There is an episode of “The Office” in which the character of Michael Scott takes a trip to Jamaica and returns with three (count ‘em, red, yellow and green) beads braided into his Supercuts coif. This image popped into my mind when I saw an email advising me that Ray...
There is an episode of “The Office” in which the character of Michael Scott takes a trip to Jamaica and returns with three beads braided into his Supercuts coif. This image popped into my mind when I saw an email advising me that Ray Benson , the vocalist / guitarist / jefe of Asleep at the Wheel had recorded a reggae album. If not the Michael Scott beads, then maybe Benson’s formidable beard arranged in dreadlocks?Fortunately, neither one is the case.
With this ethos in mind, Benson set out to combine “a Jamaican rhythm section – guitar, keyboards, drums – with Tony on upright bass – as opposed to most Jamaican stuff, which is electric – going back to the early ska stuff, the Marley stuff, and seeing how my songs would work . Honestly, we had no idea. Me and Tony said, ‘This could be really great, or this could suck. Meanwhile, we’ll have a nice trip to Jamaica and get to play with the legends.
The cross-pollination among different styles of music creates a complex Venn diagram of overlapping circles. “The early ska stuff, like we do “Boogie in My Bones,” it’s almost rhythm and blues / swing music anyway, except for the use of the ‘one-drop’ , which makes the beat so infectious. After cutting the basic tracks in Jamaica, Benson set about recruiting players to lay down some overdubs. Benson has produced his share of collaborative ventures, recording with the likes of George Strait, The Chicks, the Avett Brothers and, of course, Willie Nelson. So it wasn’t like he didn’t have a long list of badass musicians on his contacts list.
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