Wednesday 06.24.09: DUB CLUB presents THE HEPTONES @ echoplex

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The Heptones || Listen
backed by The Lions

The Heptones were a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae vocal trio most active in the 1960s and early 1970s. Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan and Barry Llewelyn first came together as “The Hep Ones” in 1965 in Kingston but they soon changed their name to “The Heptones”. They recorded for the major Jamaican record producers at the time, beginning their career , after one unsuccessful single for Ken Lack’s “K Calnek” label, under the watchful eye of Coxsone Dodd of Studio One. The Heptones had a number of Jamaican hits for Studio One, beginning with “Fattie Fattie”, their first Studio One single in 1966. They remained at Studio One well into the reggae era, where they cut tunes such as “Message from a Black Man”, “Love Won’t Come Easy”, “I Love You” and a very successful cover of “Suspicious Minds”, then went on to record with Joe Gibbs, Harry J, for whom they cut the classics “Country Boy” and “Book of Rules” (itself based on an American poem called “A Bag of Tools” by R.L.Sharpe, written early in the 20th Century) in 1973, Rupie Edwards (re-recording “Give Me the Right”) and former journalist Danny Holloway.In 1977, they revived their career by returning to work with Lee “Scratch” Perry, having issued a number of singles (including a cover of Billy Stewart’s “I Do Love You” on his Justice League imprint five years previously, and released the album, Party Time one of Perry’s finest productions, which included a remakes of some tunes originally cut at Studio One, including Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released”, along with newer compositions such as “Sufferers’ Time”. The original trio reunited in 1995, and released Pressure!, produced by Tapper Zukie.

special 18 and over Dub Club

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Los Angeles, CA 90026