REGGAE NIGHT AT JASPER DANDY
(Every last Thursday of the month)
Address: 725 Queen Street East
Time: 9pm | Tickets: $10
Thursday, November 28th, 2019
With performances by Reggaddiction and Lord Sassafrass
LORD SASSAFRASS
Named "Lord" Sassafrass by the great Lee Scratch Perry, Jamaican recording artist Lord Sassafrass (Michael Johnson) is best known as a dancehall Reggae DJ with the Black Scorpio Sound System. On Black Scorpio Sound, Lord Sassafrass introduced the world to General Trees, and the entire Horseman Crew. Sassafrass record the album “Horseman Connection” 1982 on Striker Lee’s Starlight label and the top selling album “Pocomania Jump” 1985 on Black Scorpio Records, controlling the number one slot on the charts with “Poco Jump.” He recorded other great songs like “Jamaica Way,” “Murder She Wrote” (with General Trees), and the enormous hits “Step Up In Life” (with Barrington Levy)., and "Green Bay" recorded and release by Lee Scratch Perry on the Lee ''Scratch'' Perry & Friends - The Black Ark Years (The Jamaican 7"s) album.
REGGADDICTION:
https://www.reggaddiction.com
The band will be performing songs off their upcoming "Ganja Harvest" album as well as Bob Marley and Studio1 reggae classics.
The upcoming album pays tribute to the Canadian legend Neil Young’s Harvest Album. Harvest is reinterpreted in a reggae dub version, mixed by the 2019 Juno winner producer/dub composer Dubmatix.
