Vere Johns
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| - | '''The Upsetters''' was the name, originating in the [[1960s]], of the house band for [[Jamaica]]n [[reggae]] producer [[Lee Perry|Lee 'Scratch' Perry]], who himself was known as The Upsetter - a name reputedly given to him by [[Coxsone Dodd]] in the days when he used to set up Dodd's [[Sound system (Jamaican)|sound system]]. | ||
| - | The Upsetters Mk.1 were [[Gladdys All-Stars]], led by pianist [[Gladstone Anderson]] and it was they who originally recorded the international hits "[[Live Injection]]" and "[[Return Of Django]]". The [[Hippy Boys]] were recruited to do the subsequent tour in the UK, and they remained the studio band that is most associated with the name, going on to eventually to form the nucleus of [[Bob Marley]]'s backing band [[Wailers Band|The Wailers]]. | + | '''Vere Everette Johns''' (November 1893–September 1966) was a [[Jamaica]]n [[journalist]], [[impresario]], radio personality, and [[actor]], who helped to launch the careers of many Jamaican musicians through his popular talent contests. |
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| - | The band included [[guitarist]] [[Alva Lewis]], [[organist]] [[Glen Adams]] and brothers [[Aston Barrett|Aston 'Family Man' Barrett]] and [[Carlton Barrett]], on [[bass guitar]] and [[drum]]s respectively. | + | |
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| - | The tracks "Return of Django" and "Dollar In the Teeth" were used in the soundtrack of [[Grand Theft Auto: London]] and the track "[[Chase The Devil]]" from the album "[[War ina Babylon]]" by [[Max Romeo]] and the Upsetters is featured on the [[reggae]] radio station [[K-JAH Radio West]] in popular [[video game]], ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]'', released in October 2004. | + | |
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| - | ''Return of Django'' is featured in the movie [[This Is England]]. | + | |
| - | ==Albums== | + | |
| - | ''Early Upsetters'' | + | |
| - | * ''[[The Upsetter]]'' (1969) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Return of Django]]'' (1969) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Clint Eastwood (album)|Clint Eastwood]]'' (1970) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Many Moods of the Upsetters]]'' (1970) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Scratch the Upsetter Again]]'' (1970) | + | |
| - | * ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Upsetters]]'' (1970) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Eastwood Rides Again]]'' (1970) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Africa's Blood]]'' (1972) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Cloak and Dagger (album)|Cloak and Dagger]]'' (1973) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Rhythm Shower]] (1973) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle]]'' aka ''Blackboard Jungle Dub'' (1973) | + | |
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| - | ''Black Ark era'' | + | |
| - | * ''[[Double Seven]]'' (1974) | + | |
| - | * ''[[DIP Presents the Upsetter]]'' (1975) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Musical Bones]]'' (1975) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Return of Wax]]'' (1975) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Kung Fu Meets the Dragon]]'' aka ''Heart of the Dragon'' (1975) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Revolution Dub]]'' (1975) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Super Ape]]'' aka ''Scratch the Super Ape'' (1976) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Return of the Super Ape]]'' (1978) | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
| - | *[[Upsetting]] | + | |
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Vere Everette Johns (November 1893–September 1966) was a Jamaican journalist, impresario, radio personality, and actor, who helped to launch the careers of many Jamaican musicians through his popular talent contests.
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