EVERTON BLENDER - ROOTSMAN CREDENTIAL

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ROOTSMAN CREDENTIAL


TRACKLIST


1. Ghetto People Song
2. Bingi Man a Come
3. Slick Me Slick
4. Don't Be Used (Mr. Jacket & Tie)
5. Danger in Your Eyes
6. Can't Stop the Vibes
7. Why Do We Have to War?
8. Higher High
9. I Love Jah Jah
10. Weeping Eyes
11. We No Fear
12. These Hands
13. So Long
14. False Words


Label Heartbeat
Orig Year 1999
Release Date Apr 13, 1999
Producer Chris Wilson; Everton Blender; Tony Rebel
Recording Time 53 minutes
Personnel Earl "Chinna" Smith - guitar
Dean Fraser - horns
Nambo Robinson - horns
Bongo Herman - percussion
D. Lara - vocals, background vocals
Everton Blender - vocals


Also: Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare

Everton Blender is one of the top roots reggae singers on the scene as of late 1999, when this album was released. He's also a fine producer, as this effort demonstrates -- self-produced albums aren't as common in reggae as they are in other genres, and he acquits himself nicely here with the assistance of multi-instrumentalist Daddy Marshall (and, on a few tracks, session stars like guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith and the legendary drummer Sly Dunbar). Marshall's digital rhythms power a program of Everton originals that range in style from the lovers rock of "Slick Me Slick" to strictly cultural dancehall numbers like "Bingi Man a Come" and "I Love Jah Jah" (I never said the songs were original, just that they're good). Blender sings in a strong, chesty tenor voice spiced up with the occasional Michael Rose-ish ululation, and if his range isn't especially great, he manages to use what's available to him very effectively on tracks like "Weeping Eyes" and the admonitory "These Hands." Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson


Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica.


Personnel: Everton Blender (vocals); Derrick Lara (vocals, background vocals); Dean Fraser (horns); Sly Dunbar (drums); Bongo Herman (percussion).


Audio Mixers: Chris Wilson; Fatta; Pete Foster; Bulby; Brad Young.


Recording information: Black Scorpio; Main Street; MIxing Lab; Penthouse Recording Studio; Tuff Gong; Underground Studio.


Unknown Contributor Roles: The Firehouse Crew; Howard Messam; Asher.


Personnel includes: Everton Blender (vocals); Earl "Chinna" Smith (guitar); Dean Fraser, Nambo Robinson (horns); Robbie Shakespeare, "Flabba" Holt (bass); Sly Dunbar (drums).


Engineers include: Raymond Ledgister, Andrew Thomas, Pete Foster.