On September 11, 2020, Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert, died aged 77. He was musician (guitar, Hammond organ), singer and songwriter, regarded as reggae pioneer, with six decades long career. He had major influence on popularizing reggae music with songs like “Monkey Man”, “Funky Kingston” and “Pressure Drop”. Even the genre’s name is credited as genesis from his 1968’s song “Do the Reggay”. With his band Toots and the Maytals, he won “Grammy Award” in 2006, for his album “True Love”.
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Robert Palmer: Pressure A Drop
In November 1975, “Island” label released “Pressure Drop”, the second Robert Palmer studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Blue Seas Studio” in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and was produced by Steve Smith.
Personnel:
- Robert Palmer – vocals, percussion
- Lowell George – guitar, backing vocals
- Paul Barrere – guitar, backing vocals
- Bill Payne – keyboards
- Kenny Gradney, James Jamerson – bass
- Richie Hayward – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Ed Greene – drums, percussion
- Jean Alain Roussel – clavinet, keyboards, Hammond B-3
- Gordon DeWitty – clavinet
- Joe Brown – banjo
- Steve York – harmonica
- The Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
- Mel Collins – saxophones, flute
- Mongezi Feza – trumpet, flageolet
- Ray Allen – trombone
- Martin Frye – tuba
- Gene Page– strings
- David Snell – harp
- Vicki Brown, Fran Tate, Sam Clayton – backing vocals
- Phill Brown– engineer
- Graham Hughes – cover concept, design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Robert Palmer except where noted.
- Give Me an Inch
- Work to Make It Work
- Back in My Arms
- River Boat – Allen Toussaint
- Pressure Drop – Frederick Hibbert
- Here with You Tonight – Robert Palmer, Pete Gage
- Trouble – Lowell George
- Fine Time
- Which of Us Is the Fool
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