Friday, 4 January 2008

"Some a dem a Barracuda, eh!"




















"Some a dem a Bodysnatcher

Some a dem a Barracuda, eh!
But who a know fe me Jah Jah
Fe me Jah a me creator, eh!"

Mikey Dread toasts The Barracudas on The Clash's immortal "Living In Fame".

I only met Joe Strummer once. We were rehearsing in a squat where he was living in a tiny crap room (1978, see) filled with Trojan 12"s and I ran into him and he asked if I had any speed
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