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Sunday, February 03, 2019
Prince Buster: Madness
Prince Buster's real name, rather wonderfully, was Cecil Bustamente Campbell.
He had an enormous influence on the development of ska, rocksteady and reggae in Jamaica, and those styles are now part of the global musical palate.
The British band Madness took its name from this record. and their first single was a tribute to Prince Buster with a cover of this on the B-side.
They later had a hit with another of his songs: One Step Beyond.
I liked Prince Busters Al Capone .It got me interested in Ska. As they say,the rest is history.
ReplyDeleteThis song by the Prince "Hard Man Fe Dead" is my favourite. It is about a "Hard Man" who has been left for dead many times but still he rises up again; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3LERNZlQjc
ReplyDeleteIs there a political connection? I seem to recall a Jamaican PM with the surname Bustamente.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia, he was named after the politician.
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