08.01.13 - Jamaican Independence Special with Scratch Famous

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Scratch Famous of Deadly Dragon Sound

Happy Independence Day, Jamaica! This show is particularly Jamaican-themed and some songs from 1962, the same year. In the second hour we were joined by good friend and fellow Deadly Dragon Scratch Famous who (as usual) went into the vault and brought some killer ska and rocksteady 45s. We discussed the upcoming party, The Roots Of Sound System co-presented by Dub Stuy Records and featuring legendary collectors / selectors spinning on the custom Tower Of Sound. Check the archive!

05.30.13 - Andy Shaw of Metro Stylee in the studio

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Andy Shaw of Shaw Promotion aka Andy Stylee

The Specials

This was a very special show for me, one of my oldest and dearest friends Andy Shaw joined me in the studio to talk about his upcoming reunion with his band Metro Stylee. He introduced me to ska and reggae way back in the 90s as the third wave ska revival was happening. Like Andy I was enamored with the rude boys, skinheads, scooters, tattoos, the fashion, the scene and most of all the music. Through this third wave I traced my way back to the foundation of the music and continued to fall in love with reggae chronologically. In a way, I wish I had known about the insane dancehall happenings popping off at that time in New York but honestly I don't regret a thing.

12.13.12 - Moody Studio One

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I was inspired by the celebration of the man Mr. K (the Deadly Dragon Studio One maven) this night to do an all Studio One set. So it starts moody and gets a little, say, happier towards the end and also has some Studio One Christmas songs in there as well. I hope you enjoy, check the archive.

09.27.12 - Rhythm n Blues, Rocksteady n Ska

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Prince Buster

Having recently picked up a new (old) 45 of Dave Barker's "Set Me Free", it got me into listening to his other songs and led me into an RnB and rocksteady n ska type of mood. Dave Barker is a beautiful singer that was born in Kingston, JA. Having started out doing some recordings for Harry J and Coxsone while working at the Studio One pressing plant, he then joined Winston Riley for a bit singing with The Techniques but hit the most success partnered up with Ansel Collins for their big track "Double Barrel". I have also included a song or two by Prince Buster, Ken Parker, Laurel Aitken and The Skatalites. There are also some lovely songs by Rita Marley in here and of course (as I do love them) some great cover songs as well. You can check the playlist above, though for some reason the EVR playlists run out of room for me and so then some songs at the end will be listed at the top, fyi...