Live
At Montreux
Dennis Brown
1979
Magnum Music Group / MMG Video MMGV 001
[originally released on Joe Gibbs Record Globe (JA), Joe Gibbs Music (USA)
and Lightning (UK)]
Dennis Brown – vocals Lloyd Parkes – bass Frankie “Bubbler”
Waul – keyboards
Winston Bowell – rhythm guitar Lloyd Kerr – trombone Devon
Richards – drums
Ruddy Thomas – percussion Ronald Robinson – trombone Junior
Chin – trumpet
Dean Fraser – sax Earl “China” Smith – lead
guitar
Video Sleeve notes by Nigel
Molden
Dennis Emmanuel Brown belongs to
that little elite band of reggae artists who have succeeded in achieving
a true international stardom. Often hailed today as ”Bob Marley’s
favourite singer” Dennis Brown has managed not only to achieve elusive
chart success with “Money In My Pocket” but has also regularly
performed in the United Kingdom and Europe.
This video cassette captures the artist at the peak of his performing
ability during his considerable run of chart successes in 1979. He performed
with the outstanding “We The People Band” made up of the cream
of the Jamaican session world. The tour was fraught with problems not
least of which was the enormous financial burden on promoter and record
company alike caused by the overheads involved in moving more than a dozen
people throughout Europe and is probably best illustrated by the fact
that every one of the musicians missed their flight from Kingston!
In the midst of this chaos the tranquillity of Montreux and its superb
annual festival was a welcome relief and became a special moment as these
recordings clearly show. Dennis played two shows that night sharing the
bill with Peter Tosh and it was only too clear that Dennis Brown had arrived
in the minds of the European audiences. The second show continued way
into the night and ended with both artists and their musicians on stage
together. This video cassette has captured those concerts and as such
is a classic not only for reggae fans but for all contemporary audiences.
The companion album to this Video cassette is on the Blue
Moon label entitled
“Dennis Brown Live At Montreux” (BMLP 1016)
All subsequent DVD releases are identical to the original video release.
