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Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come' Reggae Giant, Dead at 81 (www.rollingstone.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/music@lemmy.world
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Soulful singer and "original rude boy" helped spread genre’s reach from Jamaica to the world with The Harder They Come and hits like "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Wild Word"

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[–] 6 points 11 months ago

Man that sucks. Saw him play maybe 12 years ago or so and he was fantastic. Excellent musician.

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Fun fact: ‘The Harder They Come’ was (most probably) the first English-language film shown in the US with subtitles, due to the thick patois used in it.

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Peace for your soul

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    [–] [S] 4 points 11 months ago

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kGeCeK85sUg

    Crossed that last river Jimmy.

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    He and his band was my first concert. Great writer and singer

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