cole's podcast

When I moved to Miami I was thinking that I would be listening to a lot of reggae on the radio. Chalk this one up to serendipity. When I got here the first thing I did was scan the radio stations looking for Jamaica. What I found was Haiti.. Life is full of unexpected twists.

In the past few years I've fallen in love with a music called "Zouk Love." Zouk Love is all over the Haitian radio stations. I like to play it in my car while driving through the streets of South Beach with my windows rolled down. I don't know what the female singers are saying but somehow I know what they are talking about.

Tracks:

1) Nichols ft. Marisa - Vini (remix)
2) Ali Angel ft Marisa - Lovely
3) Talina- pour te revoir
4) Ali Angel - Nou ja pri Feat
5) Nichols ft. Marisa - Vini
6) Fanny - Ancree A Ton Port
7) Atim ft. Marisa - Ka Bo Dexam

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My downstairs neighbor is a young guy in his mid 20's and he's into Dylan. That cracks me up. It's hard to explain the impact that Dylan had on us in the mid to late 60's but the fact that young people are still tuning into him forty years later speaks volumes. Some of Dylan's best recordings came out as bootlegs. In fact, I do believe that the Dylan bootleg "The Great White Wonder" is credited as being the grand-daddy of all bootleg albums. I've heard Bob Dylan speak disparagingly about his bootleg records but I have to believe that deep in his heart he loves them. What the heck, everyone else does. I have a bit of a Dylan bootleg collection myself. Cherished records for sure. I put together a CD of some of these recordings for my young friend downstairs. I know it's not reggae but I figured I'd post it as a podcast. We all have our musical roots and these are mine.

Play list:

1. I'll keep it with me
2. Can you please crawl out your window
3. I was young when I left home
4. London Savoy Hotel with Horace Judson
5. No words left
6. Jet pilot
7. All I really want to do
8. Mama your so hard
9. It's all over now baby blue
10. Freeze out
11. My number one
12. Miami sales message
13. If you gotta go go now
14. Lonesome death of Hattie Carol
15. It's alright ma it's life and life only
16. Oval city hall Sheffield
17. Like a rolling stone
18. Gathers no moss
19. Killing me alive
20. Rambler and gambler
21. Look outside my window
22. All you have to do is call

Horace Swaby aka Augustus Pablo is known for his Melodica playing and for his work as a session musician. However, his true brilliance was best seen in his work as a producer. During the 1970’s and into the 80’s Augustus Pablo seemed to have an almost magical ability to surround himself with great artist. Names like Jacob Miller, Hugh Mundell, Delroy Williams, Ricky Grant, Tetrack.. the list goes on. During those years whenever I would see Augustus Pablo's “Message” or “Rockers” label on a record I would just buy it blindly and I was rarely let down.

Here is a selection of songs taken from four great LP's produced by Augustus Pablo - Ricky Grant’s album “I love Jah Rastafari”. Tetrack's classic “Let’s get started”. The various artist compilation, “Classic Rockers 2”. And the mighty “King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown”.

Track listing (album)


1 Isn't it time - Tetrack (Let’s get started)
2 Say so - Paul Whiteman (Classic Rockers 2)
3 We don’t get along - Tetrack (Let’s get started)
4 Love won’t come easy - Leroy Sibbles (Classic Rockers 2)
5 Don’t stay away too long - Hugh Mundell (Classic Rockers 2)
6 I’ll never let go - Ricky Grant (I love Jah Rastafari)
7 Each one dub - Jacob Miller (King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown)
8 Simple things - Tetrack (Let’s get started)
9 Time is the master - Ricky Grant (I love Jah Rastafari)
10 Master version - Rockers Allstars (I love Jah Rastafari)
11 Judge and Jury - Tetrack (Let’s get started)
12 I’m not satisfied - Tetrack (Classic Rockers 2)
13 Keep on knocking - Jacob Miller (Classic Rockers 2)
14 Young Generation - Bongo Pat (Classic Rockers 2)
15 Stop them Jah - Augustus Pablo (King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown)
16 Lets get together - Tetrack (Let’s get started)
17 Braces Tower Dub - (King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown)

Burning Spear came out of the Saint Anne's district in Jamaica and began his recording career at Studio One. When he first showed up at the studio he was already known locally on the island. In interviews, the Studio One musicians say that they knew that Spear's songs were going to be ground breaking so they put their heart into them. Those recording sessions resulted in two albums: "Burning Spear" and "Rocking Time." In addition, Coxsone released two songs not included on the albums as singles: "This Population" and "New Civilization". As a group, these recordings stand as some of the greatest and most heartfelt music.. ever. (IMHO)

song list:

Creation Rebel
This Population
What a Happy Day
Pick up the Pieces
New Civilization
Foggy Road
Call on You
Swell Headed
Ethiopians live it out

Eric Lamont aka “Bingy Bunny“ began his career in the early 1970‘s cutting tracks with Bongo Herman as half of “Bongo Herman & Bingy Bunny“. He later joined up with Blacka Morwell to form “The Morwells“. Their first album “Presenting the Morwells” is long out of print roots classic but it’s companion dub album “Dub Me” is currently available on CD (Blood and Fire). During those years Bingy was also doing studio work as a rhythm guitarist and his name began showing up on the backsides of plenty of albums. Sometime around the late 1970’s Bingy teamed up with his good friend Earl “Flabba” Holt to from "The Roots Radics Band." The rest is musical history. I was lucky enough to see Bingy Bunny and the Roots Radics play at a club called "The Music Machine" in Santa Monica, California. It was sometime in the mid 1980’s. Friday night. The Roots Radics laying down heavy riddims. Bingy Bunny singing. Club kind of hazy and the dance floor packed. Anyone got a time machine?


Song list - (album / artst)


1) Keep it in the Family - (Me and Jane / Bingy Bunny & Roots Radics)
2) Family Business - (Nice up the Dance / Nicodemus)
3) Let me remind you - (Cool Runnings / Morwells)
4) Me and Jane - (Me and Jane / Bingy Bunny & Roots Radics)
5) Tonight - (Bingy Bunny and the Morwells)
6) Lonely Widow - (Bingy Bunny and the Morwells)
7) Murder - (Scientist in Dub / Roots Radics)
8) Street Lover - (Bingy Bunny and the Morwells)

Hello World

My name is Cole. I live near the beach on a little island off the coast of Miami, Florida. I like to sip coffee and play chess. And I love Reggae Music.

I set up this podcast so that I could share the music that I love so much.

This first episode is a bit of an experiment. I'm not much of a computer operator. Actually, I just figured out how to string songs together this morning so we'll see if this works.

You know, if someone asked me to choose my favorite singer I would tell them that that is an impossible choice. But if they pressed me and told me that I had to pick just one.. I would say..

Delroy Wilson.

So... for my first Podcast I've strung together a bit of a Delroy selection. Most of the songs are from his period with Striker Lee. In upcoming episodes I'll talk a bit more about history and such but for this first go around let's just let Delroy do the talking.

song list

1) Lesson to late
2) Golden touch
3) No more heartache
4) Call on me
5) Just a playgirl
6) Once upon a time
7) Trying to conquer me
8) Stick by me