Fil Callender, drummer at Studio 1, said when you first auditioned for Coxsone Dodd in the late 60s, the musicians were quite taken aback by the sound of your voice – but Coxsone heard the potential in it.
(laughs) They all laughed man. They put down their instruments and they laughed and laughed! They never heard anything like that before. But you know? That’s how it is. If someone invents something, when they first try it out everyone laughs and says “What is that?!”
Adrian Sherwood ging an ihr Teamwork so enthusiastisch heran, wie an seine Produktion eines der letzten Alben von Lee Perry. Was für eine Vita: Horace Andy und der „roots reggae“. Horace Andy und Massive Attack. Horace Andy und Rhythm & Sound. Seine Stimme kenne ich seit frühen Ausgrabungen des Studio One. Und von einem Abend in London, als John Peel „Bim Sherman Meets Horace Andy and U Black Inna Rub a Dub Style“ auflegte.
