Reggae Lovers DON'T miss this fantastic Junior Murvin tribute brought to you by the MA'AD CLUB & Buffaloo Radio.
The Aces featuring Barry Howard & Carl St Clair (Desmond Dekker) are to perform at the Junior Murvin's Tribute this Saturday, 22nd February 2014 @The Excelsior, 195 Balham High Road, South London = 9pm-2.30am, Tickets £10
Reggae artistes & DJ's 'play' tribute to the late reggae ...legend Mr Police & Thief himself,
'' Junior Murvin,'' who sadly passed away in his home town Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica on the 2nd December 2013 aged 64. Check below for more information on this reggae great.
The venue opens @ 9pm & Confirmed acts playing live from 11pm, backed by the 007 Band include; The Aces feat’ Barry Howard & Carl St Clair (Desmond Dekker) AJ Franklin (Chosen Few) Winston Reedy, Bunny Melody, Paul Dawkins, Beverley Notes and several veteran artistes who will be performing as special surprise guests!!!
MC: Devon Morgan - Tony Williams - Mandingo
DJ’s: Festus Coxsone (Legendary Selector) Gussy Roots (Roots FM)
Best known for his all-time classic "Police and Thieves," Junior Murvin was gifted with a unique, feather-light falsetto that inspired some of Lee "Scratch" Perry's most unearthly productions. Murvin wasn't exactly the most prolific reggae star of the late '70s, yet such is the stature of "Police and Thieves" and its accompanying album of the same name that Murvin would still be a legend even if he'd never recorded another note. And, indeed, comparatively few listeners heard much of his sporadic subsequent work. Junior Murvin was born Murvin Junior Smith, likely in 1949 in Port Antonio, Jamaica.
As a child, he sang along with records by Nat King Cole and Billy Eckstine, and (later on) soul singers like Sam Cooke, Ben E. King, and especially Curtis Mayfield, after whom his own falsetto was modelled. He began performing publicly as a youth after his family moved to Montego Bay. With some experience under his belt, he went to live with his aunt in the Kingston ghetto of Trench town, where he quickly made connections on the thriving reggae scene and worked on his singing technique. He landed a chance to audition for Lee "Scratch" Perry and Clement "Coxsone" Dodd at the latter's Studio One, but when Dodd told him to write another verse for the song he'd performed, Murvin simply moved on. Under the name Junior Soul, Murvin cut his first record, "Miss Kushie," for Sonia Pottinger's Gay feet label in 1966, and followed it with "Slipping" and "Jennifer."
Information taken from Buffaloo Radio Facebook
Jaz McKenzie
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