One of the most under-appreciated reggae artists of his time, Beres Hammond was something of a throwback during his '90s heyday: a soulful crooner indebted to classic rocksteady and American R&B, one who preferred live instrumentation and wrote much of his own material. Hammond specialized in romantic lovers rock, but he also found time to delve into light dancehall, conscious roots reggae, hip-hop fusion, and straight-up contemporary R&B. He was born Hugh Beresford Hammond on August 28, 1955, in Annotto Bay, in the Jamaican province of St. Mary. Hammond grew up listening to his father's collection of American R&B (Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, etc.) and jazz, and also fell in love with native Jamaican music during the ska and rocksteady eras; his primary influence was Alton Ellis, and he also listened to the likes of Peter Tosh, the Heptones, and Ken Boothe.LINK1 LINK2
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Thank you, KC. Given the recent move toward reggae, I was actually getting ready to post some Beres Hammond here. In some ways, Beres Hammond is a magnificent and original classic soul singer disguised as a reggae artist. By chance, he is from Jamaica and therefore "reggae."
Thanks for these albums which are both fantastic. I agree with all of Preslives comments above and I would urge anyone who agrees to seek out Beres' recordings from the pre-digital era when he sang with the group Zap Pow especially the track This Is Reggae Music.
There're pretty confidence notable but will join in a fine Employment. https://imgur.com/a/mBYSi4i https://imgur.com/a/kbXnv2q https://imgur.com/a/xZclRvF https://imgur.com/a/EkM5fKl https://imgur.com/a/E3t8FGh https://imgur.com/a/7ots7aX https://imgur.com/a/c3JHYbN
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