Leroy Smart
Leroy Smart - Dread Hot In Africa - Makkasound
Over the last ten years some artists have had a great deal of there
music released on CD. Not so Leroy Smart. One of his first was the
Channel One set, which was strange because an album from him on
Channel One which everyone wanted never came out at the time!!!! That
was a very belated releaase. Then came a set for Bobby Digital,
recorded in the early nineties. What was missing was all the work with
Bunny Lee, some of those tracks appear here. Now with a production
credit to Leroy. It makes sense, Bunny works like that. This is a
great set, Leroy is a remarkable singer and songwriter. It�s a big
voice, a very powerful voice - but it�s a range of shades from
happiness to anger and everything between. The sleevenotes on this set
are always very interesting - and it seems the release of his first
record 'So Mean To Me' for Jackie Estick it seems in 1967 is
incorrect!! Mr Caribbean indeed!!