{"id":6659,"date":"2015-08-02T20:51:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T03:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2015-08-14T20:55:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T03:55:30","slug":"ernest-ranglin-rips-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/02\/ernest-ranglin-rips-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Ranglin Rips It Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Seattle Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Reggae giant Ernest Ranglin plays rare Seattle gig | Concert review<\/h1>\n

By Charles R. Cross<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ernest<\/p>\n

Guitarist Ernest Ranglin, one of the founders of ska and reggae guitar style, gave a rare performance in Seattle Saturday, Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

If ever there was a \u201conce in a blue moon\u201d concert, it was Saturday night\u2019s show at Nectar by Jamaican guitar legend Ernest Ranglin. The club billed the night as Ranglin\u2019s first Seattle appearance, but backstage, the guitarist said he thought he may have played here before \u2014 perhaps with a jazz band, perhaps as a reggae artist, or maybe with a world music band.<\/p>\n

If, at 83, Ranglin\u2019s memory is a bit hazy, that can be forgiven considering his lengthy, multi-phased career. In an informal interview, he talked about his first records in the fifties, and his own influences, which included jazz great Charlie Christian.<\/p>\n

But when Ranglin came onstage, his musical memory was flawless. Over the course of a 90-minute set with Avila, he put on a clinic that touched on jazz, ska and, most certainly, reggae guitar.<\/p>\n

Though he\u2019s modest, Ranglin was one of the inventors of reggae and played with Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. Saturday he skipped their repertoire, and stuck to reggae classics like \u201cSatta Masa Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n

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