Wednesday, April 06, 2005  

Michigan & Smiley
"Nice Up the Dance"
Rub-A-Dub Style
(Studio One/Heartbeat, 1992; rec. 1979)
"OPP"
Reality Must Rule Again
(VP, 1992)

Happy b-day to the Suburbs, you filthy-beautiful husk of a site. It's been one year since my first posting, so here are the trax again for the billions of people who are reading this now (as opposed to just Moistpants and Kittydiaper then).

Paraphrased from the Rub-A-Dub Style liner notes:

Errol Bennett---aka General Smiley---loves Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, and Gregory Isaacs (locally), and the Bee Gees and the Delfonics (foreign scene).

Anthony Fairclough---aka Papa Michigan---loves Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, and the Mighty Diamonds (locally), and the Bee Gees and Lou Rawls (foreign scene).

Never saw the Gibbs bros, but I did see Lou "Human Butta" Rawls---the unheralded if baffled star of the Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy DVD commentary track---perform in Jamaica this year before a way-enthused crowd, and I'm pretty sure I peeped Michigan & Smiley at the show. Granted, they were selling jerk chicken with the other vendors in the back, but it's good to know the guys are still working. (I kid because I love.)

"Excuse me, my lady love, but could you hook me with some of General Smiley's jerk pork and a side of Papa Michigan's bun & cheese? Feel free to bring me some collie, too. Merci beaucoup, baby. What? Him? Oh, yeah, that is a pasty vibes man."

Reality Must Rule Again---edutainment title!---is out of print, but you can buy Rub-A-Dub Style---where the guys are deejaying over some of Studio One's greatest riddims---from Ernie B's.

Thxs for reading, and especially for the comments. Thx, too, to those sites who link up the 'Burbs. In the words of Lou Rawls (or rather, renowned Philly soul producer, activist, and Scientologist Kenneth Gamble), you'll never find another love like mine. Big up to all you groovy people.

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