Where Eagles Dwell \/ Dentist Dub \/ Collie Rock \/ Roots Style \/ Dub A Natty Dread<\/a><\/p>\nOn the post tonight we may hear Kingston\u2019s very own\u00a0Lone Ranger recorded\u00a0between 1977 and 1978 toasting\u00a0over a\u00a0clutch of classic Studio One rhythms. The tracks that are collated on one side of this vinyl only saw the light of day in 1980 after the monster 12\u2033 single \u2018Barnabas Collins\u2019 was released on GG records\u00a0and sold stackfuls in Jamaica and the U.K. Coxsone Dodd obviously saw a gap in the\u00a0market and hastly got this collection together for public consumption.\u00a0The second side of this vinyl are the dub instrumentals of the first Lone Ranger side hence the clever title of the album.<\/p>\n
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Borrowing his stage name from the popular TV Western hero of the same name, the Lone Ranger was one of Jamaica\u2019s most influential early dancehall DJs. He helped pioneer a newly rhythmic, on-the-beat rhyming style that led DJ toasting into the modern age, and punctuated his lyrics with bizarre exclamations and sound effects that made him perhaps the most imaginative stylist of his time.<\/p>\n
Anthony Waldron a.k.a. \u2018Lone Ranger\u2019 was born in Kingston Jamaica. He migrated to England during the 1960\u2019s and returned to Jamaica in 1971. During 1974 he embarked on a DJs career by working as a Disc-Jockey for a sound system located in Dunkirk, Kingston. This was the period when Jamaica\u2019s music style depended on the cultural and what was called Rub-a-Dub style. It was also during this period that DJs music took its greatest leap into Jamaica\u2019s music market.<\/p>\n
Lone Ranger had become one of the most versatile sound system DJs in Jamaica. Between the year 1976 & 1979 while working for the Soul to Soul Sound System he received the honour of being selected the number one DJ during this period and made a couple of appearances at sun splash concerts.<\/p>\n
He first recorded in tandem with Welton Irie at Clement \u2018Coxsone\u2019 Dodd\u2019s famed Studio One, but soon went solo, toasting over the rhythm tracks of past Studio One hits from the rocksteady and roots reggae eras. He also became the top DJ for the Virgo Hi Fi Sound System, resulting in its being voted the top sound system in Jamaica in 1980.<\/p>\n
The Lone Ranger\u2019s breakout hit was \u2018Love Bump\u2019 a Dodd-produced version of the rhythm from Slim Smith\u2019s \u2018Rougher Yet\u2019. His signature song, however, was \u2018Barnabas Collins\u2019, an ode to the vampiric main character of the TV series Dark Shadows. Produced by Alvin \u2018GG\u2019 Ranglin, \u2018Barnabas Collins\u2019 was a massive hit in 1980, topping charts in both Jamaica and the U.K. An album of the same name A.K.A. \u2018Barnabas in Collins Wood\u2019 followed on Ranglin\u2019s label, and established him as one of the top recording DJs of the time.<\/p>\n
Over the next two years, the Lone Ranger recorded prolifically for Studio One, issuing albums like \u2018On the Other Side of Dub\u2019 which Coxsone Dodd stated \u201cIt was an experimental album: five Lone Ranger songs, and the dub versions on the back. That was the first time that\u2019s been done. That\u2019s the thing that made that album different. It became a classic instantly, and never stopped selling since then. An all-time classic that\u00a0Lone Ranger debut album\u201d. The album \u2018Badda Dan Dem\u2019 followed on Studio One, and shortly after what many regarded as his strongest album, \u2018M-16\u2019. \u2018M-16\u2019 featured further hits in the title track, \u2018Natty Burial\u2019, and \u2018Fist to Fist\u2019. He also recorded with other producers, including Channel One\u2019s Winston Riley, 1981\u2019s \u2018Rosemarie\u2019 and himself, in tandem with Clive Jarrett, 1982\u2019s \u2018Hi Yo Silver Away\u2019 released on Greensleeves records in the U.K.<\/p>\n
With the ascent of Yellowman and the recording debuts of other prominent early 1980\u2019s DJs (Brigadier Jerry, Josey Wales and Charlie Chaplin etc) the Lone Ranger found his popularity challenged; he also found some of his signature gimmicks appropriated by imitators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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