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Watty Burnett: "Off Reggae's Grid, Back on the Map" – Repeating Islands


Jed Lipinski (
The New York Times) tells the comeback story of Watty Burnett, a gifted singer who once recorded with Bob Marley.
He is best known as the baritone vocalist for the Congos, with whom he recorded “Heart of the Congos,” considered one of the greatest roots reggae albums. Mr. Burnett grew up in Port Antonio, Jamaica, and now lives in Dix Hills, NY, where many are not familiar with the singer’s renown in Europe. Here are excerpts with a link to the full story below:
Mr. Burnett a wiry, bespectacled man with thin dreadlocks and a white cloud of a beard is the baritone vocalist for the Congos, a group whose 1977 record “Heart of the Congos” is considered one of the greatest roots reggae albums of all time. But while his bandmates Cedric Myton and Roydel Johnson continue to live in Jamaica, Mr. Burnett, 63, has quietly resided in the affluent suburb of Dix Hills, N.Y., since 1980. [. . .] And he is now in the midst of a comeback of sorts. Last ye ....

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