Jerry Harris

Jerry Harris - Mama Roots - Listen Up

A remarkable album not only for the songs and

production - but the way in which Jerry’s vocals

have slowly changed into Luciano style of vocals.

And it suits him!!!The range of songs here

takes in everything from simple love songs to

global warming with a track called ‘Global

Warming’ perhaps its not got the same power

as Jimmy Cliff’s ‘Good Good Old Days’ (then

again very few songs have) but it shows that

reggae artists are once again singing about

things that have mattered to reg-gae people for

a long long time. Going back to tunes like Jimmy

tune released in 1972. The album was recorded

in Jamaica and New York and like Tom

and Jerry’s set shows all the Wackies influences.

Which can only be good for Jerry, and for reggae

music. Hopefully it won’t be long before

Jerry follows up this work.