Trips and Travel
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You're too kind.
Don't worry Beats, everywhere I go the coaster goes, I think the Party Crew next year should decide, what do you think ?
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I will have to resist using underhand tactics, Junior Terror would be useful but that would be cheating
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I would call that moral support..go for it…you have to educate the new generation as young as possible
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We're both Simon, do I need to be embarrassed about my post Seul ?
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Thanks Seul, I'll sleep a bit better tonight now.
I must stop jumping to conclusions !
You can borrow my son if you like, I could do with a rest.
Simon & I were discussing your Riders jacket, shame IH don't do it anymore 'cause we both want one, BAD !!!!!!
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You'll have to bring the jacket though !
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If only all problems were that nice.
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Yo:
I am just back from a week trip to Austin Texas and Kingston Jamaica.
It was my first time in Texas, and I loved it. Austin is beautiful. Everything looks like it was built yesterday. I went to have a pair of boots done by Lee Miller of Texas Traditions (check this out: http://gallery.me.com/carrlyn#gallery)
My feet had never been measured so thoroughly. His place is small, and he has 2 employees making boots the old fashioned, everything-handmade, way. I'm going to have to wait 3 years before my pair is ready. So I visited several other ready made bootshops, Allens, Cavender's and was amazed by the huge selection. I got myself a pair of brown smooth Ostrich Lucchese roper boots to keep myself waiting.
Then I flew down to Kingston Jamaica to record material with Sly & Robbie. We did 18 hardcore roots Reggae tracks during the first 2 days: 13 Gainsbourg, 3 Johnny Clarke, 2 rocksteady, and the following day, we programmed 2 Funk tracks.
Musicians were: Sly on drums, Robbie Lyn on keyboards, Mikey Chung on lead guitar, Dougie Bryan on riddim guitar and Sticky Thompson on percussion. Robbie Shakespeare was unable to participate and will overdub his bass parts later.
While I was there I met with the Mighty Diamonds, Mr. Vegas, Assassin, Ce'Cile. Cool and nice. Jamaica seemed a bit more relaxed than last time I was there, probably because the government are taking out some gang leaders (in JA, gang leaders are called community leaders in the press because they intimidate journalists into making them look more legit than what they actually are). -
Wow what a trip! Recording legends like Sly & Robbie must be an amazing experience. Any photos available of the session? Johnny Clarke and Horace Andy are here in London next Friday, along with Jah Shaka too. I'm currently trying to rearrange plans to ensure I can go; if I make it I will post some pics.
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Wow what a trip! Recording legends like Sly & Robbie must be an amazing experience. Any photos available of the session? Johnny Clarke and Horace Andy are here in London next Friday, along with Jah Shaka too. I'm currently trying to rearrange plans to ensure I can go; if I make it I will post some pics.
I did not make a lot of pix because I went there alone and I had to direct the sessions. Usually, I bring along a photographer or a video man, but this time, I did not plan anything really.
Sly was his imperial self, so were all the other musicians. We had a great time, because they really really liked Serge Gainsbourg and the tunes brought a lot of nice memories for them.
Horace, Johnny and Shaka in the same gig, that should be pretty cool and mucho heavy… I produced two LP's by Horace Andy and I dont have to force myself to listen to them, unlike most of my records, which I have a hard time listening to for some reason. Click on http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=horace+andy+greycapp&aq=f to see the videos (I think there is 17 of them) of the making of Livin' it up, which I produced with Robbie and Sly in 2007. It shows how the musicians used to work live in the studio, as well as a super Gregory Isaacs song which he came to record on one of Horace's riddims during the sessions… Wicked stuff.
