Byles, born kerrie byles junior in 1948 to a strong religious family, embarked on a musical career in 1967 when he founded the versatiles. There was chant down babylon and pitchy patchy for the jaman label, a remake of king of babylon for niney and lloyd campbell, false leader for micron, and the. However, virtually everything byles released that year was to be overwhelmed by the single fade away. Kingston, jamaica jonkunoo characters pitchy patchy, belly woman and cow head along constant spring road saturday.
Listen to music from pitchy patchy like junior byles and robin red breast. Page 19 of 165 fade away the one whos always acting smart and dont carry no love in his heart shall fade away god is here and there and everywhere and he knows when you play the game unfair so people beware, or else you fade away. There was chant down babylon and pitchy patchy for the jaman records label, a remake of king of babylon for niney the observer and lloyd f. The story of jamaican music, jonny greenwood is the controller, and beat down babylon. Beat down babylon the upsetter years by junior byles on. Pitchy patchy, a song by junior byles on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. It was the long way so doncha doncha im not gonna tell you off baby cos i told you so much you know so doncha its because i still need your warm and tender touch excuse me without ya darling so doncha weve been on the mountains and i thought you knew weve been through the valleys where the green herbs grow oh darling it was the long. Weeping and a wailing and a gnashing of teeth some a begging this, some a begging that some pitchy patchy walking down the street well, i dont really know but thats the way the story goes a whole lot of sufferation out deh, out deh, out deh.
In addition to that unifying theme, all the classic roots tracks are held. Anchored by his most famous tracks beat down babylon, da da, poor chubby, and curly locks, this collection of junior byles offers the listener some of the most powerful, moving, and overtly militant tracks recorded in the 1970s. One of the original figures of jamaican carnival, pitchy patchy is usually represented by a suit made of tattered, colorful pieces of cloth. The rocksolid jaman label, run by dudley swaby and bunny hollett, offered up roots music of the first order from byles. Junior byles vinyl records and cds for sale musicstack. He who checks for only wealth, and not for his physical. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from pitchy patchy. The rich is getting richer every day, and the little that the poor man got it shall be taken away. Legendary reggae vocalist junior byles kerrie byles jr. Two albums were released, the first from perry material on dynamictrojan and the second coproduced by perry and pete weston ond micron.
Hen johnson has 1,359 posts on their instagram profile. Junior byles is a good singer, a humble guy, irie, very humble. Pitchy patchy is a jamaican jankunu festival figure. Aug 30, 2011 junior byles father kenneth byles has gone to the ancestors.
Sep 01, 2011 jamaica is credited with the longest running tradition of jonkanoo. Pitchy patchy 129 beat street jaman special 19751978. As usual, the program features a nice mix of performers both famous johnny clarke, horace andy, junior byles and relatively obscure the impact allstars, the morwells. Searchable reggae lyrics database with a large number of reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, lovers rock and ragga songs. Reggae archives provides the most accurate reggae lyrics on the web.
Junkanoo or jonkonnu is a street parade with music, dance, and costumes of mixed african origin in many islands across the english speaking caribbean every boxing day 26 december and new years day 1 january, the same as kakamotobi or the fancy dress festival of ghana. Pitchy patchy s role in the carnival is to keep masqueraders and the surrounding crowd in order by cracking a cattle whip. He who checks for only wealth and not for his physical health shall fade away, fade away. However, as an introduction to the catalog of the worlds best reggae reissue label, it serves a worthy function, and does so at a list price of only ten bucks. By the midseventies, junior was a major star in jamaica poised for international exposure. Follow their account to see all their photos and videos. Fade away, with its strong spiritual warnings for materialism and egoism, was recorded in 1975 for producer joseph hoo kim. Kerrie byles also known as junior byles, chubby, or king chubby, is a jamaican reggae. Junior byles vinyl records and cds in the 70s byles was nearly as popular as the wailers and burning spear, due to one of the purest rasta voices around not to mention a lethal combination of conscious and lovers themes in his lyrics. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. They cut some half a dozen sides for mrs dorothy barnett and her deltone imprint in late 1968 and a similar number for joe gibbsjoel gibson amalgamated label in late 1968 to 1969. Jo jo hookinjoseph hookim whose fade away gave byles a sound system hit.
There was chant down babylon and pitchy patchy for the jaman label, a remake of king of babylon for niney and lloyd campbell, false leader for micron, and the classic fade away for channel one. Byles, born kerrie byles junior in 1948 to a strong religious family, embarked on a. It was obvious that regardless of his emotional problems, the singer was more than capable of continuing to cut excellent material. Junior byles fade away version 1975 well charge jamaica roots. Junior byles kerrie byles junior, most known for his fade away is a reggae artist born in the poor parts of kingston, jamaica 1948. Today these mysterious bands with their creative costumes appear more at cultural events such as christmas, emancipation and independence days.
Throughout the later part of the decade, junior was in and out of the hospital sanitarium and in this period he. Choose country bootleg 1 france 1 jamaica 56 uk 33 usa 15 jamaica 56. His vocals were quite unique, and although his soft, almost husky voice would never ring from the rafters nor give voice to anger, the gentle timbre still expressed deep emotions. His family were devoutly religious, and his early musical education came from singing in church. Beat down babylon, fever, curly locks, fade away, the long way, biography. Campbell, false leader for micron music limited, and the classic fade away for channel one 5.
Jaman special 7578, rasta no pickpocket bonus track version, jordan, a long way, singles. Pitchy patchy, know where youre going, remember me and chant down babylon, the last two credited to both junior and rupert reid. Download junior byles songs, singles and albums on mp3. A place called africa chant down babylon curly locks demonstration dont know why fade away heart and soul ive got a feeling joshuas desire know where youre going pitchy patchy poor chubby. Search through the website to find your favourite artists and their reggae lyrics, biblical references and albums. Junior byles fade away garance reggae festival 2010. Lee perry when junior showed up at channel one studio to record fade away in the mid1970s, he came with bones in his hands, threw them down on the ground and stared up at the sky. A collection of four junior byles tracks from his postlee scratch perry era and seven tracks from lesserknown artists like rupert reid, pablo moses and others, 129 beat street highlights some of the best cuts from the littleknown house of music studio operated by dudley manzie swaby and leroy bunny hollett. Though some believe in diamonds and pearl and feel like theyre on top of the world, they shall fade away, hear what i say. Vinyl 7 junior byles, jaman all stars pitchy patchy 1976, vinyl discogs. He who seeks of only vanity, and no love for humanity, shall fade away, fade away. The upsetter years on the trojan label pumps up that classic album with a dozen extra songs and dubs.
One of jamaicas most tragic figures, junior byles was also one of the islands greatest root stars. Youve gotta fade, gotta fade, gotta fade now the rich is getting richer every day. Regarded by some as his greatest work, fade away was recorded in 1975 for producer joseph hoo kim. The pitchy patchy costume made entirely of colorful rags represents many familys spirits.
Byles now moved to the jaman label, run by dudley swaby and leroy hollett, and immediately knocked out three hits for the team in duet with rupert reid chant down babylon, know where youre going, and remember me, and a fourth, pitchy patchy, solo. There is quite a bit of junior s work available on cd. Pitchy patchy pretty fe true king size mumble pharoah hiding when will better come cutting razor auntie lulu fade away aint too proud to beg lorna banana now generation are you leading me on fun and games motion dub. Kerrie junior byles was born in kingston, jamaica, in 1948. Junior byles pitchy patchy 129 beat street jaman special 7578 1976. However he was also acquiring a reputation for madness. Jun 27, 2012 most of junior s best material was cut with lee perry but he also recorded some dynamite music later in his career. By 1976, junior byles was confined to the mental ward at belview hospital in kingston. It was obvious that regardless of his emotional problems, the singer was more than.
These cultural parades are predominantly showcased in the bahamas. Featured on 129 beat street jaman special 19751978. Misspitchypatchy, newcastle under lyme, united kingdom. Fever, curly locks, fade away, the long way, biography. Most of junior s best material was cut with lee perry but he also recorded some dynamite music later in his career. Discussion in music corner started by jackie p, jan 22, 20.
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