Count Sticky began recording towards the end of mento's golden age of the 1950s. He is a rather obscure mento artist, especially considering the fact that he transitioned to reggae, recording about twenty tracks for Lee Perry and others into the early to mid 1970s. (However, do not confuse him with the reggae percussionist named Sticky (Issiah Thompson), who appeared on hundreds of reggae tracks.)
Although he was not a prolific artist, he recorded a number of fine mento tracks in traditional rural and other styles. Regrettably, none of Sticky's recordings have ever been compiled on CD or LP, until the 2009 collection "Soundman Shots" included two. http://www.mentomusic.com/sticky.htm
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music_xplosion
Count Sticky began recording towards the end of mento's golden age of the 1950s. He is a rather obscure mento artist, especially considering the fact that he transitioned to reggae, recording about twenty tracks for Lee Perry and others into the early to mid 1970s. (However, do not confuse him with the reggae percussionist named Sticky (Issiah Thompson), who appeared on hundreds of reggae tracks.)
music_xplosion
Although he was not a prolific artist, he recorded a number of fine mento tracks in traditional rural and other styles. Regrettably, none of Sticky's recordings have ever been compiled on CD or LP, until the 2009 collection "Soundman Shots" included two. http://www.mentomusic.com/sticky.htm
antonywaltjarv
excellent! and now i know what 'mento' is. well played!
paulm
What a great track!
Matan
New to me, thank you!
music_xplosion
@antonywaltjarv @paulm @Matan Glad you liked it :) My 4th jam from this "Dry Acid" compilation. It's really worth checking out, in fact you can even stream it here : http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Dry+Acid+Lee+Perry+1968+69/8868029 :)