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JAMAICAN OLDIES WEEKEND #2

ERIC 'MONTY' MORRIS / ROY & YVONNE
MARCH 1 & 2 / MAYNE STAGE / ROGERS PARK, CHICAGO

DJ Chuck Wren, Triton Soundsystem, Darren Reggae, and Feel The Rhythm DJs spin your favorite Jamaican oldies - strictly on vinyl. All this PLUS vendors selling original Jamaican vinyl, hand screened concert posters, JUMP UP RECORDS' massive mail order table and much more. 18+ show.

Tickets on sale via Manye Stage website www.maynestage.com Tickets are $25. There will be a limited amount of two-day passes available for $40, so if you know you're coming for the weekend snatch these up quick!

Did a 'lil interview with Courtney Klos of mnska.com for "The Flyover Ska Show" ... Talked for a good while about the current state of reggae/ska, past injuries and new projects ... And can I just say ... I think it's amazing that there are folks out there documenting the current state of Jamaican inspired music in America .. Big ups to Courtney and everyone at MNSKA ... anyway, on to the interview ...

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LISTEN HERE

Tune in to KDHX tonight from 7-9pm for Ska's The Limit and a special guest set/takeover from The Drastics! Drastics Sound a big big sound ... so get ready for a tough selection of hard and obscure dubs ... Thanks to JJ for letting us on! Good thing that lawsuit from the FCC (The FCC v. The Drastics) stops at the state border!

Also, lest ye forget! The Drastics are back in STL this Friday, December 10 at The Gramophone for a strictly instrumental set with special guest Gerald Bailey on trumpet. We're doing the late show starting at 10pm following The Joe Krown Trio's early show. Come for the Krown Trio, and stay for The Drastics for free! That's A Booya!

IF YOU MISSED IT LIVE, STREAM IT HERE!

Playlist
The Skatalites - Lon Chaney
Prince Jammy & Black Uhuru - Eden Dub
Jah Batta - Youthman Time
The Senior Allstars - Sniff Dub
Rhygin Rockers - Spooky
Derrick Harriot - Harmony In Dub
The Drastics feat. MC Zulu - Striped Curtain Dub
Prince Jammy - Sleng Teng Riddim
The Drastics feat. MC Zulu - No Lies
Duke Reid & Alton Ellis - Willow Tree Dub
Dillinger - Middle East Rock
The Wailing Souls - Jah Give Us Life/Don't Feel No Way
U-Roy - Fire In A Trenchtown
The Skatalites - Lon Chaney

 

 

Let's go kids, time to get back up off yer outside playing around and get back inside in front of the damn computer screen! Cause we got a MASSIVE SOUND for you this month .. and until we release it on the iTunes you gotta listen to it online! Save the CDs and Damn the bandwidth! Yes, this month we got a big tune featuring our regular vocal partner in crime MC Zulu .. Here Comes The Bass with accompanying instrumental version Earl Warren Ska!

This tune does require a bit of the 'ol backstory ... See, we here in La Casa de Drastique don't really "do the ska" too often (though we get labeled and thrown on ska bills cause we're white dudes playing Jamaican music, but that's a rant for another day) but we do appreciate the hell out of The Skatalites, Desmond Dekker, et. al.... because of that we do keep one trad ska tune in the repertoire. That one tune was titled "Jack Ruby" and was written by our old cohort Mr. Corey Dixon. The version recorded and put up today is slightly different than the original in that the whole melody has been reinterpreted.

Corey wrote "Jack Ruby" as a sort of response to the Skatalites tune "Lee Harvey Oswald" ... See, when the Skatalites perform live, it is not uncommon to hear Lloyd Brevett say "Who killed JFK?" before the band drops into the Oswald Ska. So Mr. Dixon thought it clever to start up a tune with "Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?" .. "Jack Ruby" ... Then we thought it even MORE clever to start our version of the tune with "Who Killed Jack Ruby" ... well, the answer to that would be lung cancer .. and, frankly "Lung Cancer Ska" doesn't have the ring to it we'd like .. So we settled on "Who prosecuted Jack Ruby under the LBJ appointed commission to investigate the assassination of JFK?" .. Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court Earl Warren .. that's who!

Anyway, enough of the past, on to the future! MC Zulu took the riddim and spit hot-double-time-fire on it inna dancehall style! I know this phrase get's used alot on this blog, but we're pretty sure you t'aint heard nothing like this before (unless you've been to our live show) ... Turn up the bass and let it rip brother!

DANCEHALL + SKA = BRAIN OVERLOAD