Posted: under "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know".
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Gregory Isaacs — one of the most popular and versatile reggae singers of the late-Seventies, and the smooth-voiced dancehall crooner behind the genre’s landmark 1982 LP Night Nurse —
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Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse (Live at Reggae Sunsplash 1983)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyEP_st9csI
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Gregory Isaacs - My Number One
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9pgZe3ZkvE
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GREGORY ISAACS : Tune in
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnw1nAVTmKY
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Gregory Isaacs - Cool Down The Pace
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-XmNm0inyM
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Gregory Isaacs - If I Don’t Have You
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Oct 26 2010
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim".
Tags: Africa, African, American, artist, blacks, Britain, Canada, Canadian, cancer, Caribbean, celebrity, cemetery, community, companion, competition, couple, dance, designer, dreadlocks, earth, England, fashion, focus, force, genius, ghost, Gregory Isaacs, health, husband, icon, influence, inspiration, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, Kingston, legend, life, London, love, lyrics, man, money, music, musician, partner, pioneer, politics, rastafarian, reggae, respect, rhythm, romance, singer, songwriter, soul, spirit, spouse, star, style, success, suit, Toronto, tribute, universe, voice, wife, world
Tribute to the Reggae Legend
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Gregory dies at 59; Jamaican singer pioneered reggae style known as lovers rock
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One of the genre major stars in the 1970’s, the ‘Cool Ruler’ had a polished sound and lyrics that focused on tales of love. He was also known for his designer suits.
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Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican singer who pioneered the style of reggae music known as lovers rock and became one of the genre’s major stars in the 1970s, has died. He was 59.
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Isaacs died Monday at his home in London, according to his manager, Copeland Forbes. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer last year.
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Known as the “Cool Ruler,” as he styled himself in the title of a 1978 album, Isaacs cut a dapper figure in his designer suits and silk shirts — an image suited to a style of music that emphasized romantic yearning over reggae’s more traditional themes of spiritual and political transformation.
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“I’d say he’s one of the three geniuses I’ve known in the reggae music business, and I’ve known everyone,” said Gary Himelfarb, who recorded several Isaacs albums for his Washington, D.C.-based RAS Records label in the 1990s.
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“Gregory was the kind of person who could walk through a room of 20 people and come out the other side and tell you what everybody was wearing,” added Himelfarb, whose professional name is Doctor Dread. “He could sit at a piano and compose incredible tunes. He was really brilliant. He was on a whole other level than your typical Jamaican artist.”
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Isaacs was born in Kingston on July 15, 1951, and grew up in Denham Town. In school, he enjoyed reading, composition and painting, and at home he listened to American R&B on his family’s radio.
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Gregory Isaacs
July 15, 1951 - Oct 25, 2010
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Oct 25 2010
Posted: under "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT", Inspirationals.
Tags: assurance, blessings, Christian, day, food, glory, God, gospel, inspiration, Jesus, link, Lord, lyrics, music, praises, salvation, Savior, spirit, thought, video
Christian Thought of the Day
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You are one of a kind, designed to glorify God as only you can.
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Gospel Song
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Mar 05 2010
Posted: under "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT", Inspirationals.
Tags: Christian, confidence, creation, day, food, gospel, humanity, inspiration, link, Lord, lyrics, music, nature, others, power, proverb, refuge, roses, scripture, strength, thought, video, wisdom, world
The Church of Roses
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Christian Thought of the Day
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We can do great things for the Lord if we are willing to do little things for others.
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Gospel Song - Above All
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Feb 26 2010
Posted: under "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT", Inspirationals.
Tags: Christian, compassion, day, earth, eyes, food, force, God, gospel, heart, home, joy, life, link, Lord, love, lyrics, music, smiles, thought, video, world
Christian Thought of the Day
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The greatest force on earth is not the compulsion of law but the compassion of love.
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Gospel Song - Until Then
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Feb 23 2010
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish ~ Louise Bennett".
Tags: Anansi, argument, calypso, creativity, dance, demonstration, dialect, English, fun, humor, Jamaica, Jamaican, labrish, language, lyrics, Miss Lou, originality, patois, reggae, style, vernacular
Miss Lou
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Anansi, Miss Lou and the ‘raw chaw’ argument
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Published: Sunday | March 8, 2009
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Killing originality
In one of her wicked poems, ‘Bans a Killin’ Miss Lou persuasively argues that Jamaican - which she calls ‘dialect’ - is not inferior to English. And she firmly puts in his place censorious Mas Charlie who, somewhat like the Broadcasting Commission these days, is trying to kill off verbal creativity in the slack local language. Here are the first two and the last two verses of Miss Lou’s poem:
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So yuh a de man me hear bout!
Ah yuh dem seh dah teck
Whole heap a English oat seh
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Yuh gwine kill dialect!