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The Jolly Boys Calypso Mento 1977 US
The Jolly Boys - Roots Of Reggae flac album
  • Performer The Jolly Boys
  • Title Roots Of Reggae
  • Date of release 1977
  • Country US
  • Style Calypso, Mento
  • Other formats AC3 DTS DXD ADX VQF MMF MP1
  • Genre Reggae
  • Size MP3 1291 mb
  • Size FLAC 1441 mb
  • Rating: 4.6
  • Votes: 438
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This album has an average beat per minute of 120 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 92/166 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Roots Of Reggae. BPM Profile Roots Of Reggae. Album starts at 166BPM, ends at 96BPM (-70), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by The Jolly Boys.

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The Jolly Boys are a mento band from Port Antonio, Jamaica. It was formed in 1945 and had great commercial success in the late 1980s and 1990s among reggae and world music fans. They released a new album in 2010 (Great Expectation) and are currently the house band at GeeJam, a hotel in Port Antonio. The Jolly Boys grew out of a group called the Navy Island Swamp Boys that formed on 11 April 1945, and often played at Errol Flynn's parties.

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The Jolly Boys, Port Antonio, Jamaica. Visit our YouTube Page @ ww. outube  . Jonny was the oldest playing member of the original Jolly Boys Mento Band, he had been working part time in the kitchens of the Titchfield hotel in Port Antonio when founder member Moses Deans asked him to join the band in 1956, he was just 16 years old and played maracas, congo drum and did a little dancing.

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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Linstead Market
A2 Oh Carolina
Written-By – Folkes Brothers
A3 Crackdown
Written-By – Donald Davidson
A4 Sarah
Written-By – Fitz Ramus
A5 Fat Wife
Written-By – Fitz Ramus
B1 Water The Garden
Written-By – Count Lasher
B2 Pomp And Pride
Written-By – F. Hibbert*
B3 Joy Bells
Written-By – Donald Davidson
B4 Build On The Rock
Written-By – Donald Davidson
B5 Thousands Of Children
Written-By – Donald Davidson
B6 Beautiful Garden
Written-By – Donald Davidson

Credits

  • Artwork By – Jefferson Miller
  • Banjo – George Dillon (tracks: A1, B1, B2, B3)
  • Banjo [Four Strings] – Luther Summerville
  • Guitar, Vocals – Donald Davidson
  • Kalimba [Bass] – Sterling Thompson
  • Liner Notes – Ken Bilby*
  • Maracas, Vocals – Fitz Ramus
  • Percussion [Repeater], Vocals – Leon "Shorty" Morris
  • Recorded By – Ken Bilby*

Notes

Recorded at Salem, Jamaica by Ken Bilby (except 'Thousands Of Children' and ' Build On The Rocks', which were recorded at Dynamic Studios in Kingston).

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
LLCT 7314 The Jolly Boys Roots Of Reggae ‎(Cass, Album) Lyrichord LLCT 7314 US Unknown


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