<Lee Perry’s ode to KFC; 27 sec.>

Thoughts of chicken keeps the drums kickin’

Thinking of the taste, listen to the drum and the bass

Greetings,

Those are the words of Lee “Scratch” Perry.

Two quick stories. There was a big name Reggae group coming to SLC and they had a list of Jamaican and ital juices, salads and other vegetarian delights they expected as part of their rider.

The promoter said, “Sorry guys. There’s no Caribbean market here.” So the group put in as a replacement: 6 bucks of Kentucky Fried Chicken and all the trimmings.

Now KFC is anything but Ital. But I imagine it is like those people who hear about In ‘n’ Out Burger. In Jamaica, something about KFC holds the fascination of the people. Rasta or otherwise.

Story 2: The first KFC franchise is actually in Salt Lake City:

KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first “Kentucky Fried Chicken” franchise opened in Utah in 1952.

So another big name Reggae group came to town. Some way, some how they learned the first Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC) was in Salt Lake.

After their soundcheck, they asked to see the first Franchise as if it were a shrine. I wondered did all these dreadlock Rastas go in for Regular or Extra Crispy? My guess is they put their Tams on their head and doubled back through the drive through

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Sept. 8, 2018; 47 Sec.

Set 1:

• Tyrone Taylor – Live Table; 2 of a Kind (Tuff Gong) ’87 JA vinyl
• Soul Syndicate – Ghetto-ology Dub (Black Roots) ’80  JA vinyl: Sugar Minott dub album of the hour
• Bunny Wailer – Rasta Dread (Natty Dread); Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 50 Bob Marley covers for Bob’s 50th birthday
• Etana – On the Way; I Rise (VP) 2014 roots dawta
• Lee Perry – Kentucky Skank; Double Seven (Trojan) ’73 about Kentucky Fried Chicken
• Welton Irie – Bubbling Telephone; One and One = Two (JA) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• Adrian Sherwood feat. Bim Sherman & Prince Far I  – Pass the Rizzla; 10″ (Green Tea) 2001 mutant dub herbtune

Set 2:

• Peter Tosh – African; Kentucky Fried Rockers (bootleg) live at the Rupp Arena, Lexington KY

<Tosh opened for the Rolling Stones on the ’78 Some Girls tour; 58 sec.>

• Dillinger – Don’t Watch Your Wife; Top Ranking  Dillinger (Rhino UK) ’77; dj to Hortense Ellis on Melody Life
• Tchiya Amet – Reservtion Ragtime Blues; 
• Earth Disciples – So Come On; 10″ (Music Works) early 80’s JA Gussie Clarke prod’n

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years 

• Third World – Tribal War; 96 Degrees in the Shade (Mango) ’76 
• Hortense Ellis – Breakfast in Bed; I’m Still in Love With You (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’70 Dusty Springfield cover
• Norris Reid – Protect Them; Rockers International (Greensleeves) ’80 Augustus Pablo prod’n
• Black Uhuru – Sensimilla; Liberation Anthology (Island) herbtune
• Mikey Dread – East Portland Dub; Dread at the Controls (Dread at the Controls) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox

<I collect 7″ 45 as an adult. Baseball cards as a youth; 18 sec.>

• Danny Ray – Revolution Rock; 7″ (High Note) ’76 Clash original
• Bobby Melody – Let It Be; 7″ (Errol T) Melodians update
• Steve Baswell – I Am Getting Bad; 7′ (Phase One) ’77
• Johnny Lover – Ital Locks; 7″ (Clocktower) ’75 dj to Curly Locks
• Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Theme From Shaft; 7″ (Soul Jazz) Isaac Hayes cover

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

• The Wailing Wailers – Ten Commandments of Love; Wailing Wailers (Studio One) ’66 JA vinyl is vital set: Moonglows doo wop cover

<Wailers do doo wop; 74 sec.>

• I Three – Sing Joy; Beginning (EMI America) ’86 US – Bob’s female back ups
• Inner Circle – Tired Fe Lick Weed in a Bush; The Real Thing (Capitol) ’76 US herb tune
• Icarus – Land of Tarot; State of Mind (Russian Roulette) ’84 UK
• Armagideon – Spiral Galaxy; 12″ EP (Dubhead) ’98 UK mutant dub

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

• Cyndi Lauper – Witness; She’s So Unusual (Portrait) ’83 Rockers do Reggae Set
• Garland Jeffreys feat. Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 NYC multiracial rocker
• Eric Clapton – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door; Crossroads (Polydor) ’74 Bob Dylan cover
• The Clash feat. Mikey Dread – One More Time + Dub; Sandinista! (Epic) ’80
• King Jammy Meets Dry & Heavy in the Jaws of the Tiger – Do Dub Up Your Fight  (BSI) 2001 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

• The Wailers – Stir It Up; Live 1973-1975 (Starbucks) live on the BBC; May 24, 1973 at the Paris Theatre; London

<Live on the BBC>

• Phyllis Dillon – Woman of the Ghetto; Mojo and Trojan Present Reggae Nuggets (Mojo Magazine) ’72
• Jah Rej – Binghi in the Jungle; 10″ (Jah Works) 2002 UK militant steppers

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Thievery Corporation feat. Shana Halligan – Love Has No Heart; Temple of I & I (ESL) 2017 DC dubbers: Mutant Dub Set
• Young Gods – Dub the Sun (Mad Professor Mix); King Size Dub vol. 2 (Echo Beach) 2001
• Destroy Babylon – Barriers; Shadow Army (MusicADD) 2008 NY
• Tena Stelin – Intelligent Design; 10″ (Roots Hi-Tek) 2006 UK