Rare Live Dub Session with Aston “Familyman” Barrett (2004)
Included here is a live dub session by Familyman featuring many of the hits that he co-wrote with Bob Marley. Really nice sound on this one… (Photos courtesy of Lee Jaffe) ASTON “FAMILYMAN” BARRETT...
View ArticlePeter Tosh Tour Date Registry Update plus Interview (Boston, 1976)
MIDNIGHT RAVER BLOG and TOSH TOUR DATE REGISTRY contributor Andreas von der Heide documented the following unknown dates recently: 1979 FEBRUARY 1 UCD COFFEEHOUSE, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, USA 1978...
View ArticleAlbum Pick of the Week: ‘Legalize It’ by Peter Tosh
This week’s album selection is, in my humble opinion, the best-produced reggae album ever recorded. That is a bold statement when one considers the quality of the albums recorded by each of the three...
View ArticleTen Things You Did Not Know About Sly and Robbie
MIDNIGHT RAVER is currently working on a feature about Sly and Robbie, who are responsible for five Grammy-worthy albums in 2013. They were nominated for their album SLY AND ROBBIE & THE JAM...
View ArticleTHE USUAL SUSPECTS: Part I
The cool and deadly “Rhythm Killers” declared war on the weakhearts in 2013 with a likkle help from Bitty McLean and a few friends, even grabbing a Grammy nod as the clock tick-tocked down to zero....
View ArticleBob Marley and the Wailers Natty Dread Demos
Here is an interesting listen to the recording of a reggae masterpiece. Included here are several demo tracks from the Natty Dread sessions. The set starts out with the Wailers’ Lee Jaffe laying down...
View ArticleThe Wailers Live at Paul’s Mall, Boston 1973
Here is a re-up of a phenomenal Wailers performance at Paul’s Mall in Boston, MA on July 11, 1973. Paul’s Mall and the Jazz Workshop, located on Boylston Street opposite the Prudential center, was a...
View ArticleThe Money Behind ‘Legalize It’
The following article about a new Lee Jaffe book was published in Barbados Nation five days ago. Jaffe played an instrumental role in Bob Marley and the Wailers from 1973-1975, even playing on several...
View ArticleMIDNIGHT RAVER reviews THE DUBRISING at FDRMX!
On December 5, 2014, Tabou1 Records will release Sly and Robbie’s Dubrising LP, which reunites the riddim killers with dub maestro extraordinaire Paul “Groucho” Smykle for the first time in more than...
View ArticleLegend in the Lens: 20 Awesome + Inspiring Images of Bob Marley (LargeUp.com)
Big up my friend Jesse Serwer and all the folks over at LargeUp.com for soliciting my input for their outstanding “Legend in the Lens: 20 Awesome + Inspiring Images of Bob Marley” feature. I shared...
View ArticleBob Marley and the Wailers, The New York Phonograph, October 1975
Here is a rare piece about Bob Marley and the Wailers by Mitch Cohen which was published in the October 1975 issue of WNEW’s free paper THE NEW YORK PHONOGRAPH. The group amazed the NYC music scene...
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