With big regret we must inform that due to health reasons Burro Banton had to cancel overall European tour including Ostróda Reggae Festival. We wish him a lot of health and we hope to see him in the future.
As a part of the Jamaican showcase with Lutan Fyah, Perfect Giddimani & Protoje backed by Dub Akom Band on 12th August we will see a real legend of reggae toasting, Ranking Joe.
RANKING JOE
(Jamaica)
Ranking Joe aka Little Joe is a reggae deejay who rose to prominence in the 1970s and had continuing success in the 1980s.
Jackson was initially inspired towards a musical career by his father, who operated a sound system. He attended secondary school with Winston McAnuff, U Brown and Earl Sixteen, and they would perform concerts. After starting out by toasting on the Smith The Weapon sound system, Jackson progressed to the El Paso sound system, where he performed under the name Little Joe (inspired by the character from Bonanza), inspired greatly by U-Roy. He first recorded for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One in 1974, releasing "Gun Court". Initially unsuccessful as a recording artist, he studied electronics before returning to recording in the mid-1970s with greater success, having a hit with "Honda 750", which was followed by singles such as "Psalm 54", "Natty Don't Make War" and the Bionic Man-tribute "Steve Austin". "Stop Your Coming and Come" provided the first deejay hit for Sly & Robbie's Taxi label. In the latter half of the 1970s he released three albums and also returned to sound system work with U-Roy's King Sturgav setup. His big break in international terms came in 1980, when the Ray Symbolic Hi Fi sound system, with which he was then the resident deejay, toured the United Kingdom, raising his profile and helping his “Weakheart Fadeaway” become a major seller for Greensleeves Records. A string of further albums followed in the early 1980s, which saw Joe move away from the "cultural" chants of his early work towards the "slackness" that had become popular. Ray Symbolic's death interrupted Joe's career, but he returned as a producer, with dubs of his productions released on the King Tubby albums “Original King Key Dub” and “Dangerous Dub”. He later moved to New York, setting up a record label, also named Ranking Joe, which provided an outlet for his productions.
Ranking Joe is still active, playing shows and participating in various music productions all around the world.
He performed Poland as a part of Blood & Fire Sound System and later at Ostróda Reggae Festival in 2009, with Brazilian Digitaldubs on the sound system stage.
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/rankinjoemusic
video:
live Dubquake 2010
http://youtu.be/_F9kpamW_3k
“Strickly Sensi” live 2011
http://youtu.be/h_wP2HvD3k0
Written by perkoz, on 03-08-2011 20:56 , IP: 89.228.113.98
2 lata temu nieźle zagrał na soundach :) ciekawe co pokaże na głównej scenie. |
Written by wolopols, on 03-08-2011 12:13 , IP: 212.244.107.212
szkoda :( no ale cóż życie. Szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia.bless |
Written by jodz1k, on 03-08-2011 06:40 , IP: 83.12.151.254
wydaje mi sie, ze nawet lepiej jak Ranking~ wystapi :) |
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