The annual Twelve Tribes Tribute to Dennis Brown and Bob Marley held on Saturday night at Skill Craft on Skibo Avenue, run by Rupert Hoilett (a KC alumnus) should have been highlighted as one of the must-attend sessions for Reggae Month.

For the entire night the selector played tunes by Dennis Brown and Bob Marley exclusively. For some of us, it was a crash course in getting to know the Crown Prince musically, because the selector seemed to have every vinyl (which sounded so clean) whether it was 45 or LP, and every CD ever recorded by D Brown, and he unleashed them on rapid.

His Marley selections also hit the right note. It was reminiscent of the days gone by when dances were nice friendly places full of love and couples actually danced together instead of the profiling that takes place now with the men on one side and the females on the other. There was the usual 12 Tribe fare on offer - roots and ital food - and they were very reasonably priced. Sugar Minott, Junior 'One Blood' Reid Julian 'Jingles' Reynolds, Jah Love selector Ilawi, TVJ's Kay Osbourne, Trevor 'Jumpy' Harris and George Golding (both KC alumni) were among those persons we saw having a great time. At an entry fee of $150 per person, patrons got much more than their money's worth.

Big up Muta for a sell-off radio tribute to Bob

Last Wednesday (Bob Marley's birthday) on the Irie FM's Cutting Edge host Mutabaruka outdid himself by scooping everybody with a sell-off birthday treat to the Reggae King. Instead of taking the usual approach of playing the regular Bob Marley songs, Muta came up with a fresh, innovative approach that was entertaining and enlightening. In the first half of the programme, he played cover version of maestro's records done by international artistes, many of which were recorded in foreign languages. In the second half of the show, he played little known recordings done by Bob.
Nuff Raspect to Muta.

Sorry, Tommy Cowan, you're wrong this time

Christian Ras, Tommy Cowan, needs to get his facts right before he goes on air. And what's more, he sought to correct what he claimed was a widely misguided view. It happened on Nationwide AM This Morning show a week ago during a discussion in which he and Clyde McKenzie were invited to participate in an effort to determine between Dennis Brown and Beenie Man who had recorded the most number of tunes. As it turns out on the consensus of both he and McKenzie, The Doctor emerged the winner. But one can't help wondering what was it that came over Tommy Cowan towards the end of the discussion when he said, "Many people thought that Dennis Brown was born on the 1st (February), but he was born on the 2nd." So Musings double -checked with all the relevant authorities, including a prominent member of the Dennis Brown Trust who should know, and was told that the Crown Prince of Reggae, was born on February 1, 1957. Make a note of this Mr Cowan.

Happy birthday Claudette
We take this opportunity to say a special happy birthday to a strong, powerful and humble Rasta woman in the music business, Claudette Kemp, manager of deejay Capleton. We saw Claudette on Wednesday night at the premiere of Africa Unite, and she was looking just regal (as usual). Anyway, Claudette celebrated her birthday on Thursday, February 7, so all of you who have been feasting on her 'you know what' should send her a special treat on her special day - even if it's already gone.

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