Whitesnake - Crying In The Rain

Whitesnake - Live at Ludwigshafen Germany 1983

The 1th of July Mel Galley passed away

He was a former member of the Hard rock bands Whitesnake, Trapeze, Finders Keepers and Phenomena. He was born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England. While being a member of Whitesnake, he badly injured his arm in an accident at the fairground in Germany, and had to leave the band, as he was unable to play guitar because of a nerve damage as result of incompetent surgery. Later he became known for playing with "The Claw", a specially developed spring and wire device fitted to his hand which enabled him to play guitar again. His songwriting and guitar playing skills had a major impact on Tom Galley's and Wilfried F. Rimensberger's Phenomena success.

On February 7, 2008 Galley revealed that he was suffering from esophagus cancer, and had only a short time to live.

RIP Mel



Line Up:
David Coverdale (voc),
Micky Moody (g, voc),
Mel Galley (g, voc), RIP
Colin Hodgkinson (b, voc),
Cozy Powell (dr),
Jon Lord (keyb).

Peter Tosh - Johnny Be Goode

Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh (October 9, 1944 – September 11, 1987) was the guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers, a reggae musician, and a trailblazer for the Rastafari movement.

Tosh grew up in the Kingston, Jamaica slum of Trenchtown. He stood out because of his height at 6 feet, 4 inches. His short-fuse temper and unveiled sarcasm usually kept him in trouble, earning him the nickname Stepping Razor after a song written by Joe Higgs, an early mentor. He began to sing and learn guitar at a young age, inspired by the American stations he could pick up on his radio. After an illustrious career with the Wailers and as a solo musician, he was murdered at his home. Though robbery was officially said to be the motivation behind Tosh's death, many believe that there were ulterior motives to the killing, citing that nothing was taken from the house.


Just listen and enjoy!!

Groundation - Freedom Taking Over

Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences from Sonoma in Northern California.

The band was formed in the fall of 1998 by Harrison Stafford, Marcus Urani, and Ryan Newman. In 1999, Stafford teamed up with Kris Dilbeck to found Young Tree Records and release Groundation's debut album of the same name. In 2000 they added to the line up David Chachere, a San Francisco based jazz trumpeter, and Kelsey Howard, a North Bay trombone player. Saxophonist Jason Robinson was a member of the band for a time, and has since gone on to become the head of the jazz program at UC San Diego. Drummer Paul Spina (Les Claypool, Will Bernard’s Mother Bug) has been with the group since taking over for James Stafford in December 2001.

Between 1999 and 2001, Harrison Stafford taught the first course on the History of Reggae Music at Sonoma State University.


Groundation tributes Nelson Mandela.

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey

Winston Rodney, OD (born March 1, 1948), also known as Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Like many famous Jamaican reggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages

Here is another clasic hit revisited at studio.

Lee Perry - I am the Upsetter

Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal, Jamaica) is a grammy award-winning reggae and dub artist, who has been highly influential in the development and acceptance of reggae and dub music in Jamaica and overseas. He employs numerous pseudonyms, such as "Pipecock Jaxxon" and "The Upsetter".

King Scratch updates his '60s rock steady hit "I am the Upsetter" at Joe Gibbs recording studio in 1982. Footage includes shots in the control room with the late great Errol Thompson at the controls, assisting Scratch as he annoints the studio with ganja during playback.

Erykah Badu & Jimmy Cliff - No Woman No Cry

Erykah Badu & Jimmy Cliff @ One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute

Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come

Jimmy Cliff (born James Chambers, 1 April 1948, Somerton District in St. James, Jamaica) is a Jamaican ska and reggae musician, best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want It", "Many Rivers to Cross" from The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world, and for a cover of "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film "Cool Runnings.

Yesterday did mr Cliff make a great performance at Debaser / Stockholm.
He deliverd a great show with most of his hits.
Here is a classic tune from him.

Enjoy!