There are stars you can see tonight which actually don't exist. To me dead rather than a pity is a honorable issue. The only thing is that Prince can't write an autobiography like Keith Richards.
"I was on de street making good...My music was popularised by sound system.. Den de music radio stations got in de way... Dat is my life comin up... I put a song in de British charts and I am on Top of De Pops and dey don't tell people in Jamaica... I nah crying. I go fight dem" Britain, my island, thank you for loving Prince Buster in the 1960's, with the ska revival of the 1980's and to this day with The Neville Staples Band keeping ska and Prince Buster's music alive and well. Thank you to all who put on this show in Sierra Nevada too. A gift to the world. A gift to me. A gift to the future. 😊
I was there, thrilled to see The Prince---however, the SNWMF had scheduled on the smaller stage Midnite at the same time---and the hippie dreadlock Cali crowd was far more interested in the Virgin Ilse band than this originator. So it 'ah go...
I was at this show. You can never underestimate Prince Busters legacy he was a giant in the jamaican music industry since day one. Allah Yaharmak RIP Cecil Bustamente Campbell!!!!
Perhaps (skatalites) Alcapone Shaking up orange street Blackhead chineman 30 pieces of silver What a hard man fe dead Big five Wreck a pum pum Texas hold up Pharaoh house crash (Etiopians - everything crash) Rough rider Enjoy yourself Too hot Madness One step beyond Down beat Burial (Don Drummond)
58:00ish Orange Street and his defiance and clarity that reggae did not 'start' with Bob Marley [or Trench Town]but with Prince Buster and Orange Street. He gives a lot more detail but over loud instrumentation.
37:00 "She was a rough rider.. A smooth toucher ... winey winey...killer grinder...I had a hard night...terrific slip and slider..." A bit mor direct that 'Oh, what a night / late December back in 63 s she was everything she meant to me / what a lady, what a night"
"I was touching dem nerve in dem pocket...[our] national sound to dem Charlie Parker [etc]... I am him [that created the ska]... I began to enjoy struggle. Dey can't win. I am him... [He is then asked about the incident of being arrested with Peter Tosh when protesting apartheid in South Africa at the British Embassy]... I am still wondering what happened dat day... I had to bail him outta jail, yah hear me? [a South African then speaks and says:] ... on behalf of my nation I give thanks... How are musicians protecting themselves against exploiters?... [Buster replies] There is a flame... Write it in yuh book: Prince Buster idea [he gives the history]... So, in turn, we have to go to England... We have to use Jimmy Cliff ... De next movie [they promised that he would be the next movie] ...I am him: the idea; the conception... Just check it out"
40:00 "It's good to be wise when you're young.. enjoy yourself, it's later than you think. Enjoy yourself while you're in the pink... Get wisdom, knowledge and understanding.. Those three... Go to school.. Don't be a faker...It's not wise that you should be another gangster/another man's stool"
1:02:40 "I knew skanking would never die... I expected it to be [the ska revival in Britain in the 1980's]... I expected it to come back again and again ..." Such a shame that there is loud background music and poor sound quality on Prince Buster's voice. He is explaining the history of his musical evolution but it is almost impossible to hear it all. Can you cleanse this part, please, so it can be heard clearly? Thank you so much for posting this magnificent concert of this magnificent man and his ska revivalists.
26:37 onwards: reminds me of 'red soda water and anyone's daughter' oh dear, just wish this was not the case ... It's not her face, it's her body line. Oh dear 😞
