1st wave Ska Pipeline?!! Jackie Mittoo and Soul Brothers

SurfGuitar101 Forums » Surf Music General Discussion »

DeathTide Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1380 New Orleans	Posted on Oct 15 2020 08:30 PM How fun is this?!! They were not very far apart in years, I wonder if there are more of these gems lying around?! Dan — Daniel Deathtide Top
matt Joined: Oct 18, 2010 Posts: 656 Boston, MA	Posted on Oct 16 2020 11:31 AM holy smokes. this is awesome! — Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters Boston's Premier Surf/Noir Combo http://www.heatonsurf.com Top
zunrj5 Joined: Jul 16, 2015 Posts: 259 ID	Posted on Oct 16 2020 01:22 PM Great track! I need to go through my old ska/rocksteady albums to see if there’s any more surf covers. — -John The Seatopians 2017- The Seatopians on bandcamp Top
revmike Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3860 North Atlantic	Posted on Oct 16 2020 02:52 PM Jackie Mittoo moved from Jamaica to Toronto in the 70s and was a big part of the reggae scene there. Great musician. Here’s a mini doc for those interested: https://www.cbc.ca/television/fromthevaults/jackie-mittoo-and-the-golden-age-of-canadian-reggae-1.4903386 Rev — Canadian Surf http://www.urbansurfkings.com/ Last edited: Oct 16, 2020 15:11:35 Top
Ben Joined: Feb 11, 2007 Posts: 591 Encinitas, Ca	Posted on Oct 16 2020 09:28 PM Wow!!! So cool Call the CDC because that groove is infectious!!! Top
crumble Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England	Posted on Oct 17 2020 05:47 AM Thanks for the infection DeathTide! The first time I heard Ska was on a 1964? Beatles special of Ready Steady Go! featuring Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop, brought to us by Chris Blackwell of Island Records. Sadly she died in May of 2020. If there was ever a surf tune crying out for ska treatment it's the Belairs Squad Car! that would be super cool! Top
OaklandA Joined: Nov 01, 2017 Posts: 83 Arizona	Posted on Oct 19 2020 08:48 PM Awesome!! Top
DeathTide Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1380 New Orleans	Posted on Oct 20 2020 11:21 AM zunrj5 wrote: Great track! I need to go through my old ska/rocksteady albums to see if there’s any more surf covers. That’s exactly how this popped up. I had to do a double take and go back. Prince Buster has some of the greatest songs ever recorded in my opinion, and Desmond Dekker has such a great voice! Alton Ellis is another one I love. But you’ve got to hand it to the Skatalites as well for keeping it instro! Yeah it was a joy to bust out those records and play them. Jamaican pressing errors and all! Do it! revmike wrote: Jackie Mittoo moved from Jamaica to Toronto in the 70s and was a big part of the reggae scene there. Great musician. Here’s a mini doc for those interested: https://www.cbc.ca/television/fromthevaults/jackie-mittoo-and-the-golden-age-of-canadian-reggae-1.4903386 Rev This is wild I had no idea! Thanks for posting. After thinking about it, I realize that a few old ska songs were covers of American music. Phyllis Dillon for example recorded lots of covers. So perhaps there was a lot of this borrowing that happened? Danny Deathtide — Daniel Deathtide Last edited: Oct 20, 2020 11:23:17 Top

Top