S2E12: Rosco’s Right Hand Reggae
Publisher |
The OAM Network
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Memphis
Music
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Arts
History
Music
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Mar 08, 2019
Episode Duration |
Unknown
On this episode  of Memphis Musicology, we explain how a little-known Memphis pianist  named Rosco Gordon played a crucial (albeit accidental) role in the  birth of ska and reggae in Jamaica. We also head  to The Crate to dissect Toots Hibbert’s 198…cdn.com/content/v1/544b0123e4b0f2ea4e15ce32/1552066146159-FUJZY2KSBO3IOO5D886O/MEMBANNERs2e12.png?format=1000w">

On this episode of Memphis Musicology, we explain how a little-known Memphis pianist named Rosco Gordon played a crucial (albeit accidental) role in the birth of ska and reggae in Jamaica. We also head to The Crate to dissect Toots Hibbert’s 1988 reggae classic “Toots in Memphis,” a soul-reggae hybrid that featured some of the best talent from two distinct but intertwined cultures. “Up up!”

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