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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He and his band was my first concert. Great writer and singer
Man that sucks. Saw him play maybe 12 years ago or so and he was fantastic. Excellent musician.
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.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kGeCeK85sUg
Crossed that last river Jimmy.
Peace for your soul