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"
Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come' Reggae Giant, Dead at 81
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jimmy-cliff-dead-obituary-1234816631/
5 Comments
Egonallanon@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 278d
Man that sucks. Saw him play maybe 12 years ago or so and he was fantastic. Excellent musician.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 278d
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.
xcutie@linux.community · 4 pts · 278d
Peace for your soul
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 278d
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kGeCeK85sUg
Crossed that last river Jimmy.
glups@piefed.social · 2 pts · 277d
He and his band was my first concert. Great writer and singer