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prince buster
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by Jo-Ann GreeneOn an island overflowing with exceptional talent on both sides of the mixing board, to suggest that just one man was the most influential is perhaps absurd, but if you took a poll, Prince Buster would inevitably win by a wide margin. He remains synonymous with ska, while being equally important to rocksteady. From Judge Dread to rude reggae, Prince Buster has left his imprint across Jamaicas musical landscape, both as a singer and a producer. 2-Tone wouldnt have existed without him, and by extension, neither would the third wave. And over 45 years after he first appeared on the music scene, Prince Buster was still making an impact.Cecil Bustamente Campbell was born on the island of Jamaica on May 28, 1938, the son of a railway worker. While still in his teens, Campbell simultaneously pursued two quite separate careers — boxing and singing. Eventually, hed give up the former, a talent he honed as a child leading a gang in one of Kingstons toughest neighborhoods, although it would hold him in good stead once he opened his sound system. He made his singing debut at the Glass Bucket club in the mid-50s and fronted a number of now long-forgotten groups. Several of them included drummer Arkland Drumbago Parkes in their lineups and the two became friends. The drummer provided the introduction to Coxsone Dodd, not yet a producer, but at the time running a hot sound system in competition to another businessman soon to turn producer, Duke Reid. Dodd employed the young singer not for his vocals, but for his fists, as a security guard cum Guy Friday. By 1959, the young Buster understood the sound system business inside and out and set off on his own. He began by opening a record store, Busters Record Shack, and then set up the Voice of the People sound system. The next year, the young entrepreneur took the next logical step and produced his debut single, the instrumental Little Honey, credited to Busters Group (a trio of Jah Jerry, Rico Rodriguez, and Parkes). It immediately created a sensation, with a sound far removed from the American R Eric Morris, Humpty Dumpty; and Chuck this religious movement was at the heart and soul of roots. Prince Buster tried his hand at DJ productions instead, finding success with both Dennis Alcapone and Big Youth. But the genre didnt seem to really suit him. He continued to work with such established artists as Alton Ellis, John Holt, the Heptones, and Dennis Brown (all of whom cut hits with him), but times were changing swiftly and Buster seemed to be unable to find a way to move with them. In 1973, he stopped trying. Over the next 15 years, Buster remained silent, but allowed his legacy to speak for him. Across the 70s, he stocked the shelves with reissues, most featuring self-composed liner notes railing at the current state of music, and holding up his past work as proof. Even with the rise of 2-Tone, so indebted to him, the artist remained mute. Another decade passed before he would again stand before a mic. With little warning, Prince Buster suddenly began to appear on-stage in the late 80s, and as a new decade began, toured Japan with the Skatalites as his backing group. He started recording again in 1992, and two years later also guested on the Skatalites Hi Bop Ska album. Busters own records were usually made in collaboration with Gaz Mayall, leader of the U.K. ska band the Trojans. However in 1997, he was joined again by the Skatalites for his contribution to Island Records 40th anniversary album, Ska Island. The next year, Prince Buster re-entered the British charts for the first time in 31 years with a scintillating new version of Whine and Grind. (更多)
| 别名 | prince buster |
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| 原始名称 | Prince Buster |
| 名称 | prince buster |
| 地区 | 欧美 |
| 类似歌手 | 相似艺人 |
| 精选上位词 | 歌手 |