We Remember Bob Andy Tribute

Respect to Keith 'Bob Andy' Anderson OD
1944-2020
A selection of his music sung by various artists
...feel the soul....
Friday Night Rewind Show on rastfm.com 3 April 2020

Continuous mix 2 hours

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 Bob Andy songs have been performed by a host of artists in all eras. Bob's early compositions and arrangements of pop songs into reggae were widely used by many of his contemporaries at Studio One and became reggae standards that have since been covered in every decade. Tracks like Going Home, Feeling Soul, Sun Shines For Me, I Got To Go Back Home, I Don't Want To See You Cry, Desperate Lover & Too Experienced have been covered countless times already (in fact most of the tracks on his Songbook compilation LP, Studio One)

Two albums of special interest: Bob Andy & Friends - Songs of Bob Andy (Jove 1993) is a UK-led effort created by the likes of Gussie P, Mad Proffessor and Mafia & Fluxy with UK and JA singers. Bob Andy's Dub Book As Revealed To Mad Professor (Ariwa 1988) is the only dub companion set to date and employs some original riddims alongside Mad Professor's new reworkings of others while making use of a prototype digital sampler. Also check out the Taj Mahal cover of Desperate Lover from 1976

Of course Bob Andy was an amazing singer in his own right. The humanity & humility in his songs and their simplicity together with his warm, soulful delivery makes listening an endearing and inspiring experience. Four of his own releases are included here. He served widely in an ambassadorial role for reggae music in recent decades, working as head of A&R for Tuff Gong for many years. He also tried his hand at acting and dancing. The Jamaican government conferred the Order of Distinction on Keith "Bob Andy" Anderson in 2006 for his contributions to Jamaican music