Lone Ranger (musician)
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Lone Ranger is a Jamaica
n reggae
deejay
who recorded nine albums between the late 1970s and mid-1980s.
and began his recording career with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd
's Studio One label. He initially worked as a duo with Welton Irie
, but soon began recording solo, having a big hit in Jamaica with "Love Bump". He also worked on the Virgo Sound sound system. He had a number one UK reggae chart album in 1980 with Barnabus Collins. He is regarded as one of the most lyrically inventive deejays of his era, and was a major influence on British deejays of the early 1980s. He relocated to the United States
in the mid-1980s, but returned to Jamaica in 1998, and began performing on sound systems once again.
Compilations:
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
deejay
Deejay
A deejay is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and toasts to an instrumental riddim .Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like hip-hop, where they select and play music. Dancehall/reggae DJs who select riddims to play are called selectors...
who recorded nine albums between the late 1970s and mid-1980s.
Biography
Waldron spent much of his youth in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and began his recording career with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd
Coxsone Dodd
Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, CD was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond...
's Studio One label. He initially worked as a duo with Welton Irie
Welton Irie
Welton Irie , sometimes credited simply as Welton, is a Jamaican reggae deejay, best known for his work in the late 1970s and early 1980s.-Biography:...
, but soon began recording solo, having a big hit in Jamaica with "Love Bump". He also worked on the Virgo Sound sound system. He had a number one UK reggae chart album in 1980 with Barnabus Collins. He is regarded as one of the most lyrically inventive deejays of his era, and was a major influence on British deejays of the early 1980s. He relocated to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the mid-1980s, but returned to Jamaica in 1998, and began performing on sound systems once again.
Albums
- On The Other Side Of Dub (1977) Studio One (reissued (1991 & 2007) HeartbeatHeartbeat RecordsHeartbeat Records is an independent record label based in Burlington , Massachusetts. The label specializes in Jamaican music. Founded by reggae music enthusiasts Bill Nowlin and Duncan Brown, the label's first release was a vinyl LP reissue of Linton Kwesi Johnson's Dread Beat an' Blood...
- Barnabas In Collins Wood (aka Barnabas Collins) (1979) GG's
- Rosemarie (1981) Black Joy (UK indieUK Indie ChartThe UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...
#29) - Badda Dan Dem (1982) Studio One
- Hi-Yo, Silver, Away! (1982) GreensleevesGreensleeves RecordsGreensleeves Records & Publishing is a record label specialising in dancehall and reggae music. The company was founded by Chris Cracknell and Chris Sedgwick and started as a small record store in West Ealing, London, in November 1975 and is based in Britain....
(UK indie #19) - M 16 (1982) Hitbound/J&L
- Dee Jay Daddy (1984) Techniques
- Learn To Drive (1985) Bebo's
- Top Of The Class (2002) Studio One
- Kulchaklash (2005) T.I.M.E.C. (with Grant Phabao)
- Sweet Talking (2010) T.I.M.E.C./Colored-Inc. (with Grant Phabao)
Compilations:
- Collections (1994) Grapevine
- Rosemarie Meet DJ Daddy (2005) Techniques
- Dub Salvador (2006) T.I.M.E.C./Paris DJs
External links
- Official website
- Lone Ranger at Roots Archives
- RebelBase interview