Wycliffe ‘Steely’ Johnson of Steely & Clevie RIP

Put this on the Rolling Dancehall thread, but no one noticed.:-(

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090902/ent/ent1.html

Awesome awesome producer.

very sad. i'm off to look out "drum pan sound" right now.

damn. saw the roots radics open for the itals back ~1986. S & C were great,too.
RIP

nooooooo

decent interview here w/ both of them
http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/video-archive/lectures/steely_and_clevie__easy_snappin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JIaG4ceYAo

weren't they the guys in jammy's studio that actually built sleng teng? i can't remember

They were. They were the players on like all the early Jammy hits (and most 90s riddims by everyone.)

between that and the roots radics/junjo stuff, damn

Dudes were amazing. Maybe even >>> than Sly & Robbie.

mud up
punaany
boops
father jungle rock
agony

kinda sux that jammy gets most of the credit but i guess that's life as a studio musician

Still did plenty of A+ stuff under their own names.

Street Sweeper
Bitter Blood
Poco Man Jam
Sleepy Dog
That awesome Studio One re-lick album and the slightly less awesome, but still great Joe Gibbs one too.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/22/can-you-copyright-a-rhythm-inside-the-reggaeton-lawsuit-that-could-shake-the-pop-world

Now, more than 30 years after Fish Market was released, Steely & Clevie Productions is suing three of reggaeton’s most celebrated hitmakers – El Chombo, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee – for what they characterise as unlawful interpolation of Fish Market’s rhythm (or “riddim”), and are seeking the credit – and royalties – they say they deserved from the start.

I've wondered if this would ever happen

likewise. will be very interesting to see how this pans out.

There's no way it will, imo.