HEAD OVER HEELS
We had finished all the Jamaica drum tracks and were wondering whom we would ask to bless them; ‘we' being my producer Sid Mills and I. At the time all we had were naked tracks but had planned to cover as much of the musical spectrum as possible blending the traditional with the current. We already knew what kind of feel would be built on each of the tracks. So now it was down to the who; we needed voices. Of immediate concern was the first track the Drumquestra played. I was leaving for a week and wanted to choose a singer/poet/DJ before I went.
Sid suggested Dollarman. I knew his work firsthand. He had been a force on the New York reggae scene for some time and we had been on a couple of albums together. I immediately agreed, we gave him the tune and I left town.
You never really know how things will go when you start them rolling. I knew Dollar would crush the track, but to do it he would have to get out of his comfort zone a little bit; this one was different from his usual style.
As I am kind of a "let me wait and see" kind of a guy I was not worried while I was gone. I trusted that between my producer's expertise and Dollar's talent, worst I would get was a great track.
Well long story short it was an amazing piece of work. Dollarman followed Sid's chords so closely it was as if Sid had written the words. I don't think any of us had done anything like this before, and I was glad it happened on my album. Whatever I may have imagined, this was way beyond it.
Then I learned Dollarman is a drummer. It figures. Us drummers are dangerous.
LarryMac
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