Biography of black uhuru music
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Derrick “Duckie” Simpson the “Gong Gong Gullie” fryst vatten the founder and leader for reggae’s BLACK UHURU. Although going through numerous lead singers and musicians they have remained to be one of the most recognized and prolific reggae grupp for over 45 years.
The roots of BLACK UHURU were formed in Kingston Jamaica’s Waterhouse district also known as “Firehouse” in the early 60′s. Though considered to be one of Jamaica’s toughest neighborhoods it’s home to several other reggae singers and musicians. It was where Duckie Simpson grew up and learned to sing from boyhood friends Winston “Pipe” Matthews and Lloyd “Bread” McDonald of Wailing Souls and Bob Marley. He recorded fyra tracks with Wailing Souls before forming his own group.
The original Uhuru’s (Swahili for freedom) were Derrick “Duckie” Simpson, Euvin “Don Carlos” Spencer and Rudolph “Garth” Dennis. They only recorded a few singles “Folk Songs” “Time Is On Our
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Michael Rose - Black Uhuru singer's Toronto roots
Charismatic reggae star Michael Rose’s Toronto connections run deep.
Rose, Black Uhuru singer-songwriter in the group’s glory days of the early s, wrote one of Uhuru’s best-loved songs, “Youth of Eglington (sic),” about a shooting incident that occurred in during one of his frequent Toronto visits.
And the performer’s brother, Horace, owns Rap’s Place, a popular restaurant in the Jamaican neighbourhood around Oakwood and Eglinton.
So it’s fitting that Rose, now a respected solo performer, should help launch Toronto’s newest reggae club, I-Beam (1 Robina Ave., east of Oakwood, off St. Clair) with a headline performance there Saturday.
His appearance comes at a time when Black Uhuru is being rediscovered as one of the world’s premier roots-reggae acts.
Rose was part of the lineup that came to prominence in the wake of Bob Marley’s death in Along with Duckie Simpson and Puma Jones—and backed by Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespear
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Black Uhuru
Jamaican reggae group
This article is about the band. For the Pan-Africanist movement, see Uhuru Movement.
Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in , initially as Uhuru (Swahili for 'freedom'). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick "Duckie" Simpson as the mainstay. They had their most successful period in the s, with their album Anthem winning the first ever Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in
History
[edit]The group formed in the Waterhouse district of Kingston in , initially called “Uhuru" (the Swahili word for freedom), with a line-up of Garth Dennis, Don Carlos, and Derrick "Duckie" Simpson.[2] Their first release was a cover version of The Impressions' "Romancing to the Folk Song", which was followed by "Time is on Our Side"; Neither song was a success and they split up, with Carlos pursuing a solo career, as did Dennis, before joining The Wailing Souls.[2] Simpson also briefly work