Brent Dowe

Brent Dowe

Brent Dowe - Lead singer of one of reggae's greatest harmony trio's The

Melodians, died suddenly of an apparent heart attack on the 28 January

2006. It seems that Dowe, who appeared to be in good health, fell ill

at his Hughenden, St. Andrew, home yesterday. His hits with the

Melodians include Rivers of Babylon, the adaptation of a Psalm which

was included on the soundtrack of the 1972 film Harder They Come.

Brent also sang lead on the songs Little Nut Tree, Swing And Dine and

You Have Caught Me. His solo career included two albums one for Sonia

Pottinger - 'Build Me Up' released on Trojan in the UK, and the

excllent 'What Love Can Do' produced by Brent and released on his own

Jah B label in 1981.

Brent Dowe - What Love Can Do - Jah B - 1983

Some four years after Brent in the company of producer Prince Tony

tells me about an he going to do with said producer, comes an album

produced by Brent himself. A selection of songs written by a man who

along with Tony Brevett and one T.McNaughton formed one of the best

vocal groups of the rock steady and reggae era's, The Melodians. This

is not his debut album, but it's his best. Recorded and mixed at Tuff

Gong. It's an album of reality and love songs. The reality songs I

love. The love songs are something else.