July 14, 2025 • 37 mins
This week, we are talking di tings with one of the most iconic voices in Jamaican music history, Songwriter & international Recording Artiste, Ken Boothe, O.D.
Known for his international & timeless hits like "Everything I Own”, "The Train is Coming", "Artibella", & “Freedom Street”, Ken Boothe’s music has been a vessel of love, resistance, and pride. His 61-year career is awe-inspiring, spanning generations, genres, & moments that have shaped Jamaican music.
In this episode, Ken shares stories about his early days in Denham Town to becoming a pivotal figure in Ska, Rocksteady, & Reggae; his musical influences, his historic collaborations, the story behind his first appearance on the UK's hit show at the time, "Top of the Pop's", meeting Elton John and Paul McCartney, the influence of his sister, the impact of fellow musical pioneers, like Toots Hibbert, Coxsone Dodd, Stranger Cole, Bob Marley, & Duke Reid, & so much more!
Throughout his career, Ken has inspired many & provided the soundtrack to several persons' lives: resulting in him being awarded Jamaica's Order of Distinction, for his significant contribution to Jamaican music.
This is conversation is filled with Reggae history, anecdotes, wisdom, & of course, a lot of laughter.
So grab your tea, coffee, or a glass of wine, and let’s talk di tings!
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Known for his international & timeless hits like "Everything I Own”, "The Train is Coming", "Artibella", & “Freedom Street”, Ken Boothe’s music has been a vessel of love, resistance, and pride. His 61-year career is awe-inspiring, spanning generations, genres, & moments that have shaped Jamaican music.
In this episode, Ken shares stories about his early days in Denham Town to becoming a pivotal figure in Ska, Rocksteady, & Reggae; his musical influences, his historic collaborations, the story behind his first appearance on the UK's hit show at the time, "Top of the Pop's", meeting Elton John and Paul McCartney, the influence of his sister, the impact of fellow musical pioneers, like Toots Hibbert, Coxsone Dodd, Stranger Cole, Bob Marley, & Duke Reid, & so much more!
Throughout his career, Ken has inspired many & provided the soundtrack to several persons' lives: resulting in him being awarded Jamaica's Order of Distinction, for his significant contribution to Jamaican music.
This is conversation is filled with Reggae history, anecdotes, wisdom, & of course, a lot of laughter.
So grab your tea, coffee, or a glass of wine, and let’s talk di tings!
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If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a 5-star rating, share this episode, and follow Let’s Talk Di Tings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
There are voices that mark time, and then there are
voices that transcend it. Ken Booth's voice does both. His
music delivers truth, tenderness, and a timber that reaches past
the listener's ear and goes straight to the heart. His
songs are not just records. They are declarations of love, struggle, faith,
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and a Jamaica that aches and rejoices in the same breath.
This week, we are talking the things with the man
behind chart topping songs like Everything I Own, Artie Bella
and The Train Is Coming, to name a few. We
discuss his musical catalog, humanity, what it means to carry
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history in your voice, to remain relevant without losing reverence,
and how as an artist he was able to stay
soft during a time when Jamaica seemed to have demanded hardness.
Uncle Ken also reflects on growing up with purpose as
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his compus, the power of discipline, and so much more.
He speaks not as a performer chasing applause, but as
a vessel who chose to use his God given gift
and the responsibility that accompanies that choice. Ken Booth is
a cornerstone of Jamaica music, someone whose artistry spans a
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rock steady reggae and a soul infuse style that has
made and continues to make the world stop and listen.
In this episode, he shares stories about the early days
of Studio One, his collaborations with other musical pioneers like
the most recorded drummer in reggae music, Paul Douglas, the
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less To Hibbert, and several others. While this episode is
mainly about the celebration of his legacy, he also shares
the role humility, faith, and discipline have continued to play
in his life and the significant responsibility that comes with
being a vessel for something bigger than himself. This episode
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is not just about sound, It's about soul. So grab
your tea, coffee, or a glass of wine and let's
talk to Things. Hello everyone, welcome to Let's Talk to Things,
(02:47):
where we discuss personal growth, travel, music, beauty and wellness
while encouraging you to live fearlessly and fabulously. I'm your host,
Ash and this week we are talking the Things with
a man whose artistry helped propel rock, steady reggae and
a soul infuse style that made the world stop and listen.
(03:10):
Legendary vocalist Ken Booth Hi uncle, Ken, how.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Are you a nice you know not? My my career
I started by my mother's room. You now, oh my
father got to get she can't see me, and she
burnt me, she fed mean read me. I realized my
(03:36):
purpose in life, you know, when I realized that my
purpose in life was music, you know, yes, And I'm
pursued that that took that journey, and a not a
easy journey, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, I can imagine yes, no.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Wonderful, no wonderful team music, you know kind of music
up different people, different people's mind. Now we of course
beginning confornio.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Cause oh yeah, no worries. I can understand you perfectly.
I'm glad you brought up your childhood because I know
that you grew up in Denham Town on Jubilee Avenue,
and I wondered if you could describe what the musical
atmosphere was like during that time, you.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Know, train turning, you know. Change for me, I grew
up and the Brooklyn, yes Brooklyn into my not but change.
There was hope for singing, you know music. We don't
want to start the singing, you have to go to Trainstone.
(04:41):
During that time, dinner, I Wison was the king and
Prince Vouteena on the dinner we wanted to find sing
just go to chin savery body right right man, the
man strange I started. I started out there as a door,
the man strange, and then I know that the soul
sing I'm I mean, I'm just strange, and were turned
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becoming friends and became friends. And that's why I started
from me you want to open up doors for me
and a strange.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Cold you know, stranger call okay, oh, I never knew that.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
My first accolling that I've done it was Joe Creed Okay,
treasure is and whenever you're already a big star it was.
It was kind of easy for me, you know, because
he was a big star right here while we have
fight to fifteen years old? Okay, wait wait wait when
(05:43):
when you took me this look at them said fight
you could be it. Boy, I can't see you, they say,
when well, you know what, I love what you do,
especially said doors days. When are your talented? And then
after your your your you know how the way woman.
The first time I've ever ever called you know the
(06:04):
street was the street who does fresh squadros eye six
in the Spanish Wait wait, wait, mente me music. She
came up stairs. Steet was upstairs, No up Bond Street?
When when when when I went when I went up?
Your people musicians like who running unfind the type of
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my cook Brooks m Diego, whoa there was? I prayed,
and I really prayed. You know, book, I didn't experience
I never experienced anything like that. Yeah, I agree, you
have to run on this time before your real cardinal trucks.
(06:47):
Right now. You know you got red lights, turn innic
recard in.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Time to a record and everything at once.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
All right, you know what we will and then manstream
there know we we we we love to be a
bar as you know, sir Coxener. It was like the
motel went up to me and I think, yes, yeah, yeah,
there's weird sword of singes and mans. I decided to
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go up there. I said, it was easy for me
again astra as, I'm so glad that that's really away.
Was there to real card the first time means real card.
It from was Artibella beet up little down and please
come home to me at Bella. I saw you with
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the fella and I don't like the idea. Then no,
I have friend in numbers. We shooting and a mean
person there. And I used to don't cut about a school. Yeah,
every morning, no breakfast, nothing like this, no bustering nothing.
I don't turching ben for the rod. And I started
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on there and I just enjoyed I singing that that
you know Wilson, Yeah, yeah, And I wanted to don't
call me so and said to me King, I wanted to.
I wanted to sing, you know, and so for me,
I I'm never to sing on my own. I kind
of have our doors. I didn't say to me, remember
(08:20):
nothing like me. He said to me, you know, to
encourage me, you know, you know, you know, you know
I started that shot one sold music, you know, I
didn't started those singing the skin and started so at
the time. Every time I that, I called yeah, let's
yeah OK. And they were was able to do updates,
(08:43):
you know, yes, the first time doing by I love you.
I need to do the group, you know. But people
who said started identify with this card, now I was
taking over your make co. Yeah, an identity, you know,
(09:03):
music identity, you know, and in this character he said,
he sent me back in the shot and yeah, no,
good for what you went down. I'm gonna have to
go to the dance after you. Yes, right right, I
don't I know what you make good? Yeah? Whoa.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
So what was it like in those sessions with Cox
and DoD and working alongside musicians like my dad even no, no,
your dad. Oh he didn't come as yet. Okay, got you.
So this was even before my dad started playing.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Your your that's a very exceptional in this time. Yeah,
you're that a little great dummer, super par.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Oh that's so nice. Thank you so much for saying that.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
We were saying a fun I don't well minute, I
don't will love anim trouble, trouble producing me no name
tough Gulden. He was the one who played I Shut
the Sheriff to the party school. You know, he's a
great I'm having the know anymore. It's near jum. Yeah,
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it's like food music called food, he said, dum. I said, drumming,
my drumming, the first going to the first instrument.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
You know. Yeah, I just said in Africa US use
the drum and send messages, you know, to send messages. Yeah,
that's very true, very true. And also everything I own
is still one of your most recognizable.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
One that paid us. Your father yes, he told me
having beautiful working your own pie. But otherwise I'm not
there the personal. He's a nice person. I know music, Yes,
prepared people. You know people. People come first from me.
(11:04):
And if you're not nice and appreciate it, I know
to treat people. I can't do it. And you were
so quiet and nice. Yea very do this brother player
jump too.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Yes, and also guitar as well.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Yeah, you know we got to get to do one.
I was in Canada or a friend only in the
copeties and Williams and his white guy that some he's
adopted everything I wanted adopted.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Selling you know, Uncle Kenny didn't know that until recently.
I always thought it was your original song.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
No, no, nod know you guys all right? If yes,
I adopted someone invited party said one time, won't you
as a women in Canada? They in this carpet don't
anything to some in the seven probably got message. Came
(12:07):
to the sill. You know I went way when I
where when I reached about women, you learn about the
lightship was and when we were was producing at that time,
and I said to me we had right where we
had nine. Yeah, I just remember that book. I said,
do the sound, I said, I do you know about sound?
(12:28):
I know what I'm saying, getting mine. I know, I
know why I hear anything from me mind is singing
when when Wody's producing me. No, I didn't know. I
hadn't mostly interv him in Anja Cadi. I must have
seen so when I said I didn't say normal would
send them said normal for hear the South. Let me
tell you somethings they were. There was some cereal own
(12:50):
this shoe now and then the cool reas you know
when you see them coming, said you didn't know that
something be got going? You know? Okay, when I was reading,
when I when I into missus Schoolish comming and you
give me say this not go no Mars, You're going
to sell the World Project. Oh wow, I mean so
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so so the World Place.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
So I went to England now and then I want
to take taking place in nineteen seventy four, you know,
okay nine if you know I talked because of Parkingstan.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
So oh yeah, no, you're fine. I can understand you
very clearly, Pakistan.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
I know then I will park you, you know, park
your Parkastan. Yeah, to take like myself, you know, yeah,
I've been doing in sixty one years, you know, and
I give up. I give up myself so much, and
you know what I'm marking. Yeah, and Pakistan team coming on.
(13:56):
So you think I meant and then you I meant
enough for you they did. The lock off is like
a door, you know. And well with that day, that
sound everything I want. I really didn't some yeah I
hear sound. Yeah, everyone seen this something and everybody survived,
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big sound right up. You didn't see the right right
because one minute, okay, you're not telling the violin goes
in Jamaica so much, okay, you know, and I didn't
see you said to me from Stammachy. You said to
me from home pub in Jamaica, and what do you release?
(14:45):
And surely in the Navy in England you have a
team that called the Breaker, you know the Breaker? Okay, yeah,
when anybody going to break? And you're sitting in for
the charts and now yeah, so I went the Okay,
you're just sitting there not in the marketing in the Caribbean,
right people, right, And you know I went there a
(15:08):
couple of shows. There's some clubs and all that, and
then I'm on the West Son now that they wanted
me on top of the pups the BBC. Okay, and
I went, but I was so busy, Jama, because you're
not pe couldn't you know what I need? They get
They got this guy and put them in the dog
(15:28):
and then there's some dog dog here and I told
you know, and everybody tied to me like, okay, I've
seen fished. Oh my gosh, understand the first time in
the problem they tell me, not me here. I went
up the next week. Now two weeks after that, I
went up and then I went on top of the
(15:48):
pups and you were more that forty something. It went
pro turn some time ten number one for three weeks.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
And there was experience in I got too many times
people that I'm getting the tar in turn John in
the apartment card into chalk turn you know. I show
you the call it Christmas Guard where I sat. I
sat on the side treated tree. Girls. Yeah, you can't
(16:19):
see me again. So they sent me with the media.
You're nice. What's the one there for the movie one
jump Shore? It's not easy, not easier.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Yeah, I can well imagine.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
You should street. Oh she maybe we you know reading
I never mined to pick it mustang Sally, okay, you
there to slow your mustang down. You got a blue
center that I used to read it then imitate like
you know yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. You have to come
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from somewhere, you.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Know, no, no, no money than you know, yes, absolutely, but.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
I grew up. But the first time when my sister, now.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Your eldest, your eldest sister, yeah she was.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
She was a wife for you have to come to
a jam because it was either called mamma. Oh yeah,
and she was. She was being his wife. Is anyone
who She's energy. She knows. I want you and my
sweet talk to be friends. You again, I'm being exciting now. Yeah,
(17:33):
I was listening to the reade and I played you
know yeah, but she's the first us. She she she's
she's hot everyone now she's seeing and actual. Actually, so
the first time when we go on stage, she took
me to dance. My my mom my young, my mom
my own sister. I can dance, yea even mind a
(17:54):
story about your water Jackie, my mind. She said, name
you named Jacques? You know every morning that musical musical
performance at the party street streets. Yeah, remember the you
know you know that most in Jamaica just started doing
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dancing in the side of us whatever really started doing.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Just Oh, I didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Most Dungeon was it crazy Jamaica dancing in tho I'm sparking,
I'm plugging Maryland A woman dances, you know.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Whoa and also like reggae in and of itself has
been more than entertainment. It's been, you know, a vessel
of resistance and black pride and Jamaican identity. How do
you think your music has contributed to that?
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Oh? Well, I remember at one time, and there was
primarily said the card You sure he said something that
we didn't like, and so I wrote the song Freedom Streets.
Let's not go in less than five Let's get to
get the rong kid unite and take off these chains.
My mother full feed, We're going to walk on them.
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And I said, you know, walk down Freedom and I
said down Freedom, Let's be going to walk. We're going
to walk, walk, walk, walk down Freedom Streets.
Speaker 3 (19:27):
You know, I didn't know that's where it came from,
but that's one of my favorite songs.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Yeah. You listen, you know, listen to these people you
know't who don't like.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
And you turned it to music.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Yeah, I mean bobbed in my mind and many close
and all of us all together sing together you together?
Alady a ready go shut before stoodo one putting in
an item? You just shut the mound ple Weekend.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Who was uncle around back then? Was Uncle tuts around
during those times as well?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
No?
Speaker 3 (20:10):
No, no, no not yet?
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Okay, we always doing you know, there's altay seen nomber
for you. Always doing mind okay meta you know?
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Oh okay, yeah, because I remember you guys did reggae
got sold together on his album that was so lovely?
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Oh did you agree with mine? Yes?
Speaker 3 (20:41):
He was for sure, Uncle Ken. There's always a grace
in the way you've carried your career and you know,
with integrity and respect. What are some like principles that
has helped keep you grounded all of these years?
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Let me so so, I mean I said, I mean
righting next you one time up to Yeah, okay, we
don't want to do they don't want to peel the
vis uses.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Yeah. The producer.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
And some of men were so odd, you know. And
when I when I think about my children too, when
you're eating and drinking, I have to get some kind
of your band of mine you know, well said before
us over there. Yeah, I seem to me, I'm about mine,
Peter touched by them. Can't tell that whenever right away here,
you know, Yeah, I was all the time. I'm we
(21:40):
were going to England, right, I mean the first two
is that that that the travelers? Okay, in nineteen sixty seven,
I was nineteen years old. Why but when it came about,
you know, for me, and it was getting back, it
was getting back to the permanent. Yeah, I said, if
I'm going to give the money, and if a buyer this,
(22:03):
I tell you why if that? I usually you know, music, music,
his life to live men in mankind and the man
kind of man woman, right, even God. I don't think
God is mine alone, and I think that's both. And
she coming the Bible said, come let us me at
my who could you be referring to?
Speaker 3 (22:28):
Right? That's true.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
That you talk? Yeah, let us me at mine and
must all you know, and have to before the police
and the police something.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
And she kind of you know, yeah, I understand whoa
So one of my favorite songs of yours is my
brother introduced me to it. It's uh, the one I
love has gone me.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
I asked you well, it will come to nurse. I
will have a nice to man.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
Thank you uncle.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
You know, you know, you know your fow wrote the
song Sunday. I love you Sunday, I need you badly.
I want your sand It means so much to me
that I can't believe is real. Which everything I went
on that I didn't know that there's a probably don't
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know the secret.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
He's so humble though, he like I never.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Que gentleman.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Yes, but I wanted to ask, that's my favorite song?
What's your favorite song that you've recorded?
Speaker 2 (23:51):
And question content sir, I went to I went to
a net at university. Now really understand answer that question.
This is not so a lot.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
It's really hard one because I have some sound that
is so good, so that know about them, right right?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
That's true, that's true. That's true. And you often speak
about the importance of mentoring younger artists. What do you
hope the next generation understands not just about music, but
about purpose and integrity? And you know how you.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
You know, you know they don't like with the music
of today and the music someone that like the people
who doing the music. You know, it's so much violent
and violent and then with everythings. Yeah we we guys,
we like we were like that show. I don't think
we were that we were that time everywhere you know,
(24:52):
I'm maia and everything you have all of a sudden
I have you know that's true, my native I'm positive
we try to keep on. If I'm notated, know I
don't that.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Shuns up with the minds.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Of people, you know, absolutely absolutely, And there are lots
of artists that are doing that, like just.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
If some of them is so good. Yes, there's so
many training person missed between training person.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Right right, but most.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Yes from me, Yes, it's gonna we'll go.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Yes, they're very good. Definitely. For our last segment, I'm
going to ask you quick questions just to jog your
memory and see what you're able to remember about back
in the day. So, what is your favorite Studio one
session memory? Like your favorite memory of Studio one.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
I'm gonna telling something said done grum on a tremment
there and then then they have at the base. Uh
and that nature just turned up enough to mike. You
know the nature. So if you if you keep doing this,
I have to run it down and then someone's trucks,
you know, every because you'll be asked just mind money, remember,
(26:24):
you know, and then and then then Jum and don
jam and Jewish so quiet, the kind of scared that
I'm like, you know, pretty young and I remember so
right something photo one on some of the artists and
(26:45):
on everybody writing the songs. But we're not disturbing each other,
and everybody to be close to each side. Say everybody
shat doing you know, nobody was doing something cut but okay,
imagery and it's coming train, It's coming, speach. I touched
(27:06):
your money?
Speaker 3 (27:08):
Oh really?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Oh my yeah, some money? Real nice? After about that,
I was started the back room background. You like jumping
with my SI, you like jumping me? I mean that,
(27:29):
you know, five pone he s get my We usually
developed this backgoing for Colin. Make sure that you have
some money, right, you know? That's about room sing five p.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
And I'm sure you guys deserve so much more. But
that's just so amazing to know that I never knew
that they were doing.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
He started It's coming in long way.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Yeah, definitefinitely, definitely for sure what it.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Was a wonderful, a wonderful journey.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Yes, no, definitely. I'm sure you have great memory.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I don't think about the bad record. I didn't think
about the show.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Yes, yes, that's good, that's very positive. And what is
a song that you wish that more people knew that
you wrote or recorded? Maybe a song people don't know
you wrote or record.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
You know, I would play I didn't even know. We
mean so much song? Remember some of them?
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Recorded them? I don't remember. Okay, you know what I went.
I went to where busy you know, I'm bess, you know,
I went to I'm believed. I went to the Billies,
right bellies to performing the popular it's on stage is
(28:59):
down beating drums of freedom whatever. I just trying to
want to see. I didn't remember the words, you know,
so I going to my room. I have to keep
you reminded myself the words, I mean, you know, beat
the germs are free children that you all know. Yeah, wait,
(29:22):
that's a popular sim me inside my room mind side
about the words, Yeah, I mean, just didn't make a mystic.
Some big some beaties, some baties over the money, and
I was calling you my jos are then bigger. Once
(29:46):
noted that I was standing in in in middies came,
all right, I came outside. I want sided a tourist
taking picture there and besides you this choking off. You know,
I'm you don't go back there.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
That's so funny.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
To yeah, me to decide when when I came out
of that sweet in the street, do you know I came?
I stood up and my wife was talking something just
I can't watch the doad did that big man? You know?
Want me now you take the same that they took us.
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We take the the same thing after the men. Yeah,
my wife araid.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
I decided, yes, aren't we all know?
Speaker 2 (30:44):
That's all I tell you? Right? No? Oh? My music.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
In music, you know, yes, yes, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
And players of the instruments shout be there on my
spring driving the in the he needed to seven sounds
got love music, you know?
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Yes, yeah, I agree, engage.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Singers and place of instruments video and my springs. Garrantee
is if you your father? I love was compatibly, Yes, yes,
if I know your if on the stage, Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Guitared everybody, everybody, Yeah, that's very true. That's very true. Okay.
And what is the or who is a singer past
or present that you wish you had collaborated with.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Very Young today.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Yes, oh he's so oh my gosh, so talented.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
More, you know, a lot more.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
I got the video Shaggy Strain and all that, and
turned the son show for the Morning Morning We're that movie.
Speaker 3 (32:02):
Yeah, Wesley snaps, Okay.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
Yeah, monitoring. Oh and you he's mine. I need a
swing truck, you know. Oh nice in the movie. I
let the movie. You know we have selling you. Yeah,
I watch a movie. Ici. We got people for it too.
I'm gay James Morning for us? Yeah, yeah, the Performing
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Rights Society okay, okay, oh not more to you know, publishing,
and the publish is selling. I doing that much great?
Yeah right now I'm just seeing you though. Yeah, I
know I'm not seeing it in the morning now. I'm
I'm blind, right right? What what what that matter? That
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makes it? Body man? Something must be the reality of it.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
You know, right, that's true.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
You're doing something of you Okay, I know what yeah
from that yeah again, yeah, it's just important part of
the developmental music.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Yeah, watching named win and I do I word of that.
Speaker 3 (33:17):
Oh well that's good, some.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Boy, your joking amplify a smoke. You know. Maybe I'm
not joking. Yeah, yeah, you think you're nice and I've
seen the words that just showing. Okay, imagine your mind
very important. No, the first so I need to stay.
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I have to go to a dance, you know, m
I love that.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
And lastly, before I do my thank you, what do
you hope that Jamaica and the world always remembers about
the legendary Ken Booth?
Speaker 2 (33:59):
I you know, yeah, my my mom is a film
fimator jump people. You know, you know when you feel
like you'd I don't mine, that's true. I love simplicity. Know,
my friner men come first, and I think about life
my you, my finner men come first. I love that
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the people that people that supported just over the years,
they don't want to look up to. Yeah, I mean,
I mean I am not God. When we were most
sing I didn't work in the Reach family. You know,
people who are being poor for poor community that the
car turn on right right right. I believe in people,
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my mind, friend, the man come first.
Speaker 3 (34:48):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
I love simplicity, you know, Yes, that's very beautiful. I
love when I'm going. I love to dress up though,
but nothing wrong with that, no, sir, no, sir, you
know nice in the interview, I do you know wants interview?
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Oh, thank you, Uncle Ken. I appreciate so thank you
so much.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
People interview with people, interview me.
Speaker 3 (35:24):
Really, I feel that you allowed me to do this.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
I'm so I can RELEI you to you so much.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
Oh that's so sweet.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
I really do appreciate professional you know, thank.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
You so much. Yes right now, yes, of course, yes,
I have to thank him. But before we go, I
just have a little thank you message that I would
like to say to you. So, Uncle Ken, to be
able to have the privilege to speak to you, to
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help you share your story, is to share history not
just in words, but in tone, in presence, and in
the space between songs. I feel as though you serve
as a reminder that greatness is not always loud. Sometimes
it's steady. It's rooted in knowing who you are and
who you serve and choose to sing. Your voice is Jamaica's, yes,
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but it's also humanities, and through decades of global stages
and timeless records, you have never lost sight of where
it all began. So thank you, Uncle Ken for being
a great.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Think about you monitor what right? Yeah? Well, you in
pure managed to teach in Selassie speak yours for humanity,
the country and other leaders for country. But just before
your money.
Speaker 3 (37:01):
Change what I know absolutely yes.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Yes aliation for your money you you chale.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Yes for sure.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
I mean the couple year you guys, you want to.
Speaker 3 (37:19):
Welcome and thank you for thank you for being a
great friend to my dad and for your music and
the meaning and the message. I really really appreciate.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
Thanks you tell you a
There are voices that mark time, and then there are
voices that transcend it. Ken Booth's voice does both. His
music delivers truth, tenderness, and a timber that reaches past
the listener's ear and goes straight to the heart. His
songs are not just records. They are declarations of love, struggle, faith,
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and a Jamaica that aches and rejoices in the same breath.
This week, we are talking the things with the man
behind chart topping songs like Everything I Own, Artie Bella
and The Train Is Coming, to name a few. We
discuss his musical catalog, humanity, what it means to carry
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history in your voice, to remain relevant without losing reverence,
and how as an artist he was able to stay
soft during a time when Jamaica seemed to have demanded hardness.
Uncle Ken also reflects on growing up with purpose as
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his compus, the power of discipline, and so much more.
He speaks not as a performer chasing applause, but as
a vessel who chose to use his God given gift
and the responsibility that accompanies that choice. Ken Booth is
a cornerstone of Jamaica music, someone whose artistry spans a
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rock steady reggae and a soul infuse style that has
made and continues to make the world stop and listen.
In this episode, he shares stories about the early days
of Studio One, his collaborations with other musical pioneers like
the most recorded drummer in reggae music, Paul Douglas, the
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less To Hibbert, and several others. While this episode is
mainly about the celebration of his legacy, he also shares
the role humility, faith, and discipline have continued to play
in his life and the significant responsibility that comes with
being a vessel for something bigger than himself. This episode
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is not just about sound, It's about soul. So grab
your tea, coffee, or a glass of wine and let's
talk to Things. Hello everyone, welcome to Let's Talk to Things,
(02:47):
where we discuss personal growth, travel, music, beauty and wellness
while encouraging you to live fearlessly and fabulously. I'm your host,
Ash and this week we are talking the Things with
a man whose artistry helped propel rock, steady reggae and
a soul infuse style that made the world stop and listen.
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Legendary vocalist Ken Booth Hi uncle, Ken, how.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Are you a nice you know not? My my career
I started by my mother's room. You now, oh my
father got to get she can't see me, and she
burnt me, she fed mean read me. I realized my
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purpose in life, you know, when I realized that my
purpose in life was music, you know, yes, And I'm
pursued that that took that journey, and a not a
easy journey, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, I can imagine yes, no.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Wonderful, no wonderful team music, you know kind of music
up different people, different people's mind. Now we of course
beginning confornio.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Cause oh yeah, no worries. I can understand you perfectly.
I'm glad you brought up your childhood because I know
that you grew up in Denham Town on Jubilee Avenue,
and I wondered if you could describe what the musical
atmosphere was like during that time, you.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Know, train turning, you know. Change for me, I grew
up and the Brooklyn, yes Brooklyn into my not but change.
There was hope for singing, you know music. We don't
want to start the singing, you have to go to Trainstone.
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During that time, dinner, I Wison was the king and
Prince Vouteena on the dinner we wanted to find sing
just go to chin savery body right right man, the
man strange I started. I started out there as a door,
the man strange, and then I know that the soul
sing I'm I mean, I'm just strange, and were turned
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becoming friends and became friends. And that's why I started
from me you want to open up doors for me
and a strange.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Cold you know, stranger call okay, oh, I never knew that.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
My first accolling that I've done it was Joe Creed Okay,
treasure is and whenever you're already a big star it was.
It was kind of easy for me, you know, because
he was a big star right here while we have
fight to fifteen years old? Okay, wait wait wait when
(05:43):
when you took me this look at them said fight
you could be it. Boy, I can't see you, they say,
when well, you know what, I love what you do,
especially said doors days. When are your talented? And then
after your your your you know how the way woman.
The first time I've ever ever called you know the
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street was the street who does fresh squadros eye six
in the Spanish Wait wait, wait, mente me music. She
came up stairs. Steet was upstairs, No up Bond Street?
When when when when I went when I went up?
Your people musicians like who running unfind the type of
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my cook Brooks m Diego, whoa there was? I prayed,
and I really prayed. You know, book, I didn't experience
I never experienced anything like that. Yeah, I agree, you
have to run on this time before your real cardinal trucks.
(06:47):
Right now. You know you got red lights, turn innic
recard in.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Time to a record and everything at once.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
All right, you know what we will and then manstream
there know we we we we love to be a
bar as you know, sir Coxener. It was like the
motel went up to me and I think, yes, yeah, yeah,
there's weird sword of singes and mans. I decided to
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go up there. I said, it was easy for me
again astra as, I'm so glad that that's really away.
Was there to real card the first time means real card.
It from was Artibella beet up little down and please
come home to me at Bella. I saw you with
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the fella and I don't like the idea. Then no,
I have friend in numbers. We shooting and a mean
person there. And I used to don't cut about a school. Yeah,
every morning, no breakfast, nothing like this, no bustering nothing.
I don't turching ben for the rod. And I started
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on there and I just enjoyed I singing that that
you know Wilson, Yeah, yeah, And I wanted to don't
call me so and said to me King, I wanted to.
I wanted to sing, you know, and so for me,
I I'm never to sing on my own. I kind
of have our doors. I didn't say to me, remember
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nothing like me. He said to me, you know, to
encourage me, you know, you know, you know, you know
I started that shot one sold music, you know, I
didn't started those singing the skin and started so at
the time. Every time I that, I called yeah, let's
yeah OK. And they were was able to do updates,
(08:43):
you know, yes, the first time doing by I love you.
I need to do the group, you know. But people
who said started identify with this card, now I was
taking over your make co. Yeah, an identity, you know,
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music identity, you know, and in this character he said,
he sent me back in the shot and yeah, no,
good for what you went down. I'm gonna have to
go to the dance after you. Yes, right right, I
don't I know what you make good? Yeah? Whoa.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
So what was it like in those sessions with Cox
and DoD and working alongside musicians like my dad even no, no,
your dad. Oh he didn't come as yet. Okay, got you.
So this was even before my dad started playing.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Your your that's a very exceptional in this time. Yeah,
you're that a little great dummer, super par.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Oh that's so nice. Thank you so much for saying that.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
We were saying a fun I don't well minute, I
don't will love anim trouble, trouble producing me no name
tough Gulden. He was the one who played I Shut
the Sheriff to the party school. You know, he's a
great I'm having the know anymore. It's near jum. Yeah,
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it's like food music called food, he said, dum. I said, drumming,
my drumming, the first going to the first instrument.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
You know. Yeah, I just said in Africa US use
the drum and send messages, you know, to send messages. Yeah,
that's very true, very true. And also everything I own
is still one of your most recognizable.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
One that paid us. Your father yes, he told me
having beautiful working your own pie. But otherwise I'm not
there the personal. He's a nice person. I know music, Yes,
prepared people. You know people. People come first from me.
(11:04):
And if you're not nice and appreciate it, I know
to treat people. I can't do it. And you were
so quiet and nice. Yea very do this brother player
jump too.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Yes, and also guitar as well.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Yeah, you know we got to get to do one.
I was in Canada or a friend only in the
copeties and Williams and his white guy that some he's
adopted everything I wanted adopted.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Selling you know, Uncle Kenny didn't know that until recently.
I always thought it was your original song.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
No, no, nod know you guys all right? If yes,
I adopted someone invited party said one time, won't you
as a women in Canada? They in this carpet don't
anything to some in the seven probably got message. Came
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to the sill. You know I went way when I
where when I reached about women, you learn about the
lightship was and when we were was producing at that time,
and I said to me we had right where we
had nine. Yeah, I just remember that book. I said,
do the sound, I said, I do you know about sound?
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I know what I'm saying, getting mine. I know, I
know why I hear anything from me mind is singing
when when Wody's producing me. No, I didn't know. I
hadn't mostly interv him in Anja Cadi. I must have
seen so when I said I didn't say normal would
send them said normal for hear the South. Let me
tell you somethings they were. There was some cereal own
(12:50):
this shoe now and then the cool reas you know
when you see them coming, said you didn't know that
something be got going? You know? Okay, when I was reading,
when I when I into missus Schoolish comming and you
give me say this not go no Mars, You're going
to sell the World Project. Oh wow, I mean so
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so so the World Place.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
So I went to England now and then I want
to take taking place in nineteen seventy four, you know,
okay nine if you know I talked because of Parkingstan.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
So oh yeah, no, you're fine. I can understand you
very clearly, Pakistan.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
I know then I will park you, you know, park
your Parkastan. Yeah, to take like myself, you know, yeah,
I've been doing in sixty one years, you know, and
I give up. I give up myself so much, and
you know what I'm marking. Yeah, and Pakistan team coming on.
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So you think I meant and then you I meant
enough for you they did. The lock off is like
a door, you know. And well with that day, that
sound everything I want. I really didn't some yeah I
hear sound. Yeah, everyone seen this something and everybody survived,
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big sound right up. You didn't see the right right
because one minute, okay, you're not telling the violin goes
in Jamaica so much, okay, you know, and I didn't
see you said to me from Stammachy. You said to
me from home pub in Jamaica, and what do you release?
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And surely in the Navy in England you have a
team that called the Breaker, you know the Breaker? Okay, yeah,
when anybody going to break? And you're sitting in for
the charts and now yeah, so I went the Okay,
you're just sitting there not in the marketing in the Caribbean,
right people, right, And you know I went there a
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couple of shows. There's some clubs and all that, and
then I'm on the West Son now that they wanted
me on top of the pups the BBC. Okay, and
I went, but I was so busy, Jama, because you're
not pe couldn't you know what I need? They get
They got this guy and put them in the dog
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and then there's some dog dog here and I told
you know, and everybody tied to me like, okay, I've
seen fished. Oh my gosh, understand the first time in
the problem they tell me, not me here. I went
up the next week. Now two weeks after that, I
went up and then I went on top of the
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pups and you were more that forty something. It went
pro turn some time ten number one for three weeks.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
And there was experience in I got too many times
people that I'm getting the tar in turn John in
the apartment card into chalk turn you know. I show
you the call it Christmas Guard where I sat. I
sat on the side treated tree. Girls. Yeah, you can't
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see me again. So they sent me with the media.
You're nice. What's the one there for the movie one
jump Shore? It's not easy, not easier.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Yeah, I can well imagine.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
You should street. Oh she maybe we you know reading
I never mined to pick it mustang Sally, okay, you
there to slow your mustang down. You got a blue
center that I used to read it then imitate like
you know yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. You have to come
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from somewhere, you.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Know, no, no, no money than you know, yes, absolutely, but.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
I grew up. But the first time when my sister, now.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Your eldest, your eldest sister, yeah she was.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
She was a wife for you have to come to
a jam because it was either called mamma. Oh yeah,
and she was. She was being his wife. Is anyone
who She's energy. She knows. I want you and my
sweet talk to be friends. You again, I'm being exciting now. Yeah,
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I was listening to the reade and I played you
know yeah, but she's the first us. She she she's
she's hot everyone now she's seeing and actual. Actually, so
the first time when we go on stage, she took
me to dance. My my mom my young, my mom
my own sister. I can dance, yea even mind a
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story about your water Jackie, my mind. She said, name
you named Jacques? You know every morning that musical musical
performance at the party street streets. Yeah, remember the you
know you know that most in Jamaica just started doing
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dancing in the side of us whatever really started doing.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Just Oh, I didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Most Dungeon was it crazy Jamaica dancing in tho I'm sparking,
I'm plugging Maryland A woman dances, you know.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Whoa and also like reggae in and of itself has
been more than entertainment. It's been, you know, a vessel
of resistance and black pride and Jamaican identity. How do
you think your music has contributed to that?
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Oh? Well, I remember at one time, and there was
primarily said the card You sure he said something that
we didn't like, and so I wrote the song Freedom Streets.
Let's not go in less than five Let's get to
get the rong kid unite and take off these chains.
My mother full feed, We're going to walk on them.
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And I said, you know, walk down Freedom and I
said down Freedom, Let's be going to walk. We're going
to walk, walk, walk, walk down Freedom Streets.
Speaker 3 (19:27):
You know, I didn't know that's where it came from,
but that's one of my favorite songs.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Yeah. You listen, you know, listen to these people you
know't who don't like.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
And you turned it to music.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Yeah, I mean bobbed in my mind and many close
and all of us all together sing together you together?
Alady a ready go shut before stoodo one putting in
an item? You just shut the mound ple Weekend.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Who was uncle around back then? Was Uncle tuts around
during those times as well?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
No?
Speaker 3 (20:10):
No, no, no not yet?
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Okay, we always doing you know, there's altay seen nomber
for you. Always doing mind okay meta you know?
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Oh okay, yeah, because I remember you guys did reggae
got sold together on his album that was so lovely?
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Oh did you agree with mine? Yes?
Speaker 3 (20:41):
He was for sure, Uncle Ken. There's always a grace
in the way you've carried your career and you know,
with integrity and respect. What are some like principles that
has helped keep you grounded all of these years?
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Let me so so, I mean I said, I mean
righting next you one time up to Yeah, okay, we
don't want to do they don't want to peel the
vis uses.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Yeah. The producer.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
And some of men were so odd, you know. And
when I when I think about my children too, when
you're eating and drinking, I have to get some kind
of your band of mine you know, well said before
us over there. Yeah, I seem to me, I'm about mine,
Peter touched by them. Can't tell that whenever right away here,
you know, Yeah, I was all the time. I'm we
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were going to England, right, I mean the first two
is that that that the travelers? Okay, in nineteen sixty seven,
I was nineteen years old. Why but when it came about,
you know, for me, and it was getting back, it
was getting back to the permanent. Yeah, I said, if
I'm going to give the money, and if a buyer this,
(22:03):
I tell you why if that? I usually you know, music, music,
his life to live men in mankind and the man
kind of man woman, right, even God. I don't think
God is mine alone, and I think that's both. And
she coming the Bible said, come let us me at
my who could you be referring to?
Speaker 3 (22:28):
Right? That's true.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
That you talk? Yeah, let us me at mine and
must all you know, and have to before the police
and the police something.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
And she kind of you know, yeah, I understand whoa
So one of my favorite songs of yours is my
brother introduced me to it. It's uh, the one I
love has gone me.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
I asked you well, it will come to nurse. I
will have a nice to man.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
Thank you uncle.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
You know, you know, you know your fow wrote the
song Sunday. I love you Sunday, I need you badly.
I want your sand It means so much to me
that I can't believe is real. Which everything I went
on that I didn't know that there's a probably don't
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know the secret.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
He's so humble though, he like I never.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Que gentleman.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Yes, but I wanted to ask, that's my favorite song?
What's your favorite song that you've recorded?
Speaker 2 (23:51):
And question content sir, I went to I went to
a net at university. Now really understand answer that question.
This is not so a lot.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
It's really hard one because I have some sound that
is so good, so that know about them, right right?
Speaker 3 (24:14):
That's true, that's true. That's true. And you often speak
about the importance of mentoring younger artists. What do you
hope the next generation understands not just about music, but
about purpose and integrity? And you know how you.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
You know, you know they don't like with the music
of today and the music someone that like the people
who doing the music. You know, it's so much violent
and violent and then with everythings. Yeah we we guys,
we like we were like that show. I don't think
we were that we were that time everywhere you know,
(24:52):
I'm maia and everything you have all of a sudden
I have you know that's true, my native I'm positive
we try to keep on. If I'm notated, know I
don't that.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Shuns up with the minds.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Of people, you know, absolutely absolutely, And there are lots
of artists that are doing that, like just.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
If some of them is so good. Yes, there's so
many training person missed between training person.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Right right, but most.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Yes from me, Yes, it's gonna we'll go.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Yes, they're very good. Definitely. For our last segment, I'm
going to ask you quick questions just to jog your
memory and see what you're able to remember about back
in the day. So, what is your favorite Studio one
session memory? Like your favorite memory of Studio one.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
I'm gonna telling something said done grum on a tremment
there and then then they have at the base. Uh
and that nature just turned up enough to mike. You
know the nature. So if you if you keep doing this,
I have to run it down and then someone's trucks,
you know, every because you'll be asked just mind money, remember,
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you know, and then and then then Jum and don
jam and Jewish so quiet, the kind of scared that
I'm like, you know, pretty young and I remember so
right something photo one on some of the artists and
(26:45):
on everybody writing the songs. But we're not disturbing each other,
and everybody to be close to each side. Say everybody
shat doing you know, nobody was doing something cut but okay,
imagery and it's coming train, It's coming, speach. I touched
(27:06):
your money?
Speaker 3 (27:08):
Oh really?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Oh my yeah, some money? Real nice? After about that,
I was started the back room background. You like jumping
with my SI, you like jumping me? I mean that,
(27:29):
you know, five pone he s get my We usually
developed this backgoing for Colin. Make sure that you have
some money, right, you know? That's about room sing five p.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
And I'm sure you guys deserve so much more. But
that's just so amazing to know that I never knew
that they were doing.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
He started It's coming in long way.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Yeah, definitefinitely, definitely for sure what it.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Was a wonderful, a wonderful journey.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Yes, no, definitely. I'm sure you have great memory.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I don't think about the bad record. I didn't think
about the show.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Yes, yes, that's good, that's very positive. And what is
a song that you wish that more people knew that
you wrote or recorded? Maybe a song people don't know
you wrote or record.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
You know, I would play I didn't even know. We
mean so much song? Remember some of them?
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Recorded them? I don't remember. Okay, you know what I went.
I went to where busy you know, I'm bess, you know,
I went to I'm believed. I went to the Billies,
right bellies to performing the popular it's on stage is
(28:59):
down beating drums of freedom whatever. I just trying to
want to see. I didn't remember the words, you know,
so I going to my room. I have to keep
you reminded myself the words, I mean, you know, beat
the germs are free children that you all know. Yeah, wait,
(29:22):
that's a popular sim me inside my room mind side
about the words, Yeah, I mean, just didn't make a mystic.
Some big some beaties, some baties over the money, and
I was calling you my jos are then bigger. Once
(29:46):
noted that I was standing in in in middies came,
all right, I came outside. I want sided a tourist
taking picture there and besides you this choking off. You know,
I'm you don't go back there.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
That's so funny.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
To yeah, me to decide when when I came out
of that sweet in the street, do you know I came?
I stood up and my wife was talking something just
I can't watch the doad did that big man? You know?
Want me now you take the same that they took us.
(30:34):
We take the the same thing after the men. Yeah,
my wife araid.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
I decided, yes, aren't we all know?
Speaker 2 (30:44):
That's all I tell you? Right? No? Oh? My music.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
In music, you know, yes, yes, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
And players of the instruments shout be there on my
spring driving the in the he needed to seven sounds
got love music, you know?
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Yes, yeah, I agree, engage.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Singers and place of instruments video and my springs. Garrantee
is if you your father? I love was compatibly, Yes, yes,
if I know your if on the stage, Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Guitared everybody, everybody, Yeah, that's very true. That's very true. Okay.
And what is the or who is a singer past
or present that you wish you had collaborated with.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Very Young today.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Yes, oh he's so oh my gosh, so talented.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
More, you know, a lot more.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
I got the video Shaggy Strain and all that, and
turned the son show for the Morning Morning We're that movie.
Speaker 3 (32:02):
Yeah, Wesley snaps, Okay.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
Yeah, monitoring. Oh and you he's mine. I need a
swing truck, you know. Oh nice in the movie. I
let the movie. You know we have selling you. Yeah,
I watch a movie. Ici. We got people for it too.
I'm gay James Morning for us? Yeah, yeah, the Performing
(32:29):
Rights Society okay, okay, oh not more to you know, publishing,
and the publish is selling. I doing that much great?
Yeah right now I'm just seeing you though. Yeah, I
know I'm not seeing it in the morning now. I'm
I'm blind, right right? What what what that matter? That
(32:50):
makes it? Body man? Something must be the reality of it.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
You know, right, that's true.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
You're doing something of you Okay, I know what yeah
from that yeah again, yeah, it's just important part of
the developmental music.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Yeah, watching named win and I do I word of that.
Speaker 3 (33:17):
Oh well that's good, some.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Boy, your joking amplify a smoke. You know. Maybe I'm
not joking. Yeah, yeah, you think you're nice and I've
seen the words that just showing. Okay, imagine your mind
very important. No, the first so I need to stay.
(33:43):
I have to go to a dance, you know, m
I love that.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
And lastly, before I do my thank you, what do
you hope that Jamaica and the world always remembers about
the legendary Ken Booth?
Speaker 2 (33:59):
I you know, yeah, my my mom is a film
fimator jump people. You know, you know when you feel
like you'd I don't mine, that's true. I love simplicity. Know,
my friner men come first, and I think about life
my you, my finner men come first. I love that
(34:22):
the people that people that supported just over the years,
they don't want to look up to. Yeah, I mean,
I mean I am not God. When we were most
sing I didn't work in the Reach family. You know,
people who are being poor for poor community that the
car turn on right right right. I believe in people,
(34:46):
my mind, friend, the man come first.
Speaker 3 (34:48):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
I love simplicity, you know, Yes, that's very beautiful. I
love when I'm going. I love to dress up though,
but nothing wrong with that, no, sir, no, sir, you
know nice in the interview, I do you know wants interview?
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Oh, thank you, Uncle Ken. I appreciate so thank you
so much.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
People interview with people, interview me.
Speaker 3 (35:24):
Really, I feel that you allowed me to do this.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
I'm so I can RELEI you to you so much.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
Oh that's so sweet.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
I really do appreciate professional you know, thank.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
You so much. Yes right now, yes, of course, yes,
I have to thank him. But before we go, I
just have a little thank you message that I would
like to say to you. So, Uncle Ken, to be
able to have the privilege to speak to you, to
(36:02):
help you share your story, is to share history not
just in words, but in tone, in presence, and in
the space between songs. I feel as though you serve
as a reminder that greatness is not always loud. Sometimes
it's steady. It's rooted in knowing who you are and
who you serve and choose to sing. Your voice is Jamaica's, yes,
(36:28):
but it's also humanities, and through decades of global stages
and timeless records, you have never lost sight of where
it all began. So thank you, Uncle Ken for being
a great.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Think about you monitor what right? Yeah? Well, you in
pure managed to teach in Selassie speak yours for humanity,
the country and other leaders for country. But just before
your money.
Speaker 3 (37:01):
Change what I know absolutely yes.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Yes aliation for your money you you chale.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Yes for sure.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
I mean the couple year you guys, you want to.
Speaker 3 (37:19):
Welcome and thank you for thank you for being a
great friend to my dad and for your music and
the meaning and the message. I really really appreciate.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
Thanks you tell you a
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