Reggae Music. Who is your favorite? (Besides Bob Marley)

20 years ago when my wife and I first went to Jamaica, we heard The Best of Maxi Priest everyday by the pool. He is still one of our favorites and we can't hear him without fondly remembering our first trip to Jamaica. (It was our 10th anniversary)

We return in a couple of weeks with our adult children for our 30th anniversary. It is their first reach. It make me wonder: Who is your favorite reggae artist that you discovered while in Jamaica?

Music is the soundtrack to our lives and I look forward to discover some new favorites!

Respect!
Greg

During a trip about 5 or 6 years ago we were staying @ Country Country. On this particular night we crashed fairly early and for some reason I woke up and could hear quite a concert going on, even inside our room. Turns out the sounds were coming from Wavz and the artist was Beres Hammond. The music was incredible, after sitting briefly on the porch and listening I decided I must follow my ears and see what was going on. Try as I might Badnaz was having none of it and told me to knock it off and go back to bed. So I waited for a few minutes and ventured off myself and caught the last 1/2 hour or so of what was just incredible music. Ever since then Beres has been one of my favorites.

As for the Badnaz, after telling her about it the next morning she started laughing and said I must have had quite a dream as she didn't remember any of it and swore I was next to her all night.

To this day I still smile every time I hear a Beres tune.

Jamb

Listening to Beres Hammond right now on Youtube. Very nice!

I like Jimmy Cliff. Plus a few years ago I found a CD of a group called "The Fab Five"...no not THOSE Fab Five, some Jamaicans. Not sure they would be classified as Reggae though, but the do some fun stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vknNdOZ3aM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaZvc_BSJxQ

Steel pulse and Gregory Isaacs always do it for me

Toots always gets his groove on.

Toots and Jimmy Cliff are taken, oh well, guess I'll have to go with Tarrus Riley "She's Royal". :)

Beres Hammond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQOguoHocIM

Ditto for Beres!