A long-serving soldier in the rub-a-dub army, Lone Ranger marches wherever that genre has a following.

Its strongest market is Europe, where he has toured twice this year.

He also released two new songs, Panafrican Youths and Forward Ever, particularly for that region, which has always been receptive to old-school reggae.

“Mi always a record, always a record, but most of wi time is in Europe ‘cause they still love an’ respect di rub-a-dub style. Dem nuh gi wi nuh respect yah suh [Jamaica],” Lone Ranger said in an interview with the Jamaica Observer.

In addition to his new songs, Patate Records in France has reissued three of the veteran deejay’s most popular albums — Rosemarie, Barnabas Collins, and Dee Jay Daddy.

Rosemarie and Barnabas Collins are also the names of Lone Ranger’s biggest hit singles.

Barnabas Collins, produced by Alvin “GG” Ranglin, was inspired by the eerie lead character in the Gothic American soap opera of the 1960s. It went #1 in Jamaica in 1979 and was also popular in the UK.

Rosemarie, produced by Winston Riley, and the Clement Dodd-produced Love Bump were also chart-toppers for Lone Ranger, who was born Anthony Waldron in the Kingston community of Whitfield Town.

For almost eight years he lived in the UK, but got into music when he returned to Jamaica in 1971 and attended what was then Vauxhall Secondary School.

Lone Ranger started his recording career with Dodd at Studio One in the mid-1970s. Later that decade, he was a bona fide star in Jamaica and Europe, where he first toured in 1979.

This year, he performed throughout that continent, playing dances, clubs and major festivals. In October, Lone Ranger is scheduled to perform in Mexico City, then returns to Europe for another round of shows in November and December.