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ezFolk Forums > ezFolk Audio Hosting > Featured Artist of the Week > Featured Artist - 01/29/07 - Richie Ramsay |
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 Richie Ramsay Richie Ramsay was born on February 9, 1969, the youngest of seven children. His artistic bent was shown at an early age when he started writing poetry in primary school. As part of the Lawrence Tavern Primary School drama group, he was given the opportunity to perform these poems. At ten years old Richie joined the Jamaica Combined Force Cadet Band. He was given the percussion perimeter in a full piece schoolboys band. There were woodwinds , brasswinds, strings, and percussion sections represented. Richie penned his first song at about 14 years old. He still has that and every other song he has written since then. That's when he knew undeniably what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. After leaving high school Richie traveled to what was then West Germany where he was exposed to a wide range of musical styles on the streets of Munich. Also the end of an era as it was at that time the Berlin wall came down. He was there to help dismantle the wall in November 1989. When he returned home to Jamaica he recorded his first album, "It's A Black Thing," with Tony Soyemi and Chris Beck at the Music Asylum. After that musical stint he joined the Jamaica Defence Force. He quickly became disillusioned with the system and returned to music. Richie started recording with Dean Fraser. He worked with musicians like Nambo Robinson, Desi Jones, Alvin Haughton, Obeah Denton, and many other Jamaican greats. He did songs like "Poverty Is A Crime," "Guilty Leaders," "People Need Hope," and others that got great reviews and airplay from the Jamaican media. There was more to do though. Richie sold his ride, hopped on a bus to Kingston, and hooked up with Leebert "Gibby" Morrisson, and "Riot And Revolution" was born. This is Richie Ramsay's first self-produced album that will be his signature style: a fusion of Reggae Folk Rock. A true testament to the man himself.
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madog99 Approved 
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I stumbled across Mr Ramsay's songs about a week ago and was really smitten with them . A great talent he is .....and a good choice Richard . John
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James Connolly Approved 
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What can i say, this guy is good  JamC
____________________ James (Seamus) Connolly http://ezfolk.com/audio/jamesconnolly http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/422/popmp3.php http://www.myspace.com/celticseamus |
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holleyhall Approved 
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Brings back many memories when I lived in the Virgin Islands (St Thomas in 76-78) back in the late 70's. Nice touch of reggae and slide guitar very nice combo and unique! nice addition to ezfolk! My favorite is"Mother earths cry" Holley Last edited on Sat Feb 3rd, 2007 01:17 am by holleyhall ____________________ http://ezfolk.com/audio/holleyhall |
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