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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:22 AM
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Sad day for ska fans......Desmond Dekker is dead.
Desmond Dekker - the man who rose to fame on Jamaica's airwaves with popular songs such as "The Israelites", "Intensified" and 007 - is dead.
The man who was christened Desmond Adolphus Dacres was born in July 16, 1941 died Thursday morning.

http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/4693.html


R.I.P. Desmond and thank you. Your music will live on.


John
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:24 AM
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1. Great breakthrough musician.
Godspeed, friend.
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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 08:22 PM
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2. One more ska kick! n/t
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 08:22 PM
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3. Wake up in the morning slavin' for breakfast.......
I loved that song as a kid......

RIP.....
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 08:26 PM
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4. I'll miss him. That's one of my favorite old songs.
Redstone
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 07:07 AM
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5. RIP
Isrealites has the best bass line......
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 07:23 AM
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6. ...


:( That's sad.
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 09:13 AM
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7. RIP & condolences to his family.
Thanks for leaving us your wonderful music.....
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:34 AM
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8. "the isrealites" plays during the closing credits of one of my
favorite movies starring Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, and William S. Burroughs called "Drugstore Cowboy". great song, great musician.
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