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    lloyd brevett skatalites is dead...


    Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter

    One of the founding members of The Skatalites Band, Lloyd Brevett is dead.

    Brevett died at the Andrews Memorial Hospital in St. Andrew this morning at the age of 80.

    In October 2001, he was conferred with Jamaica's fifth highest honour, the Order of Distinction and in October 2010, he was awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal for his contribution to music.

    The musician’s son Okeene Brevett was killed in February after collecting an award on his father’s behalf at the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association Awards at Emancipation Park.

    At that time, the former upright bass player of The Skatalites was said to be too ill to collect the award.

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    RIP. He had been ailing for a while, and the killing of his son, just compounded his illness.
    “Life is a system of half-truths and lies, opportunistic, convenient evasion.”
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsJY4ymYAA
      The only time TRUTH will hurt you...is if you ignore it long enough

      HL

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        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4GSd3uNPeM

        The lord wants skilled musicians.

        The Chief musician ,Don cosmic, Mr Ska-voovie a drummer and now Lloyd Brevett (born 1 August 1931 - 3 May 2012) is a Jamaican double bassist, and a former member of The Skatalites. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica, is a rastafarian, and a brother of The Melodians member, Tony Brevett.
        He toured many countries of the world with The Skatalites. He produced two Skatalites' albums, African Roots (1975) and The Legendary Skatalites (1976). He once stated, "Ska was our type of music that could lift the youth and make Jamaica known around the world".[1].
        On 3 May 2012, Brevett died at Andrews Memorial Hospital in St. Andrew, Jamaica at the age of 80.[2]
        THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

        "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


        "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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        • #5
          Another icon gone. He did well and rthe musical legacy is there to hear....

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          • #6
            Walk good breda Lloydy. Your great works live on forever.

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            • #7
              SKA pioneer Lloyd Brevett dies


              Lloyd Brevett helped create an identifiably Jamaican sound
              Jamaican double bassist Lloyd Brevett, whose band The Skatalites pioneered ska music and paved the way for reggae, has died at the age of 80.
              The Skatalites formed in 1964 and combined jazz, R&B and mento to create ska and take a Jamaican sound around the world for the first time.
              Their songs included The Guns of Navarone and they backed acts including The Wailers and Prince Buster.
              Brevett suffered a stroke in March, two weeks after his son was murdered.
              Thirty two-year-old Okine was shot outside the family's home in Kingston hours after he had accepted a Jamaican music industry award on his father's behalf.
              Spokeswoman and friend Maxine Stowe told the AP news agency: "He took his son's death as stoically as he could, but you knew it was devastating for him. He deteriorated rapidly after that."
              Former Jamaican Prime Minister and one-time Skatalites tour manager PJ Patterson said it was "Brevett who quietly provided the mesmerising backbone to the Skatalites' sound".
              "To say that Brevett was a creator of both ska and dub is not to use hyperbole," he said in a statement.
              Bunny Wailer, a member of the original Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, told AP: "He was there from the beginning. All my bass lines from all my recordings have been attributed to bass lines from Lloyd Brevett."
              Grammy nominations
              The Skatalites were only together for 18 months in the 1960s. On New Year's Eve 1964, trombonist Don Drummond stabbed and killed his girlfriend and vocalist Marguerita.
              The other band members disbanded in July 1965, with Brevett and other members forming the Soul Brothers, later becoming the Soul Vendors.
              In 1975, most of the Skatalites reunited to record Brevett's solo album African Roots. They continued to reconvene periodically before reforming in the 1980s.
              In 1996, their album Hi-Bop Ska: The 30th Anniversary Recording, earned a Grammy nomination, with a second nomination coming the following year for Greetings From Skamania.
              Brevett left the group in the mid-2000s after a dispute with his bandmates. Saxophonist Lester Sterling is now the only surviving member of the original line-up.

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              "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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                Revising History

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                The Skatalites formed in 1964 and combined jazz, R&B and mento to create ska and take a Jamaican sound around the world for the first time.
                The Skatalites were only together for 18 months in the 1960s. On New Year's Eve 1964, trombonist Don Drummond stabbed and killed his girlfriend and vocalist Marguerita.
                The other band members disbanded in July 1965, with Brevett and other members forming the Soul Brothers, later becoming the Soul Vendors.
                The Skatalites band was NOT formed in 1964.

                The group was formed in 1963, and the name came about after an exchange of ideas between lead vocalist Lord Tanamo and saxophonist Tommy McCook.

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