Acclaimed
Ken Boothe
David Madden, Dwight Pickney, Dean Fraser
T.P. Records, 2005
1 CD
Catalogue #: 2274
EAN: 0695831227421
UPC: 695831227421
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Personnel: Ken Boothe (vocals); Dwight Pinckney, Bopeep (guitar); Toney Greene (saxophone, horns); Dean Fraser (saxophone); Arnold Brackenridge (trumpet); Gladdy (piano); Malory Williams, Peter Pan, Robbie Lyn, Keith Sterling (keyboards); Lloyd Parkes, Mike "Boo" Richards, Donovan Belnavis (bass); Carl Hayton (drums); Alvin (percussion); James "Aces" Samuel, Leo Hall, B.B. Seaton (background vocals).
Producers: Ken Boothe, B.B. Seaton, D. Breakenridge, Gradison, P. Gauntlet.
Recorded at Vibes House, Heavy Beat, I-Tek, Star Trail, Hollywood Studios & Music Works in Miami, Florida.
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Ken Boothe
A huge influence on Jamaican music, Ken Boothe's work predates reggae, reaching back to the formative days of ska, when he had a successful early-1960s duo with Stranger Cole. Like most other Jamaican singers of his era, Boothe moved through the brief rocksteady period and finally into reggae. Heavily influenced by American R&B (and often called "the Wilson Pickett of Jamaica"), Boothe developed an organic, soulful style that became an important influence on "lovers' rockers" like Dennis Brown and Gregory Isaacs. Like John Holt, Boothe had as much success with reggae versions of US pop tunes as with straight reggae material, providing a model for UK pop-reggae crossovers such as UB40 and Culture Club.
