FOLLOW THAT RIDDIM: FROM STRANGER COLE TO U-ROY

Stranger Cole: Crying Every NIght From 7″ (Treasure Isle, 1969/1970). Also on Bangarang. U-Roy and Hopeton Lewis: Tom Drunk From 7″ (Trojan, 1970). Also on Your Ace From Space. The thing I love about being totally underinformed when it comes to riddims is discovering both re-uses of certain riddims, or in this case, the originating riddim. I got turned onto “Tom Drunk” because of Reflection Eternal and certainly, if there’s any song that’s associated with this riddim, it’s the ...

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