The World of Reggae Music: Live Reggae

LIVE REGGAE

In this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection the selector explores live reggae music. Live reggae is powerful, inspirational, and enthralling.

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Introduction (Live at the Roxy)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Trenchtown Rock (Live at the Roxy)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Greetings (Live)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natural Mystic (Live)

Jimmy Cliff – Under The Sun, Moon, and Stars (Live)

Aswad – Roots Rocking (Live)

Toots & the Maytals – Time Tough (Live at Red Rocks)

Shaggy & Rayvon – Angel (Live)

Burning Spear – Door Peep (Live)

Steel Pulse – State of Emergency (Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Kinky Reggae (Live)

Gentleman – Superior (Live)

Israel Vibration – Reggae On The River (Live at Reggae on the River)

Seeed – New Dubby Conquerors

Steel Pulse – Sound System (Live)

Barrington Levy – Murderer (Live)

Burning Spear – The Lion (Live)

Eek-A-Mouse – Ganja Smuggling (Live)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up Stand Up (Live)

Manu Chao – El Viento (Live)

Matisyahu – Chop ’em Down (Live)

Culture – Two Sevens Clash (Live)

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – Burn One Down

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Positive Vibration (Live)

Steel Pulse – Back To My Roots (Live)

Slightly Stoopid – Wiseman (Live)

Manu Chao – Ezln…Para Tod@s Todo…(Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – I Shot The Sheriff (Live)

Israel Vibration – Strength of My Life (Live) (Live)

Burning Spear – Jordan River (Live)

Jimmy Cliff – Vietnam (Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Road Block) (Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Live)

Steel Pulse – Macka Spliff (Live)

Burning Spear – The Lion (Live)

Matisyahu – Close My Eyes (Live)

Gentleman & Shaggy – Warn Dem (Live)

Michael Franti & Spearhead – Yell Fire (Live)

Toots & the Maytals – 54-46 (Was My Number) (Live)

Seeed – Papa Noah

Ziggy Marley – Jammin’ (Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up Stand Up > No More Trouble > War (Live)

Steel Pulse – Medley Medley (Live)

Culture – Too Long In Slavery (Live)

Burning Spear – African Postman (Live)

Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse (Live)

Toots & the Maytals – Monkey Man (Live)

Manu Chao – Por El Suelo (Live)

Matisyahu – King Without A Crown (Live)

Black Uhuru and Sly & Robbie – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Lively Up Yourself (Live)

Lucky Dube – Slave (Live)

Steel Pulse – Ku Klux Klan (Live)

Gentleman, Martin Jondo, & Tamaika – Rainy Days

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Roots Rock Reggae (Live)

Phish – Boogie On Reggae Woman (Live)

Toots & The Maytals – Funky Kingston (Live)

Burning Spear – Creation Rebel (Live)

Seeed – Love Queen (Live)

Manu Chao – Bienvenida a Tijuana (Live)

Steel Pulse – Bodyguard (Live)

Toots & The Maytals – Hallelujah (Live)

Raging Fyah – Cyaan Cool (Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rat Race (Live)

Ben Harper – With My Own Two Hands (Live)

Israel Vibration – Rockford Rock

Steel Pulse – In A Me Life (Live)

Bad Manners – Lip Up Fatty (Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Burnin’ and Lootin’

Seeed – A Capella (Live)

Toots & The Maytals – True Love Is Hard To Find (Live)

Steel Pulse – Black Enough (Live)

Israel Vibration – There Is No End (Live)

Big Youth – Satta Amasagana (Live)

Steel Pulse – Islands Unite (Live)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Want More (Live)

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Redemption Songs (Live)

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Israel Vibration – Same Song (Live)

Stephen Marley – It Was Written (Book Of Life) (Live)

Anthony B – Raid The Barn (Live)

Beres Hammond – She Loves Me Now / Step Aside (Live)

UB40 – The Way You Do The Things You Do (Live)

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – People Get Ready (Live)

Sister Carol – Rasta Girl (Live)

Beres Hammond – Putting Up Resistance (Live)

Dennis Brown – Money in My Pocket (Live)

Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – Mr. Marley (Live)

Third World – 96 Degrees In The Shade (Live)

Michael Rose – General Penitentiary (Live)

Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want (Live)

Dennis Brown – Wolves and Leopards (Live)

The Gladiators – Small Axe (Live)

Bunny Wailer – Dance Rock (Live)

Black Uhuru – Sinsemilla (Live)

Burning Spear – Throw Down Your Arms (Live)

Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come (Live)

Toots & the Maytals – Never Get Weary (Live)

Burning Spear – Columbus (Live)

Michael Franti & Spearhead – We Don’t Stop (Live)

Beres Hammond, Kenyatta Hill and Culture at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas

The King of Soulful Reggae brought down the house Sunday night.  My lovely wife and I went to see Beres Hammond and Kenyatta Hill with Culture at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas. We celebrated our first wedding anniversary in fine style with some excellent lovers rock. The deep, smooth, sultry, sweet voice of Beres Hammond was pure niceness and sweetness. The House of Blues makes for an excellent venue with great lighting, sound, and balcony seating and with Beres Hammond center stage, it all combines and creates musical magic.

The evening began with roots and dancehall reggae sets from DJ Infernal setting the mood with great selections and flawless mixes. The live music started when the band the Harmony House Musicians took the stage and displayed their superb musicianship. Kenyatta Hill brought the music of his father, Joseph Hill, to the stage. With the Harmony House Musicians laying down thundering drums and bass, Hill and the singers from Culture brought the best of 1970s and 1980s roots reggae to the metroplex.

Culture played some of their greatest hits, including the legendary song “Two Sevens Clash.” Kenyatta Hill performed a spirited version of “This Train,” which he called his favorite song from his father’s extensive catalog. The rollicking version of “This Train” fused the fervor of gospel with the easiness of reggae. The set list included the roots reggae singles “Zion Gate,” “Jah Rastafari,” and “See Them a Come.” Culture also played their ganja anthem “The International Herb.”

Culture’s set alone would have made for an excellent reggae show. But with Beres Hammond headlining the show it became extraordinarily spectacular. Beres Hammond might have the greatest voice on any living human being. The Harmony House Musicians and the Harmony House Singers warmed up the stage for Beres, playing an instrumental version of the Beatles’ classic “Norwegian Wood” and then the singers performed a sweet version of “Come Over.”

Beres took the stage to raucous applause and ladies screaming. The legendary reggae crooner played dancehall favorites, including “Thanks Fe Mi Pride & Joy,” “Come Down Father,” “Sweetness,” “Can You Play Some More,” “One Dance,” “She Loves Me Now,” “Tempted To Touch,” “Putting Up Resistance,” and “Pull It Up.” The three female singers that make up the Harmony House Singers wrapped their vocals around the lush voice of Mr. Beres Hammond. Beres made his lovely voice most noticeable on acapella versions of songs, like a wonderful take on “No Disturb Sign.” The most inspiring and beautiful tracks performed that night were “Rockaway” and “I Feel Good.” And finally I must mention “our song”–that is the song that is very special to my wife and I–“They Gonna Talk.” “Ay, some things were meant to be” Beres sang “So why not let it be…And stop worrying about it…Long as we know what’s in our hearts…We know our inner thoughts…Ay, no reason for concern no….”

The World of Reggae Music Collection: Reggae’s Superstars – The Lions of Jah (125 Songs from Reggae’s Finest)

The Jam-Tex selector will post a study and organization of the essential tracks of reggae music. The selector invites others to join in on the organization of these tracks.  Thus Jam-Tex presents “The World of Reggae Music Collection.” This collection of singles begins with the greatest roots reggae hits in a category  entitled “Reggae’s Superstars – The Lions of Jah.”

The Reggae Superstars category includes the section: “The Lions of Jah.” The Lions of Jah section includes the pillars of reggae music, such as Bob Marley & the Wailers, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Toots & the Maytals, Jacob Miller, Peter Tosh, Max Romeo, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bunny Wailer, Desmond Dekker, Freddie McGregor, Horace Andy, Barrington Levy, Beres Hammond, and features supergroups like  Third World, Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, and Culture. The grouping of songs includes classic vocal groups like the Mighty Diamonds, Wailing Souls, and the Itals, and early deejay and singjay sensations like Big Youth, Tenor Saw, and Trinity.  Yet overall this category relies on the heavy hitters of reggae music like  John Holt, Gregory Isaacs, Lucky Dube, Johnny Osbourne, and Cornell Campbell.

Please feel free to comment. The selector is open to suggestions and changes. Feel free to comment on the selections, categories, genre headings, and section headings. The selector will consider track additions and removals and even the renaming of categories, sections, and genres. Without further ado…

The Jam-Tex Selector presents…The World of Reggae Music Collection

Reggae’s Superstars: The Lions of Jah

Ini Kamoze – World-A-Music

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up

Desmond Dekker – 007 (Shanty Town)

Toots & the Maytals – 54-46 That’s My Number

Peter Tosh – Steppin’ Razor

Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come

Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear – The Ghost

Delroy Wilson – Better Must Come

Third World – Reggae Ambassador

Black Uhuru & the Revolutionaries – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Culture – Two Sevens Clash

Barrington Levy – Too Experienced

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Chase The Devil

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Disco Devil

Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution

Steel Pulse – Revolution Dub

Gregory Isaacs & Roots Radics – Night Nurse

Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse Dub

Dennis Brown – Wolves and Leopards

The Wailing Souls – Shark Attack

The Mighty Diamonds – Right Time

Johnny Ousborne – Truths and Rights

Chalice – Good to Be There

Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – Westbound Train

Horace Andy – Skylarking

Freddie McGregor – Big Ship

Max Romeo & the Upsetters – War Ina Babylon

Israel Vibration – Get Up and Go

John Holt – Strange Things

Lucky Dube – We Love It

Toots & the Maytals – Funky Kingston

Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – We A Rockers

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rebel Music (Three O’Clock Roadblock)

Burning Spear – Columbus

Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want

Barrington Levy – Saw Red

Peter Tosh – Whatcha Gonna Do

Steel Pulse – Uncle George

Dennis Brown – Here I Come

The Heptones – Book of Rules

Cornell Campbell – The Gorgon

Mighty Diamonds – Identity

Beres Hammond & Zap Pow – Last War

Toots & the Maytals – Time Tough

Culture – Iron Sharpening Iron

Dennis Brown – Stop the Fussing & Fighting

Steel Pulse – Ravers

Half Pint – Level The Vibes

Beres Hammond – They Gonna Talk

John Holt & the Aggravators – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine/Version

Jacob Miller & U-Brown – Keep On Knocking

Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man

The Heptones – Party Time

Bob Andy – I’ve Got To Go Back Home

Burning Spear – The Invasion

Burning Spear – Black Wa Da Da

The Itals – In A Dis Ya Time/ Harbour View Rock

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Is This Love

Johnny Osbourne & the Sensations – Come Back Darling

The Pioneers – Long Shot (Kick the Bucket)

Toots & the Maytals – Pressure Drop

Black Uhuru – Party Next Door

Gregory Isaacs – Sad To Know (You’re Leaving)

Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread And Alive

Beres Hammond – I Feel Good

Cornell Campbell – Queen Of The Minstrel

Big Youth – Livin’

Burning Spear – Rise Up

Tenor Saw – Lots of Sign

Tenor Saw – Lots of Dub

Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru Anthem

Jacob Miller – Mixed Up Moods

Steel Pulse – Blues Dance Raid

Barrington Levy, Kojak & Liza – My Woman/ Ten Thousand Woman

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rat Race

Jimmy Cliff – Struggling Man

The Heptones – Fattie Fattie

Horace Andy – Nice And Easy

Horace Andy – Nice and Easy Dub

Mighty Diamonds – Have Mercy

Trinity – All Gone

Gregory Isaacs – Cream of the Crop

Black Uhuru – Rent Man

Sammy Dread – My Princess

Beres Hammond – Rockaway

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Soul Rebel

U-Roy – Natty Rebel

Culture & Shorty the President – See Them A Come/ Natty Pass Him G.C.E.

Cornell Campbell – Boxing Around

Glen Washington – Rockers (Nuh Crackers)

Dennis Brown – What About The Half

Jimmy Riley – Love And Devotion

Ronnie Davis – Writing on the Wall

Burning Spear – Jordan River

Third World – Roots With Quality

The Itals – Brutal Out Deh

Peter Tosh – Why Must I Cry

Culture – Lion Rock

Barrington Levy – My Time (Rights of Man)

Steel Pulse – Back To My Roots / Dub To My Roots

Gregory Isaacs – Stranger In Town

Dennis Brown – Ghetto Girl

The Wailing Souls – War Deh Round A John Shop

Jacob Miller – Chapter A Day

Beres Hammond – What One Dance Can Do

Max Romeo – One Step Forward

Lucky Dube – Prisoner

Israel Vibration – Back Staba

Lee “Scratch” Perry & the Heptones – Why Must I (Version)

Ed Robinson – Rude Awakening

Aswad – Love Fire

Aswad – Dub Fire

Jimmy Cliff – One More

Gregory Isaacs – Innocent People Cry

Delroy Wilson – It’s A Shame

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Pimper’s Paradise

The Wailing Souls – Bredda Gravalicious

Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up

The Viceroys – Brethren and Sistren

Freddie McGregor – A House Is Not A Home

Lucky Dube – Julie! Julie!

Beres Hammond – Pull Up

The Wailing Souls – Stop Red Eye

Israel Vibration – Reggae on the River

Jimmy Cliff – Treat The Youths Right