WOODSTOCK Bearsville Theater The Mighty Diamonds, reggae.
He first gained attention through his original drumming on the Mighty Diamonds' Right Time.
The Mighty Diamonds, the Jamaican Beach Boys, outline the rules and Pass the Kouchie.
Before the breakup, however, Mr. Burnett appeared at a club in Roslyn, N.Y., as the M.C. of a show by the Mighty Diamonds, another popular reggae act.
The concert was a who's who of Jamaican reggae, including veterans such as Big Youth and the Mighty Diamonds alongside newcomers Althea and Donna.
9. Country Living (1975 Jo Jo Hookim production) - The Mighty Diamonds Joyous, uplifting hymn to a better life far away from west London, seven-inch single.
The Mighty Diamonds Right Time (1976) With their chaste vocals wedded to the nerveless punch of elite Jamaican backing group the Revolutionaries, The Mighty Diamonds had a sleek roots-reggae sound that invoked the precision of US soul ensembles such as the Temptations and the Delfonics.
Throughout the mid-1970s, they continued to produce the biggest artists in Jamaica - the Mighty Diamonds, Beres Hammond and Gregory Isaacs to name but a few - releasing songs across a bewildering and continually changing array of labels.
This, just to clarify, features the bloke off Just Good Friends boldly announcing that in 1976 – the year of Lee "Scratch" Perry's Super Ape, the Mighty Diamonds' Right Time, Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon and Augustus Pablo's King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown – the only reggae worth listening to is that made by Paul Nicholas.
While in Brixton with Martin Glover as a teenager, Paterson was also exposed to a large amount of reggae music, such as The Mighty Diamonds, The Abyssinians, and Bob Marley.
