Today, December 17th is the birthday of our dear brother and uncle Carly, Carlton Barrett born in 1950. An extraordinary drummer whose sound would define music with Bob Marley and the Wailers, he is often imitated and sampled. Carly, known as Field Marshall, drove the rhythm to some of reggaes most-loved songs. Along with brother Aston Family Man Barrett he began his journey in the1960s playing studio sessions, the pair calling themselves the Soul Mates or the Rhythm Force, before settling on The Hippy Boys. The Hippy Boys became one of Kingstons busiest session bands; fittingly their first recording was Watch This Sound, backing the late Slim Smith. They also released a couple of albums for Lloyd Charmers, Reggae with the Hippy Boys and Reggae Is Tight. The pair played on many sessions for Bunny Lee and Sonia Pottinger. The Barrett brothers played on two 1969 UK chart hits, Liquidator for Harry J, and Return of Django for Lee Scratch Perry, with whom they had now taken root. For Perry, they took the name The Upsetters, and knocked out a long run of instrumentals, including Clint Eastwood, Cold Sweat, Night Doctor, and Live Injection. It was while with Perry that the Barrett brothers first teamed up with The Wailers, then a vocal trio consisting of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Today and always we salute the life of Carlton Barrett.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:04:23 +0000
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