Tag: Peter Simon

"Flaming Rock Steady"

“Flaming Rock Steady”: It’s a Scorcher

In 1966 legendary session guitarist, Ernest Ranglin, released a fun and breezy set of instrumentals in Jamaica on the Federal label entitled, A Mod A Mod Ranglin. The original 12-song LP has since been reissued on CD with six additional tracks – including this one, “Flaming Rock Steady“:~ “Flaming Rock

January 9, 2014 No Comments

"Second Fiddle"

1973: The Year Pop Reggae Broke

You can count on one hand the number of times that reggae singles by Jamaican artists have cracked the Top 40 here in the States: “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker in June, 1969 (#9) and “Double Barrel” by Dave Barker and Ansel Collins in August, 1971 (#22). Two times [*actually, three

January 31, 2013 3 Comments