Soulful singer and "original rude boy" helped spread genre’s reach from Jamaica to the world with The Harder They Come and hits like "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Wild Word"

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[–] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago

Man that sucks. Saw him play maybe 12 years ago or so and he was fantastic. Excellent musician.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Fun fact: ‘The Harder They Come’ was (most probably) the first English-language film shown in the US with subtitles, due to the thick patois used in it.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kGeCeK85sUg

Crossed that last river Jimmy.

[–] xcutie@linux.community 4 points 4 days ago

Peace for your soul

[–] glups@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

He and his band was my first concert. Great writer and singer