From:
gregoriostephens@gmail.com
(Gregory Stephens)
Subject: Re: "White Boy a Follower?" RealAudio
Greetings,
M.C. Gregory here. I did a show with DJ RJ in Austin a while back
which has been played on several stations around the country. It's
entitled "White Boy A Follower? From Black Supremacy to One Love in Rasta
Reggae." It's an "edutainment special" with a lot of clips from
interviews on Jamaican radio. The theme is continuing tensions
regarding the relationship between a largely "white" audience and a
"black" artform. We discuss the Sizzla controversy, play Mutabaruka's
interviews with Bobos on his show, play clips of Luciano and Beenie Man
on Marley's influence in the dancehall, etc. There are songs like
Culture's "Black Man King" which express this tension, as well as tunes
which express the "One Blood" solution. The reasoning is all over dubs.
The show is now permanently available on Real Audio,
thanks to Scottie McDonald at KTRU in Houston.
Respect due!
Go to:
https://ktru.org/reggae
and there it is.
The show treats themes from my "Bob Marley's Zion: A Transracial
'Blackman Redemption'," from the new book ON RACIAL FRONTIERS.
The KTRU site has links to a sample chapter from my book now available
at the Cambridge University Press site, an interview about the book at
IslandLife, etc.
This is the playlist, including some of the samples:
PART ONE
1) Sly & Robbie, Rasta Reggae
2) Mikey Spice, Chant Down Babylon
SAMPLE: Mutabaruka on meaning of Nyabinghi
3) Luciano & Beenie Man, Baldhead
4) Burning Spear, Slavery Days dub
5) Mutabaruka, White Man Country
SAMPLE: Emmanuel as Black Christ
6) Marley, Heathen (Laswell ambient)
7) Churchical Chants of the Nyabinghi, White Boy a Follower
8) Culture, Black King
9) Luciano, Gunzalis version
10) Selassie, What Life has Taught Me (JAD promo)
11) Marley, Exodus (Laswell ambient)
PART TWO
1) Sizzla, No Time to Gaze
2) Everton Blender, Defender of the Faith
SAMPLE: Bob Marley on being neither black nor white
3) Marley, One Drop (and version)
4) Black Uhuru, The Whole World is Africa
5) Sly & Robbie, Back to Base (dub)
6) Junior Reid, One Blood (and dub)
7) Marley, One Love
SAMPLE: Luciano on Marley's influence
8) Dub Over Dub, Get Over Dub
SAMPLE: Beenie Man on Marley as "the foundation which make I & I"
9) Bunny Brown, Black and White
10) Shinehead, Real Rock (dub)
Showers of blessings,
--
Gregory Stephens,
Lecturer
Department of English, MSC 3E
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
gregoriostephens@gmail.com
