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Jam Cruise 8 | 01.03.10 - 01.08.10
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Ocho Rios, Jamaica – Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island
JamBase.com
January 2010
By Dennis Cook
"When they told us we'd be playing the pool stage as we sailed away from Jamaica
I had a very different idea of how it would be," said John Brown's Body's lead
singer Elliot Martin on Tuesday as wind and steady rain pounded the still
enthusiastic though sparser than expected audience. JBB infuse reggae with a
soulful lilt, faster rhythms and choice live dub effects. Using patient builds,
lover's rock vocal sweetness and rebel rock toughness, John Brown's Body honored
their ancestors from the island disappearing in our wake by treating reggae not
as canonical but alive and ready for remolding. Plus, they have excellent songs,
which is the ultimate litmus test of any band working primarily in a single
genre. Like pals and sometime JBB touring partners The Black Seeds, John Brown's
Body offered up genuinely modern reggae that incorporated a plethora of strains
rather than another tired-ass recreation of what Bob Marley wrought.
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