dub (Zion Train Dub Mix)
62. Gondwana – Babylon Dub
63. Dr. Israel - Dub Inna Babylon
64. International Observer – Binman Dub
65. Michael Rose - Throw Some Dub
66. Sublime – Thanx Dub
67. Sublime – I Love My Dog Dub

The World of Reggae Music Collection–Dub Reggae: Classic Dub

Classic Dub

Drums and Bass dominate in this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection.  The selector explores the classic dub hits of Reggae Music. King Tubby, Lee Perry & The Upsetters, Scientist, Sly & Robbie, and Prince Jammy, the professionals of dub, found that the kids at the dancehalls and sound systems went wild for instrumental versions of tunes laced with echoes and other effects. Great musicians often soloed over the versions, such as saxophonist Tommy McCook and keyboardist/melodica player Augustus Pablo. This compilation of dub tracks includes some of the great reggae bands Roots Radics, The Upsetters, the Observers, The Aggrovators, Soul Syndicate, and The Dub Syndicate.

1. King Tubby & Roots Radics – King Tubby’s Explosion
2. Gregory Isaacs – Public Eyes
3. Tommy McCook & the Aggrovators – Dancing Version
4. Sly & Robbie – Jah Jah Man
5. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Disco Devil
6. Augustus Pablo – Lama Lava
7. Steel Pulse – Revolution Dub (Take 1)
8. Keith Hudson – Melody Maker
9. Gregory Isaacs All Stars – Reform Institute
10. Tommy McCook – Lambs Bread
11. Augustus Pablo & the Simplicity People – K.G.s Half Way Tree
12. Sly & Robbie – Rizla
13. Roots Radics – Storming The Death Star
14. The Aggrovators – A Crabbit Version
15. Mad Professor – River niger
16. Sly & The Revolutionaries – Cocaine
17. G.G. All Stars – Love Of Jah Jah Children
18. The Observers – Turntable Dub
19. Scientist – Miss Know It All
20. The Upsetters – Dub So
21. Tommy McCook & the Aggrovators – The Gorgon Of Dubs & Horns
22. King Tubby – Pocket Money Dub
23. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Bob Marley & the Wailers – Man To Man (Dub Version)
24. The Aggrovators – Dub On My Pillow
25. Sly & Robbie – Crazy Baldhead
26. Black Uhuru, Sly & Robbie – Mystic Mix
27. The Observers – Rasta Locks
28. Scientist – Scientist Ganja Dub
29. Augusts Pablo – Organ Style
30. Joe White – Ganja
31. Blackbeard All-Stars – Bridgeport Dub
32. The Upsetters – Dub Dat
33. Dub Syndicate – Time Dub
34. Roots Radics Band – Mission Impossible
35. The Upsetters – Long Time
36. Gregory Isaacs – Slum
37. The Obervers – Dubbing With The Observer
38. The Silvertones – African Dub
39. Roots Radics Band – The Alien Aborts
40. King Tubby – King Tubby’s Conversation
41. Sly & Robbie – Sly & Robbie, The Kings Of Dub
42. Scientist – Dub Of The Traveller
43. Prince Jammy – A Useful Version
44. Bob Marley & the Wailers – One Dub
45. Tommy McCook & the Aggrovators – A Gigantic Dub
46. Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
47. Gregory Isaacs – Leggo Beast
48. The Aggrovators – Real Gone Crazy Dub
49. Thompson All Stars – Rock Me In Dub
50. Rupie Edwards – Feeling High
51. Joe Gibbs & the Professionals – Stonewall Jackson
52. Lloyds All-Stars – Dread Dub
53. Tommy McCook & the Aggrovators – A Version I Can Feel
54. Roots Radics – The Son Of Darth Vader
55. Mighty Two – Hully Gully Rock
56. The Wailing Souls – Bredda Gravalicious
57. Niney & the Soul Syndicate – Couchie Dub
58. Lee “Scratch” Perry & King Tubby – Rainy Night Dub
59. Black Uhuru, Sly & Robbie – African Culture
60. Augustus Pablo – To Be A Lover in Dub
61. Horace Andy – Government Dub
62. The Upsetters – Oh Me Oh Dub
63. Black Uhuru – Painful Dub
64. Sly & Robbie – Unmetered Taxi
65. King Tubby – King Tubby’s Badness Dub
66. Black Uhuru, Sly & Robbie – Weeping Willow
67. 21^st Century Dub – Beggars Suite Pt. I, II, III
68. Dub Syndicate – King of Sounds
69. Manasseh – Levi Rhythm (Dub)

The Best Albums of January 2010

1. Ryan Bingham and Various Artists – Crazy Heart [New West 2010]
2. Vampire Weekend – Contra [XL 2010]
3. Various Artists – Dub Like An Antelope – Legends of Reggae Celebrate Phish [Red Hillz Music 2010]
4. Spoon – Transference [Merge Records 2010]
5. Sizzla – Crucial Times [VP Records 2010]
6. Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend Of A Friend [Acony 2009]
7. Snoop Dogg – Malice ‘N Wonderland [Capital Records 2009]
8. Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea [EMI 2010]
9. Souls of Mischief – Montezuma’s Revenge [Hieroglyphics Imperium 2009]
10. Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young [RCA/Jive 2009]
11. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP [Domino 2009]
12. Two High String Band - Hot Texas Bluegrass Burrito [THSB 2009]
13. Ray Wylie Hubbard – A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) [Bordello 2010]
14. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures [Interscope 2009]
15. Various Artists – The Princess And The Frog [Disney 2009]
16. Young Money – We Are Young Money [Cash Money 2009]
17. Works Progress Administration – WPA [Signature Sounds 2009]
18. Chris Smither – Time Stands Still [Signature Sounds 2009]
19. Rosie Flores & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts – Girl of the Century [Bloodshot 2010]
20. Mark E – Works 2005 – 2008: Selected Tracks & Edits [Merc 2010]
21. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Alien Starman [Secrets 2009]

The World of Reggae Music–Superhits: Popular Reggae

In this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection the selector explores the most popular reggae hits. Pop Reggae helps to bring people from mainstream pop music to the reggae genre. The famous British selector David Rodigan, for example, became infatuated with reggae after hearing Millie Small perform her megahit ”My Boy Lollipop.”   That’s where this selection of popular reggae hits begins with the 1964 international ska hit from the Jamaican singer Millie Small. And like the famous ska artists that achieved international fame in the 1960s, the modern dancehall artists Sean Paul and Shaggy have appealed to pop music fans of the 1990s and 2000s, and their albums opened doors for music fans to explore more reggae music. These artists hook new reggae fans and trigger them to explore deeper into the reggae catalog. So this selection focuses on the reggae superhits like “Pass The Dutchie” and “Here Comes The Hotstepper” that were popular in the mainstream and prompted music lovers to listen to more reggae.

1. Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop
2. Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls
3. Rihanna & Elephant Man – Pon de Replay
4. Shaggy – Boombastic
5. Ini Kamoze – Here Comes The Hotstepper
6. Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue
7. Diana King – Shy Guy
8. Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie
9. Marcia Griffiths – Electric Boogie
10. Inner Circle – Bad Boys (Theme From Cops)
11. Shabba Ranks & Chevelle Franklin – Mr. Loverman
12. Mad Cobra – Flex
13. Shaggy – It Wasn’t Me
14. Tanto Metro – Everyone Falls In Love
15. Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
16. Eric Clapton – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
17. Sublime – Santeria
18. J.C. Lodge – Telephone Love
19. Snow & MC Shan – Informer
20. 10CC – Dreadlock Holiday
21. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jammin’
22. Shaggy & Rayvon – Angel
23. Inner Circle –Sweat (A La La La La Song)
24. Sean Paul – Get Busy
25. Maxi Priest – Close To You
26. Wyclef Jean, Pras, & Ky-Mani Marley – Avenues
27. Eddy Grant – Living On The Frontline
28. Apache Indian – Boomshackalack
29. Johnny Nash – Hold Me Tight
30. Reel 2 Reel – I Like To Move It
31. Sean Paul & Ziggy Marley – Three Little Birds
32. Wayne Wonder – No Letting Go
33. Lumidee – Never Leave You – Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh!
34. Aswad – Shine
35. Rihanna & J-Status – Here I Go Again
36. The Maytals – Broadway Jungle
37. Dr. Israel – Armagideon Time
38. Patra – Worker Man
39. Elephant Man – Pon De River, Pon De Bank
40. Cocoa Tea & Luciano – Rough Inna Town
41. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Stir It Up
42. Shaggy – Intoxication
43. Beenie Man & Chevelle – Dancehall Queen
44. Born Jamericans – Boom Shak A-Tack
45. Johnny Nash – Guava Jelly
46. Ziggy Marley – Dragonfly
47. Shaggy – Oh Carolina
48. Kymani Marley, Beenie Man, & Stone Love – Party in Session
49. Toots Hibbert, Bonnie Raitt, & the Maytals – True Love Is Hard To Find
50. Sanchez & Beenie Man – Refugee
51. Sublime – What I Got
52. Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Tumblin’ Down
53. Beenie Man & Akon – Girls
54. Beyonce & Collie Buddz – Ring The Alarm (Tranzformas Remix)
55. Nina Sky, Jabba, & Vybz Kartel – Move Ya Body
56. Snow & Nadine Sutherland – Anything For You
57. Buju Banton – Driver A
58. Ak’Sent & Beenie Man – Zingy
59. Sublime – What I Got (Reprise)
60. Scare Dem Crew – Dis Scare Dem
61. Rihanna & Vybz Kartel – You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)
62. Diana King – Yu Dun Know
63. Enur & Natasja – Calabria 2008
64. Shaggy & Janet Jackson – Luv Me, Luv Me
65. Brick & Lace – Love Is Wicked
66. Beenie Man & Janet Jackson – Feel It Boy
67. Mariah Carey & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – Cruise Control
68. Wayne Wonder – Again
69. Kulcha Don & Beenie Man – Drive You Crazy
70. Mann & Sean Kingston – Ghetto Girl
71. Beenie Man, ARP, & Tony Curtis – Missing You
72. Sasha – Dat Sexy Body
73. Wyclef Jean & Sharissa – Take Me As I Am
74. R. Kelly & Big Tigga – Snake
75. Shaggy & Rayvon – Big Up
76. Mad Lion – Take It Easy
77. Patra – Pull Up To The Bumper
78. Sean Paul & Estelle – Come Over
79. Pato Banton – Baby Come Back
80. Kevin Lyttle & Spragga Benz – Turn Me On
81. Rihanna – Disturbia
82. Johnny Nash - Mellow Mood
83. Aswad – Don’t Turn Around
84. Kat Deluna & Elephant Man – Whine Up
85. Che’Nelle & Cham – I Fell In Love With The DJ
86. T.O.K. – Gal You Ah Lead
87. Rupee – Tempted To Touch (Album Edit)
88. Terror Fabulos & Nadine Sutherland – Action
89. Maxi Priest – That Girl
90. Steel Pulse – Steppin’ Out
91. Shabba Ranks – House Call (Your Body Can’t LieTo Me)
92. Madonna & Cherine Anderson – Give It 2 Me
93. Estelle & the Bombist – American Boy (Muddy Skank Riddim)
94. Mr. Vegas & Sean Paul – Tiger Bone
95. Beenie Man & Cecile – So Fly
96. UB40 – Gonna Make You Sweat
97. Lil Wayne & the Bombist – Lollipop (Reggae Remix)
98. Timbaland, Keri Hilson, & the Bombist – The Way I Are (Reggae Remix)
99. Kevin Michael & Wyclef Jean – It Don’t Make Any Difference
100. Johnny Nash – Nice Time
101. Rihanna – Redemption Songs

The World of Reggae Music–Dancehall Reggae: The New School

On this edition of the World Reggae Music Collection the dancehall is explored. This volume follows the New School Dancehall Reggae artists. The King of the Dancehall Beenie Man and the controversial Buju Banton make the New School, but it is the young talented new singjays that lead on this compilation of killer singles. The heavy hitting Busy Signal, Mavado, and Bugle alongside the popular Sean Paul, Shaggy, Mr. Vegas, and Collie Buddz provide original lyrics and styles over blazing riddims.

Dancehall Reggae: The New School

1. Busy Signal – Jail
2. Sean Paul – Watch Them Roll
3. Shaggy, Rik Rok, & Tony Gold – Bonafide Girl
4. Munga – Bad From Mi Born
5. Mavado – Top Shotta Nah Miss
6. Elephant Man – Bring It
7. Collie Buddz & Young Berg – Lonely
8. Beenie Man & Ms. Thing – Dude
9. Tanya Stephens – Can’t Breathe
10. Rankin’ Skroo – Run Come
11. Noiseshaper – The Signal
12. Chezidek – Call Pon Dem
13. Mr. Vegas – Tek Weh Yuh Self
14. Javaughn – Rich Quick
15. Kymani Marley – The March [Explicit]
16. Lone Ranger, Brisa Roche, Bost & Bim – Jamaican Boy
17. Elan & Cutty Ranks – You Don’t Come Around
18. I-Wayne – Can’t Satisfy Her
19. Demarco – Fallen Soldier
20. Kim Davis & Sizzla – Hush
21. Busy Signal – Cool Baby
22. Collie Buddz – Mamacita
23. Shaggy – More Woman
24. Sean Paul – Pick It Up & Drop It
25. Tanya Stephens – It’s A Pity
26. Natural Black – Far From Reality
27. Munga – Take My Place
28. Akon – Mama Africa
29. Mr. Vegas & Barrington Levy – Mus Come A Road
30. Serani – She Loves Me
31. Beres Hammond – Give It All You Got
32. Queen Ifrica – Below The Waist (Put on Yuh Thong)
33. Voicemail – Wacky Dip
34. Chuck Fenda – Gash Dem
35. Demarco – Sort Dem Out
36. Sizzla – Spring Break
37. Bugle – Journeys
38. YT, Million Stylez, Mr. Williamz, Black JA, & Iver – Champion Sound
39. Beenie Man – Wine Gal
40. Jamelody – Pressure
41. Busy Signal – These Are The Days
42. Serani & Bugle – Doh
43. T-Pain, Kardinal Offishall, & Cham – Shottas (Main Version – Explicit)
44. Konshens – Winner
45. Michael Franti, Cherine Anderson, & Spearhead – Say Hey (I Love You)
46. Heavy D – Long Distance Girlfriend
47. Collie Buddz – Gimmie Love
48. Anthony B – Tease Her
49. Mavado – Overcome
50. Shaggy – Body A Shake
51. Melanie “Syren” Hall – Somebody Come Get Me
52. Laden – Time To Shine
53. Serani – Playing Games
54. Bolistik, Lutan Fyah, Junior Reid, Rankin Scroo, & Ras Attitude – One Big Family
55. Bugle & Tarrus Riley – Nothing Change
56. Richie Spice – Brown Skin
57. Mavado – On The Go
58. Sean Paul – Press It Up
59. Busy Signal – Praise & Worship
60. Tarrus Riley & Konshens – Good Girl Gone Bad
61. Sizzla – Good Ways
62. Mavado & Bugle – Set Me Free
63. Busy Signal – Unknown Number
64. Mavado – So Special
65. Buju Banton – Don’t Follow [Explicit]
66. Assassin – Dem Nuh Want No Gal
67. Mr. Vegas & D’Angel – Good Life
68. Sizzla – Rise To The Occasion
69. Apache Indian & Desmond Dekker – The Israelites
70. Jah Cure & Junior Reid – Hot Long Time
71. Enur & Vybz Kartel – Calabria (Remix)
72. YT, Mr. Williams, Blackout Ja, Michie One – Bills
73. Black Rhyno – Real Stingers
74. Jah Vinci – Watch Your Friends
75. Sean Paul – So Fine
76. Chino – Protected
77. Alborosie – Sound Killa
78. Bounty Killer – Roots, Reality And Culture
79. Mavado – Mocking Bird
80. WASP – Unfair Officer
81. Bugle – What HAve I Done To You
82. Queen Ifrica – Welcome To Montego Bay
83. Elephant Man – Dance and Sweep
84. Black Rhyno – Bend Over
85. I-Wayne – Leave If You Want To Leave
86. Laden – Money Over War
87. Prodigal Son – Head Cyaan Hot So
88. T.O.K. – Couple Up
89. Chino – Never Change (From Mawning)
90. Conrad Crystal, Suga Roy, Beenie Man, & Barrington Levy – She Call Mi Phone
91. G-Whizz – Life
92. Nico D & Jah Mason – Ruff Times
93. Demarco – She Can’t Wait
94. Mavado – Hope And Pray
95. Vybz Kartel – Like A Movie
96. Mr. Vegas – Gallis
97. Busy Signal – People So Evil
98. T.O.K. – Girlz Girlz
99. Sean Paul – Concrete
100. Alborosie – Bad Mind
101. Anthony B – Just Can’t Live That Way
102. Bounty Killer & Wayne Marshall – Smoke Clears
103. Perfect – Corner Store
104. Mr. Vegas, Rayvon, Channel Live, U-Roy – Wear You to the Ball
105. Ms. Dynamite – Fall In Love Again
106. Mr. Vegas – Sassa Step
107. Mavado – House Cleaning
108. Bramma – Deh Body Dem
109. Demarco – Tru Friend

The World of Reggae Music Collection–Super Hits: Roots Reggae

In this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection the selector drops the greatest roots reggae hits. This is a selection of Reggae’s Superhits from all the greatest reggae legends. From rock and roll hall of famers like Bob Marley & the Wailers and Jimmy Cliff to grammy award winners like Burning Spear to the Jamaican icons Alton Ellis and Toots & The Maytals regge’s greatest songs make this compilation.

1. Dawn Penn – You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) (Trojan Mix)
2. Alton Ellis – I’m Still in Love with You
3. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Three Little Birds
4. Junior Byles – Curley Locks
5. Horace Andy – Money, Money (aka The Root Of All Evil)
6. Devon Irons – Vampire
7. Burning Spear – Door Peep
8. Junior Murvin – Police & Thieves
9. Toots & The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul
10. Bob Marley & the Wailers – No Woman, No Cry (Live)
11. Jimmy Cliff – Sitting In Limbo
12. Buju Banton & Tenor Saw – Ring The Alarm Quick
13. Steel Pulse – Your House
14. Gregory Isaacs & the Revolutionaries – My Number One
15. Barrington Levy – Prison Oval Rock
16. Desmond Dekker & the Aces – Israelites
17. The Pioneers – Starvation
18. Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
19. Joe Higgs – The World Is Upside Down
20. Dennis Brown – Money In My Pocket (1978 Version)
21. Israel Vibration – Rudeboy Shufflin’
22. Third World – Sense Of Purpose
23. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Could You Be Loved
24. Third World – Now That We’ve Found Love
25. Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Tomorrow People
26. Gregory Isaacs – Rumours
27. Toots & the Maytals – Pain In My Heart
28. Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger – (You Gotta Walk And) Don’t Look Back
29. Sean Paul – Temperature
30. Sizzla – Taking Over
31. Anthony B – Fire Pon Rome
32. Junior Reid –One Blood
33. Bounty Killer – Down In The Ghetto
34. Steel Pulse – Roller Skates
35. Half Pint – No Stress Express
36. Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel
37. Capleton – Wings of the Morning
38. Shabba Ranks – Twice My Age
39. Dirtsman – Hot This Year
40. Mr. Vegas & Sean Paul – Hot Gal Today
41. Capleton – Everybody
42. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Buffalo Soldier
43. Toots & the Maytals – Johnny Coolman
44. Buju Banton & Third World – Sense Of Purpose
45. Ken Boothe - In the Summertime

The World of Reggae Music Collection — Reggae inna Folk-Country Version

World of Reggae Music

Reggae ina Folk Country Version

Beenie Man and Willie Nelson have more in common than you think. They both play country music. And they both play reggae music. Country and Reggae collide on this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection. From Steve Earle, Jimmy Buffett, and Johnny Cash to Delroy Wilson, Dennis Brown, and John Holt this is Reggae inna Folk and Country stylee.

1. Beenie Man –Ain’t Gonna Figure It Yet
2. Willie Nelson – I’ve Just Destroyed The World
3. The Skatalites – Occupation
4. Roman Stewart – Wolverton Mountain
5. The Survivors – Rawhide
6. Hopeton Lewis – Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
7. Jimmy Buffett – Jamaica Mistaica
8. Aswad – Best Of My Love (The Sweetie Irie Mix)
9. Willie Nelson – You Left Me A Long, Long Time Ago
10. John Holt – Before The Next Teardrop Falls
11. Dennis Brown – The Last Thing On My Mind
12. Abijah – One Too Many Mornings
13. Delroy Wilson – Green Green Grass Of Home
14. John Holt – Help Me Make It Through the Night
15. Willie Nelson & Toots & the Maytals – Still Is Still Moving To Me
16. Killer Bees – El Paso
17. Lloyd Charmers – Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)
18. Nicky Thomas – If I Had A Hammer/ Hammering Version
19. Willie Nelson & Toots & the Maytals – I’m A Worried Man
20. Hazel Wright – Please Help Me I’m Falling (In Love With You)
21. Taj Mahal – Never Let You Go
22. Steve Earle – Johnny Too Bad
23. Denzil Dennis – South of the Border
24. Willie Nelson & Wyclef Jean – To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before
25. Michael Rose – Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll
26. Michael Rose – Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll Dub
27. John Holt – Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
28. Mariene Webber – Stand By Your Man
29. The Inventors – Bye Bye Love
30. Ken Parker – Kiss An Angel Good Morning
31. Noel “Bunny” Brown – For the Good Times
32. The Mighty Diamonds – Lay Lady Lay
33. The Mighty Diamonds – Lay Lady Lay Dub
34. Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson – Worried Man
35. Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad
36. Wyclef Jean & Kenny Rogers – The Gambler
37. Hopeton Lewis – Drift Away
38. Dennis Brown – Little Green Apples
39. Willie Nelson – Undo The Right
40. Bob Andy – Walk A Mile In My Shoes
41. Doreen Sheaffer – Walk Through This World With Me
42. The Pioneers – Sweet Dreams
43. Count Prince Miller – Mule Train
44. Max Romeo – Blowin’ In The Wind
45. Steve Earle – Rivers Of Babylon
46. Taj Mahal & Ziggy Marley – Black Man, Brown Man
47. John Holt – If I Were a Carpenter
48. Ken Parker – Will The Circle Be Unbroken
49. Bob Andy – The Games People Play
50. J.C. Lodge – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright
51. J.C. Lodge – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright Dub
52. Wayne Wade – Lady
53. Bob Dylan – I and I
54. Bob Dylan – I and I Dub
55. Taj Mahal – African Herbsman
56. Toots & the Maytals – Take Me Home, Country Roads
57. Willie Nelson – I Guess I’ve Come To Live Here
58. John Holt – Mr. Bojangles
59. Boris Gardiner – I Want To Wake Up With You
60. Jackie Edwards – Someone Loves You Honey
61. Jimmy Riley – Statue Of A Fool
62. Cornell Campbell – She Wears My Ring
63. Max Romeo – Missing You
64. Ziggy Marley & Paul Simon – Walk Tall
65. Ziggy Marley & Willie Nelson – This Train
66. Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire>
67. The Ethiopians – Free Man
68. Willie Nelson – Do You Mind Too Much If I Don’t Understand
69. John Holt – Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)
70. Ken Parker – Guilty
71. Michael Chung – For The Good Times
72. Pat Kelly – Sunshine On My Shoulders
73. Eric Donaldson – Sylvia’s Mother
74. Max Romeo – Is It Really Over
75. Nicky Thomas – Don’t Touch Me
76. John Holt – Working Kind (Chokin’ Kind)
77. Ewan, Jerry, & the Caribbeats – Tennessee Waltz
78. Gloria Crawford – Sad Movies Make Me Cry
79. The Bleechers – Send Me The Pillow
80. Hortonese Ellis – My Last Date
81. Anonymously Yours –Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratching You
82. Willie Francis – I’m Going To Change Everything (aka Burn Them)
83. Ernest Wilson – My Elusive Dreams
84. Raphael Stewart & Hot Tops – He’ll Have To Go (aka Put Your Sweet Lips)
85. Hopeton Lewis – City of New Orleans (Good Morning Jamaica)
86. The Heptones – Gunman Coming To Town
87. Ed Robinson – Knocking On Heavens Door
88. Ziggy Marley, Paula Fuga, & Jack Johnson – Cry, Cry, Cry
89. Nicky Thomas – Love Of The Common People
90. Garnett Silk – Let It Flow
91. Willie Nelson – One In A Row
92. Max Romeo – Hotel California
93. Ken Parker – Help Me Make It Through The Night
94. Bob Andy – Lay Lady Lay
95. Denzil Dennis – Zip a Dee Doo Dah
96. Dennis Walks – Snowbird
97. Pat Kelly – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
98. Rip & Lan – In The Ghetto
99. David Isaacs – Just Enough (To Keep Me Hanging On)
100. Hopeton Lewis – Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me
101. Jimmy Buffett – Jamaica Farewell
102. Pluto Shervington – Jambalaya
103. Mikey Chung – Crying In The Chapel
104. The Clash – The Man In Me
105. Ernie Smith – Sunday Morning Coming Down
106. Lloyd Charmers – Mr. Bojangles
107. The Skatalites – Ring of Fire
108. The Bellamy Brothers – Get Into Reggae Cowboy
109. Johnny Cash – I’m A Worried Man

Willie Nelson at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, January 8, 2010

Willie Nelson at Billy Bob’s, Fort Worth, Texas January 2010

Willie struck the chord, that booming chord, that one that kicks off “Whiskey River” and then the Honky Tonk filled with Willie’s nasally voice “Whiskey River take my mind….” The old man still rocks. He is a kid at heart, a smiling little kid that loves to play music.  He’s got it! He’s got soul. Some think Willie is a country music singer. No not really. Willie is a soul singer and flamenco guitar picker. If Texas were its own country (which some Texans think it should be) Willie would be on the one dollar bill. The red-headed stranger may have grayed over the years, but he is still full of youth. The family band, Sister Bobbie on piano, Mickey Raphael on harmonica, Paul the drummer, and the rest of the musicians, are in tip-top form providing that classic Willie sound.

As Willie broke into “Whiskey River” the crowd surged attempting to get a glimpse of the man himself. Old men with cowboy hats, long-haired hippies, young bandana-clad Willie hoochie mamas, bikers, and frat boys all gathered together to hear a Texan legend in Fort Worth. Willie played some of his greatest hits including “Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground,” “Funny How Time Slips Away,” “Crazy,” “Night Life,” “On the Road Again,” “Always on my Mind,” “Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys,” and “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” He also played some newer favorites like “Still Is Still Moving To Me” and “Beer for my Horses” and some old favorites like Steve Goodman’s “City of New Orleans” and Hank Williams’s “Jambalaya on Bayou.”   And of course the band jammed out some gospel favorites, including “Will the Circle be Unbroken,” “I’ll Fly Away,” and “I Saw the Light.”

Below is a rough set list…

Set List: Whiskey River, Still Is Still Moving To Me, Beer for my Horses, Shoe Shine Man, Funny How Time Slips Away, Crazy, Night Life, Sister Bobbie Piano, Me and Paul, Superman, You Don’t Think I’m Funny Anymore, Good Hearted Woman, Georgia on my Mind, All of Me, Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground, On the Road Again, Always on My Mind, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, I’ll Fly Away, Willie Guitar Solo, Milkcow Blues, City of New Orleans, To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Jambalaya (On The Bayou), Move It Over, I Saw The Light