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tisdag, oktober 26, 2010

Gregory Isaacs the Frank Sinatra of Jamaica

Gregory Isaacs, född 1951 på Jamaica, avled i går.
RIP.



Oj vilken härlig reggaesångare, en stor sådan; det gungar skönt, som på Stilla Havet, och det är ingen risk för sjösjuka.

"Cat Coore, the guitarist and cellist for the seminal reggae band Third World, has called Mr. Isaacs “the Frank Sinatra of Jamaica” for his elegant vocal phrasing. But as the singer’s friend and former manager Don Hewitt observed, “It goes further than that, because Sinatra was not a songwriter.” /N Y Times

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