In 1977, immediately prior to his adventures with The Congos, Scratch produced a solo single for Burnett, a cover of Brook Benton's 'Rainy Night in Georgia', re-titled 'Rainy Night in Portland'. Remarkably, the masterful 'Open the Gate' was originally hidden away on the flipside of that tune, only gaining a full issue in its own right in 1980.
After many years of providing backing vocals for such heavyweights as Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley and participating in a number of Congos reunions, Watty Burnett finally released his debut solo album 'To Hell and Back' in 2002.
Have good weekend.
Previously on Saturday Scratch.
3 comments:
Really great. Where else is that rhythm track used? I know I've encountered it a few times but can't place it right now. As for The Congos, they made one od the best albums of all time.
I've not been able to turn up any variants of this rhythm SB, so if you can recollect any, I'd be very interested to check 'em out.
Hard to believe this was a B side...Congos rule!
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