Volcano Eruption

Volcano Eruption - VP - Henry 'Junjo' Lawes - VP - 2010

A truly great selection of interviews, rare photos, and graphics all about one of Jamaica's best producers - Henry 'Junjo' Lawes.

Although it must be said that missing from the story was Barrington Levy and Jah Life.

Those two would have made more sense of the massive impact the Volcano label had in the late seventies.

And there are still enough 'Supers' here to keep anyone Dancehall fan happy.

Yellowman, Cocoa Tea, Little John, Linval Thompson all part in an appearance.

And all of them make good points. Linval talks about one of Junjo early productions.

Junjo actually started off as a singer - made a couple of tunes.

But it's his production skills and his eye for talent that really made him special.

Barrington is a great singer/songwriter - like Sugar - he had a knack for easily fitting new lyrics to old rhythms. 

Yet this is where Junjo comes in. Those rhythms had to be special. Others had tried re-cutting old rhythms with mixed results.

Junjo by bringing in a new band The Roots Radics - made these old rhythms sound new.

Dwight Pinkney does a good job of explaining the process. As does Flabba Holt

Who's rock-solid bass playing - pushed the Radics to new heights all the time.

Going back to Dwight - it was his use of the 'Talk Box' along with Sowell Radics - that gave the Radics such an amazing guitar sound. 

People go on and on about Perry - and his phaser sound - but very people talk about the talk box.

The difference between it and the phaser - was that the band made it popular. So when the Radics played for another producer - it was never connected to that producer. So many producers had big hits with the Talk Box.

Junjo used it first. And he kept using it - but his love of new talent was what kept him going. Very people know he was a big fan of Garnett Silk, that would have been something very special.