Peter Broggs
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Peter Broggs is a Jamaica
n reggae
musician. He is a successful artist in Jamaica and well-known in the international reggae scenes.
Around the beginning of the 1970s, he decided to move away from the country and find work in the city areas. There he found work, and found himself among reggae artists and musicians such as Gregory Isaacs
, Bingy Bunny, Errol Holt
and others who worked in the Jamaican music
industry at the time.
Peter Broggs sang and recorded sporadically during the 1970s, and his music was mostly about the Rastafari movement
. One song recorded at this time was "Jah Golden Throne", recorded at the Channel One Studios
and King Tubby
studios, and released in the UK on the short-lived Selena imprint in 1980.
Broggs suffered a stroke
on August 27, 2004, and this left him paralyzed on the right side and hardly able speak. The album Igzabihir Yakal was released in 2005; the album has been recorded with Dubcreator at the DC Studio for sound system team King Shiloh
in Amsterdam
in 2002 and the profit from this album went to help pay Broggs' medical bills.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
musician. He is a successful artist in Jamaica and well-known in the international reggae scenes.
Around the beginning of the 1970s, he decided to move away from the country and find work in the city areas. There he found work, and found himself among reggae artists and musicians such as Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Anthony Isaacs was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in the New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae". His nicknames include Cool Ruler and Lonely Lover....
, Bingy Bunny, Errol Holt
Errol Holt
Errol Holt , also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a Jamaican bass guitar player who was a member of The Morwells and the Roots Radics and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums.-Biography:...
and others who worked in the Jamaican music
Music of Jamaica
The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Jamaica's music culture is a fusion of elements from the United States , Africa, and neighboring Caribbean islands such as...
industry at the time.
Peter Broggs sang and recorded sporadically during the 1970s, and his music was mostly about the Rastafari movement
Rastafari movement
The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s in Jamaica, which at the time was a country with a predominantly Christian culture where 98% of the people were the black descendants of slaves. Its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia , as God...
. One song recorded at this time was "Jah Golden Throne", recorded at the Channel One Studios
Channel One Studios
Channel One is a recording studio in Maxfield Avenue, West Kingston, Jamaica. The studio was built by the Hoo Kim brothers in 1972, and has had a profound influence on the development of reggae music....
and King Tubby
King Tubby
King Tubby was a Jamaican electronics and sound engineer, known primarily for his influence on the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s...
studios, and released in the UK on the short-lived Selena imprint in 1980.
Broggs suffered a stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
on August 27, 2004, and this left him paralyzed on the right side and hardly able speak. The album Igzabihir Yakal was released in 2005; the album has been recorded with Dubcreator at the DC Studio for sound system team King Shiloh
King Shiloh
King Shiloh is a roots reggae soundsystem from the Netherlands. According to their profile, they were "founded [...] through the inspiration of Jah Rastafari".Their first album was released on Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia's birthday, July 23, 1997....
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
in 2002 and the profit from this album went to help pay Broggs' medical bills.
Discography
- Progressive Youth (1979)
- Rastafari Liveth (1981)
- Rise and Shine Album (1982)
- Cease the War (1984)
- Reasoning (1986)
- Reggae In Blues (1993)
- Peter Broggs Sings for the Children (1993)
- Rejoice (1997)
- Progressive Youth (Reissue) (1997)
- RAS Portraits: Peter Broggs (1997)
- Jah Golden Throne (2000)
- Jah Golden Throne Dubwise (2000)
- Never Forget Jah (2001)
- Igzabihir Yakal (2005)