Tuesday, March 27, 2007

The Cougars "I Wish It Would Rain"


Another excellent reggae cover!
Taking musical cues from The Band and Count Ossie, this previously unreleased 45 version of The Temptations “I Wish It Would Rain” is the personification of the Jamaica To Toronto sound, combining the Yonge Street strip’s gutbucket R&B with the Nyabinghi-feel of the Rastafarians. Less than a half-dozen originals were ever pressed of this two-sider monster. Rare doesn’t even begin to describe...

1 comment:

PageOne said...

This is GRRRRRRRRRReat!