Kevin Press
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A lot of what you find filed under dub these days bears little resemblance to the Jamaican pioneers of the 1960s. Those early geniuses – King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry and the rest – were tasked with producing reggae single B-sides as cheaply as possible. In the process they invented a new genre to which today’s purveyors…
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First record: “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris. Lifted it from Dad’s collection of 45s and really didn’t appreciate what a gem I’d adopted. Funny that this first track was an instrumental. Forty years later I remain as impatient as ever with poorly penned lyrics. First record shopping experience: Ended in frustration. Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” landed and…
