Marianne Faithfull died last week. I made room for a quick note from her, even though it doesn't precisely fit the Black History theme of this week. I will try to do a better tribute to her next week, or sometime soon.
African Herbsman is a 1973 repackage of Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1971 album Soul Revolution Part II produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry, which was a Jamaica-only release. Yesterday was Bob's 80th birthday.
U-Roy toasts over classic Bob Marley and the Wailers. Tafari Records was started by RAS Records founder Doctor Dread. This album comprises Bob Marley and The Wailers tracks that were produced and recorded by Lee “Scratch” Perry in 1968. Doctor Dread came up with the idea of having U-Roy add his rap/toasting element to these now-classic records.
“Joseph “Monk” Boudreaux is the oldest living Mardi Gras Indian Chief, the Elder of Elders in a tradition dating back to the 1800s. As such, he sees himself as the guardian of a spiritual discipline that involves gnostic customs and beliefs shared by members within the New Orleans Black community over the course of multiple generations.” Recorded at Tad’s International Limited, Kingston, Jamaica, and Whiskey Bayou Studios in Houma, Louisiana
+ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., from his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech (not the first time he used the phrase "the fierce urgency of now”), delivered on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City
The J.B.'s was James Brown's band from 1970 through the early 1980s. On records, the band was sometimes billed under alternate names such as Fred Wesley and the JBs, The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks, A.A.B.B., Fred Wesley and the New JBs, The First Family, and The Last Word. - Wikipedia
"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" is a funk song performed by James Brown, and written with his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis in 1968. It was released as a two-part single, which held the number-one spot on the R&B singles chart for six weeks, and peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Both parts of the single were later included on James Brown's 1968 album A Soulful Christmas and on his 1969 album sharing the title of the song. The song became an unofficial anthem of the Black Power movement. -Wikipedia
