Jah Itagaki's REGGAE LIFE
   This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history

 January 18
1968: Rayvon is born in Barbados.
1994: DJ Tiger has a traffic accident and is seriously injured.
At 12:15, his morterbike ran smashed into an official vehicle of U.S. embassy in front of Devon House in Hope Road. Some radio broadcasting carried false report that he died.
2018: Steve "Grizzly" Nisbett [Steel Pulse; drums] passes away at the age of 69.

 January 19
1950: Singer / song writer Milton Henry is born in St. Andrew, Jamaica.
1957: Michael "Mickey" Virtue [UB40; keybords] is born in Birmingham, England.
1965: Deborahe Glasgow is born.
1994: Bob Marley, John Lennon, Rod Stewart, The Grateful Dead, The Animals, The Band, Duane Eddy, and Elton John are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

 January 20
1958: Adrian Sherwood, producer and dub master, is born in London, England.
1989: Roger Fulgence Kassy passes away.
He was a producer for Ivory Coast goverment-managed TV station. One of his great accomplishment is that he discovered Alpha Blondy's talent and opened the road to his success.
1993: Shabba Ranks' album "X-tra Naked" [Epic] is certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
1993: Inauguration of two previous marijuana users -- Bill Clinton and Al Gore -- to White House.
2005: Popular dance hall personality Bogle (Gerald Levy) shot dead along Constant Spring Road in St. Andrew.

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