In this book Ras Cardo from Trench Town gives you compelling evidence of truth as to his invention of the word Reggae in 1962 and how it was in those Trench Town days.His evidence is incontrovertible since he was present and performed many works with his brethrens Bob, Peter, Junior, Seeco, Joe Higgs and others during those times.He has emerged from his archives to present these truths on Reggae and Trench Town to you. Read and enjoy.Reggae is his invention not that of Toots, Morgan, Eccles or any other.Many people have been deceived by those who write and sell falsehoods about the original legends of reggae music. Ras Cardo has the truths. He was there in trench town with his brethrens.He holds the written copyrights as to its origination. NOW YOU CAN REST EASY IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE FOUND TRUTH, THE SOURCE. RAS CARDO WILL OPENLY CHALLENGE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CONTEST THE FACTS THAT HE HAS LIVED WITH HIS BRETHRENS SINCE THOSE TRENCH-TOWN DAYS.SO FAR NO ONE HAS TAKEN UP HIS CHALLENGES. RAS CARDO HAS SEEN SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TRYING TO RECONSTRUCT FICTITIOUS STORIES OF BOB MARLEY´S LIFE IN TRENCH-TOWN. SOME HAVE GONE SO FAR AS TO MAKE MOVIES OF THE TRENCH-TOWN STORY. SUCH FOOLS! THEY KNOW NOT NEITHER DO THEY UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE KNOW THE TRUTH,AND IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE WHOLE WORLD ACCEPTS IT FROM THE TRUE TRENCH-TOWN PEOPLE WHO HAS LIVED IT LIKE RAS CARDO.RAS CARDO HAS SAID THAT THE TRUE LIVITY OF OUR TRENCH-TOWN DAYS CAN ONLY BE TOLD BY THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IT. HE HAS THE FACTS.HE HAS GIVEN NAMES AND WORKS OF THOSE WHO MADE THIS MUSIC POSSIBLE IN TRENCH-TOWN,WHILE SOME ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A TRENCH-TOWN STORY.RAS CARDO SAY TO THOSE INFIDELS"DONT RUN AND HIDE, SHOW YOURSELVES!" Ras Cardo is the only one today from the original trench town days who has the true trench town history. Those seeking truth must get it from him directly. Read his works and know the truth. Tell the children the truths.

THE GENERAL POPULUS HAS NEVER TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THE RASTAMAN NOR THE ISLAMIC PEOPLE. INSTEAD THEY HAVE ATTACHED MANY NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES TO THEM WHICH HAVE CATEGORICALLY HARM THEM AS A GROUP OF PEACE LOVING PEOPLE. IN JAMAICA THE RASTAMAN AND HIS SPIRITUAL WAYS HAVE CAUSED MUCH FEAR AMONG THE UPPER CLASS WHO ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET RID OF HIM. HERE RAS CARDO TRIES TO SHOW YOU THE FALSITY OF THE WAYS OF THOSE WHO ARE QUICK TO JUDGE OTHERS AND TO PERSECUTE THE CHILDREN OF ALLAH/JAH RASTAFARI. READ AND UNDERSTAND.RAS CARDO IS A RASTAMAN FROM TRENCH-TOWN JAMAICA. HE IS THE ONLY ONE TODAY WHO CAN BRING YOU THESE TRUTHS.RAS CARDO IS AN ORIGINAL WAILER FROM TRENCH-TOWN WHO GAVE REGGAE MUSIC ITS NAME IN 1962.RAS CARDO IS PIONEERING AND LEGENDARY

Ricardo ‘Ras cardo’ Scott takes a very serious look at his homeland Jamaica with sadness and grief concerning the continued downpression of his people especially the poor, the underclass and the ghetto youths.He shows how reggae music’s vision and purpose for the suffering masses has been denied them.The same conditions exists in places like Haiti. Malignant neglect of the people by the government will lead to dire catastrophe.He warns of the impending destruction that is bound to follow if the killings and downpression is not stopped. Reggae’s message of the prophecy must be fulfilled. Ricardo is telling the world what Bob Marley and Peter- Tosh did not live long enough to tell them. In this time,he is the only one so far who is unafraid to tell it like it really is and what is the true message of Reggae, a sound he named and helped to create in Trench-Town. The corrupt politicians still- " deceive the people continually" as Bob sang about. They use the weakest youths to destroy others with guns and now cocaine- driving the people insane-as Luciano sings. Too much blood on the streets of Jamaica. One day soon Jamaica will have to pay. Reggae prophecy must be fulfilled. Selah, Rastafari. The Reggae prophets have spoken. Ras Cardo Has written the reggae truths which a lot of other people fears to express. He tells it like it is. Bob sang- Never let a politician grant you a favor- Do you know what he meant? THE WORLD MUST KNOW THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND THE MESSAGE OF REGGAE PROPHECY MUST BE FULFILLED.RAS CARDO HAS WARNED US THAT JAMAICA AND THOSE WHO OPPRESS THE POOR WILL SURELY MEET THE WRATH OF ALLAH/JAH RASTAFARI. THE YOUTHS IN JAMAICA AND THE WORLD ARE TIRED OF ADULTS LYING TO THEM AND HIDING THE TRUTH.BOB HAD SANG ABOUT IT WHEN HE SAID"HOW LONG SHALL THEY KILL OUR PROPHETS WHILE WE STAND ASIDE AND LOOK". RAS CARDO HAS BEEN CARRYING ON THE WORKS OF HIS BRETHRENS. RAS CARDO MUST ALSO WARN US THAT WE CANNOT SAVE THE WORLD UNLESS WE FIRST SAVE AFRICA.MAMA AFRICA, THE CRADLE OF ALL CIVILIZATION MUST FIRST BE SAVED.WE MUST STOP RAPING AFRICA. THE MESSAGE THAT RAS CARDO SENDS TO ALL REGGAE SINGERS AND ARTICAL RASTAMAN IS THIS"CONTROL YOUR OWN MUSIC AND OTHER WORK PRODUCTS." "DO NOT LET THE AMERICAN OR ANY OTHER MUSIC INDUSTRY STEAL OR CONTROL YOUR WORKS".TIME HAS LONG PAST AND MANY OF OUR ORIGINAL WORKS HAS BEEN SOLD OUT TO AMERICA BY OUR OWN JAMAICAN SINGERS WHOM WE THOUGHT WERE OUR FRIENDS AND BRETHRENS.MANY OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN RICH AND SWITCHED. THEY HAVE BECOME JUDASES.BEWARE, ONE DAY TRENCH-TOWN WILL RISE AND RAS CARDO MESSAGES AND PROPHESIES OF REGGAE MUST BE FULFILLED.IT IS A DAMN SHAME HOW JAMAICA REFUSES TO FULLY ENDORSE THE WORKS OF THE TRUE PROPHETS OF REGGAE.THE MAN-CULTURE(JOSEPH HILL), DID MUCH TEACHINGS TO THE PEOPLES OF AFRICA AND THE WORLD YET HE WAS NOT ACCEPTED IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.PETER-TOSH SUFFERED THE SAME FATE. AFRICA KNEW THEM BEST,BUT AS WE ALWAYS SAY"THE STONE THE BUILDER REFUSE SHALL BECOME THE HEAD CORNERSTONE".RAS CARDO HAS WRITTEN MANY TRUTHS I HOPE YOU ARE READING AND TAKING HEED.MY JAMAICA,"SHOULD I STILL CALL YOU HOME?"

This book traces Richard Wagner's literary activities as he prepared for, and then created, the libretti of his monumental music drama Der Ring des Nibelungen. The book opens with a review of Wagner's creative work prior to 1848, the year in which he wrote the composition that would serve as a guide-plan for the lengthy Ring. Special focus is made on this guide-plan, a comparison of the two available English translations, a new English translation, and the original document in German. Detailed attention is given the two distinct endings of the Ring and the numerous textual changes that Wagner made within the final scene of the work.

This book traces Richard Wagner's literary activities as he prepared for, and then created, the libretti of his monumental music drama Der Ring des Nibelungen. The book opens with a review of Wagner's creative work prior to 1848, the year in which he wrote the composition that would serve as a guide-plan for the lengthy Ring. Special focus is made on this guide-plan, a comparison of the two available English translations, a new English translation, and the original document in German. Detailed attention is given the two distinct endings of the Ring and the numerous textual changes that Wagner made within the final scene of the work.

The number-system, also used by professional studio and stage musicians throughout the world, is the simplest approach to learning how to play the piano (applicable to ALL instruments) on earth! Now it’s here to share with everyone!Ever wondered how some people can sit down at a piano and play without having the sheet music or song book in front of them? Guess most folks think the chords and notes were memorized by the player. In some cases they were. But in truth, most simply know the basic mechanics and formulas that created music. Some people think of these musicians as able to “play by ear”, which is actually fairly accurate, however, there is a method to it. By putting about an hour a day just 2-3 days a week, into studying the “Formulas” taught in this book and practicing them, in a few months or less, depending on your ambition, you’ll be playing songs on your own with or without the sheet music. Whether you want to start a band, perform music for a living, write songs, or just play the piano that’s in your house gathering dust, you’ll be amazed at how easy and fun getting started can be!

The number-system, also used by professional studio and stage musicians throughout the world, is the simplest approach to learning how to play the piano (applicable to ALL instruments) on earth! Now it’s here to share with everyone!Ever wondered how some people can sit down at a piano and play without having the sheet music or song book in front of them? Guess most folks think the chords and notes were memorized by the player. In some cases they were. But in truth, most simply know the basic mechanics and formulas that created music. Some people think of these musicians as able to “play by ear”, which is actually fairly accurate, however, there is a method to it. By putting about an hour a day just 2-3 days a week, into studying the “Formulas” taught in this book and practicing them, in a few months or less, depending on your ambition, you’ll be playing songs on your own with or without the sheet music. Whether you want to start a band, perform music for a living, write songs, or just play the piano that’s in your house gathering dust, you’ll be amazed at how easy and fun getting started can be!

Black-oriented radio emerged after World War II. Full time programming from sun-up to sun-down; blues, spirituals, rhythm and blues replaced jazz as the primary form of music. These improvising "street rapping" Disc Jockeys dominated the airwaves. Welcome to Black Radio...Winner Takes All!

Black-oriented radio emerged after World War II. Full time programming from sun-up to sun-down; blues, spirituals, rhythm and blues replaced jazz as the primary form of music. These improvising "street rapping" Disc Jockeys dominated the airwaves. Welcome to Black Radio...Winner Takes All!

Black-oriented radio emerged after World War II. Full time programming from sun-up to sun-down; blues, spirituals, rhythm and blues replaced jazz as the primary form of music. These improvising "street rapping" Disc Jockeys dominated the airwaves. Welcome to Black Radio...Winner Takes All!

CAPITOL ROCK is a comprehensive cultural history of Washington, D.C. rock and roll. Focusing on the first twenty-five years (1951-1976) of rock music in the nation’s capital, author Mark Opsasnick skillfully combines overviews of the city’s flourishing nightclub and teen club scenes of the fifties, sixties, and seventies with detailed coverage of local bands and musicians including such greats as the Cherry People, the Fallen Angels, Roy Buchanan, Jack Casady, Roy Clark, Danny Gatton, Nils Lofgren, Punky Meadows, and Link Wray. A unique and fascinating study, CAPITOL ROCK is certain to captivate any fan of rock and roll music.

WASHINGTON ROCK AND ROLL: A SOCIAL HISTORY is an exhaustive study of the early years of rock and roll music in the nation’s capital. Serving as a research guide for both the casual fan and the dedicated musician, author Mark Opsasnick’s fast-paced social survey combines nightclub history with profiles of the area’s most beloved musicians and bands and provides a detailed portrait of one of the world’s greatest rock and roll scenes. The Cherry People, Razz, Link Wray, Roy Buchanan, and Nils Lofgren are just some of the many stars covered in the fact-filled pages of WASHINGTON ROCK AND ROLL: A SOCIAL HISTORY.

THE LIZARD KING WAS HERE is an in-depth study of a greatly overlooked period in the mercurial life of Jim Morrison, the late poet and lyricist-vocalist of the rock and roll band “The Doors” who died at the age of 27 in 1971. Examining Morrison’s life from January 1959 to August 1961 - the years he resided in Alexandria, Virginia and attended George Washington High School - author Mark Opsasnick reveals a wealth of experiences that served to influence the singer’s poetry, lyrics, and work as a performing artist with the Doors. The end result is a fresh look at a formative period in the life of one of rock and roll’s greatest superstars. Dedicated fans of Jim Morrison will be enthralled with THE LIZARD KING WAS HERE.

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CHRISTMAS SONGS AND THEIR STORIES is an invitingly written and thoroughly interesting selection of facts about Christmas songs from different countries and different racial backgrounds. In addition to presenting the complete words, with variations in some cases, of 54 songs, it gives the origins of the songs, the stories of the writers and composers wherever possible, and offers pertinent information on where music for the songs may be found today.

Here is a book for those who enjoy Christmas music and like to read how different peoples at different times have expressed the spirit that makes this holy day so well loved. It will also be warmly appreciated by those who have been aware that there has been no other book available dealing with more than half a dozen or a dozen of Christmas songs, their history, special characteristics, content, or suitability for use in special ways.

Included in this outstanding collection are such beautiful and widely varying songs as “Away in a Manger”; “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night”; “The Boar’s Head Carol”; “Go, Tell It on the Mountains”; “O Holy Night!”; “Brahms’s Cradle Song (Christmas Version)”; and many others—familiar songs such as “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “Deck the Halls,” and such unusual ones as “He Became Incarnate,” a Christmas carol in India. The international flavor of the book is vividly emphasized with the “National and racial grouping” of selections given at the end of the volume, while such little known facts as the symbolic meaning of the holly and the ivy, and anecdotes connected with the traditions of certain songs, help bring unusual interest to the book.

The careful scholarship and convenient arrangement of the material make the book of particular value to church and Sunday school workers, ministers, and leaders of nonchurch groups preparing Christmas programs. The appealing stories of the creation of some of the world’s best-loved music and poetry make it a book to be appreciated and used not only on Christmas time, but during the rest of the year, and not only as a dependable volume reference and information, but as source of pure enjoyment.