introducing david rudder RE UP

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:07 pm

david rudder is a true great and he trancends genre, country, etc.

he's one of my absolute favorites. Hes a trinidadian calypso and soca singer with a real soulful sound influenced by his background in shango baptist church.

I think he is internationally recognized as a strong force in world music.

His arrangements are beautiful and his lyrics are top notch, startling, conscious and poetic.

I came across his albums on the internet and was moved by his passion in almost every song. Its pure, joyous sound. And he can scat too. But the lyrics really mean something, and the social commentary is on point.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5v1m2f
http://www.sendspace.com/file/o5deud

this is a double album compilation called the guilded collection
songs are from 1986-1993 and are all classics.

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:21 pm

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jqhly6

heres a compiulation of my favorite work of his from 94 up till 2005

the action is here (revolution mix)
high mas I
ganges and the nile
once upon a time
shango electric
the banana death song
montserrat
mastife
the immigrants
destination desperation
jaffa road
I remember fela
jerusalem

Prophecy · Post by **Prophecy** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:03 pm

Your killing it with this one Seabass.

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:58 pm

the action is here - ode to soca music spreading accross the globe
high mas I - a praise song
the ganges and the nile - a call for unity between africans and east indians in trinidad
once upon a time - love song
shango electric - a song about ifa dieties shango and elegba, shango takes the form of music to cleanse people from wrong doing
banana death song - a critique of us trade policies in the caribbean
montserrat - a lament for the natural disaster volcano eruption in montserrat
mastife - about a legendary, recently passed, trinidadian stick fighter
the immigrants - about immigrants to america
destination desperation - song about jim crows face still appearing in these later days
I remember fela - brilliant ode to fela kuti,
jerusalem - a call for peace
jaffa road - is one of the main and longest streets in Jerusalem, as well as one of its oldest. Its name derives from it being the beginning of the road to Jaffa from Old Jerusalem's western Jaffa Gate.

Sebastian gets busy · Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:25 pm

so mastife is about a recently deceased stick fighter

"mooma your son in the grave allready!"

Sebastian gets busy · Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:29 pm

LYRICS MAN
by Garry Steckles

Garry Steckles on the reign of גKingג David Rudder
I was talking music with my good friend Victor the other day. Victor, you should know, is Trini to de bone ג a walking encyclopedia of calypso and soca who becomes a one-man rhythm section whenever thereגs a bottle and spoon within reach, and a one-man wininג section whenever the music and the moodגs right.

So when Victor talks about Trinidadian music, I listen. On this particular occasion, we were listening to and discussing David Rudder, the man who has taken calypso and soca in so many wonderful and different directions it wouldnגt be stretching things to say heגs practically reinvented the music.

In the middle of our discussion, a Rudder tune came on that I wasnגt particularly keen on, and I said so. Victorגs response was quick and merciless.

גKeep on listening,ג he instructed me. גThis manגs ahead of all of us.ג

I kept on listening.

And listening, and listening, and listening.

Victor, of course, was right.

Since that night, Iגve come to understand and appreciate David Michael Rudderגs brilliance even more ג and Iגm speaking as someone whoגs been a devoted fan since he emerged full steam from the soca pack in the 1980s with Bahia Girl and The Hammer. Rudder, Iגve concluded, has achieved something I would have thought was virtually impossible: heגs taken the music of Sparrow and Kitchener, of the Roaring Lion and Atilla the Hun, of their lordships Melody, Blakie, and Beginner, heגs absorbed and appreciated every note, every word, every nuance, and heגs taken it to new levels, with soaring melodies and words that have earned him the soubriquet גlyrics man.ג

Rudderגs musical roots couldnגt be more Trinidadian ג he was born in Belmont, Port of Spain, in May 1953, a stroll from the Savannah, the spiritual home of Carnival, and within earshot of neighbourhood steel pan and shango yards. But Rudderגs influences stretch way beyond Trinidad and the Caribbean, and the 20-plus albums heגs recorded over the years have reflected and incorporated everything from jazz to Latin to the African rhythms of Fela Kuti.

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David Rudder
Photography by David Corio
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Rudderגs never hesitated to pay tribute to the musicians heגs admired, frequently while theyגre still with us, more often after their passing. To give you just a slight idea of the scope of his musical appreciation, hereגs a partial list of the cultural giants Rudder has honoured in song over the years: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, the Roaring Lion, Fela Kuti, Mastife (a legendary Trinidadian stick fighter and גbadjohnג), Lord Blakie, Compay Segundo, Ella Fitzgerald, Andre Tanker, Frankie Francis, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzie Gillespie, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lord Melody, Leadbelly, Charlie Parker, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Growling Tiger, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Scott Joplin, Woodie Guthrie, and the late, great West Indian fast bowler Malcolm Marshall.

Why do this? I asked Rudder recently. His reply was a simple one, disarmingly so: גI just want to say to these guys, just in case no one recognises you, I recognise you.ג

Rudderגs body of work has embraced many topics over the decades, and his observations on everything from political chicanery (Panama; The Banana Death Song) to the social woes of his beloved Trinidad (Ministry of Rhythm; The Madmanגs Rant) to the indomitable spirit of Caribbean women (Carnival Ooman; Bacchanal Lady; Dougla Woman) to cricket (Here Comes the West Indies; Rally Round the West Indies) to regional and global woes (Jaffa Road; L.A.; Haiti) have been very much in the great tradition of calypso.

To me, though, Rudderגs greatest musical gift has been his ongoing celebration of Trinidad and its people. Iגm talking songs like the sublime The Ganges and the Nile, Limbo Break, Calypso Music, Permission to Mash up the Place, Dedication, Long Time Band, High Mas, Song for a Lonely Soul, Dusג in Dey Face, The Rational Anthem and Trini 2 De Bone. Iגm not Trinidadian, but every time I listen to any one of them I wish, fervently, that I were.

Which is one of the reasons I was surprised, to put it mildly, when I heard a couple of years back that Rudder, perhaps the man who has paid more musical homage to Trinidad than anyone in the history of calypso and soca, is living mainly in Toronto these days. How come? I asked him.

The answer, it turns out, couldnגt be simpler. Much as he loves Trinidad, he needed a break. גI was feeling creatively drained,ג he told me. גI never got writerגs block, but I was starting to scream inside myself at the country, so I just came here to kind of chill for a while.ג

He may be chilling in Toronto, but Rudderגs heart and soul remain firmly rooted in Trinidad, and he still spends a considerable amount of his time there.

But enough from me about David Rudder. Heגs the lyrics man, after all, and here, in his own words, are a few of his observations about the Caribbean, about music, and about life in general.

On V.S. Naipaul, the celebrated author whose views on his native Trinidad are often less than positive: גI have a feeling heגs a failed calypsonian. I think thatגs what heגs been trying to do all his life.ג

On todayגs pop charts, both in the Caribbean and internationally: גThereגs no subtlety; these kids canגt write.ג

On the music he listens to: גAnything that passes by, but I do love Fela and Miles.ג

On the Caribbean and its people: גWe were brought here on the same ship, but the English-speaking Caribbean does not know what is going on in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and vice versa, or the French-speaking Caribbean. We are looking outwards to different places and at the end of the day all we have is ourselves. The only way a family can be strong is to stay together, regardless of language, race, ethnicity, or whatever.ג

On how his music might influence listeners: גPeople say artists can make a change, but Iגm not sure about that. What we can do is suggest, and if it does do something, if one person is moved by it, it is a tiny bit of success.ג

Count me as one person whoגs been moved by it, David.

Oh, and before I sign off ג thanks, Victor.

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:15 pm

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:54 am

dont sleep, today someone just came to me and asked me for more david rudder, and this guy is a SRV, zepplin, etc loving musician in a cover band

if you listen, you will see. this stuff is fucking great.

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:48 pm

I get no respect here

Captin Planit · Post by **Captin Planit** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:34 am

I'm gonna download most of this, but you're too forceful. You don't give people time to consume the first batch before you continue the onslaught. One upload at a time, man.

Captin Planit · Post by **Captin Planit** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:35 am

Damn, none of these files are still available. Re-up the compilation you posted in the 2nd post.

kato · Post by **kato** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:57 pm

Seb. don't be flooding the people with all his music at once...a little a time doggy..

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:55 pm

yeah I know, I did do single songs though. I will re up captain planit... although I would recommend his older stuff first, before the compilation. (or you could hit the single songs)

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:44 pm

ok the three disks are all re upped. so are the single songs

read dummy! · Post by **read dummy!** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:04 pm

yeah I changed name, so download this already!

sing a soca melody, you can sing it and be free! (at least in your mind, if you wannabe - sly stone)

read dummy! · Post by **read dummy!** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:09 pm

re up