V1 Is It Rolling Bob? A Reggae: Various (Tribute): Amazon.ca: Music

1. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Apple Gabriel

2. Maggie's Farm - Toots Hibbert

3. Just Like A Woman - Beres Hammond

4. Lay, Lady, Lay - The Mighty Diamonds

5. Gotta Serve Somebody - Nasio

6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Luciano

7. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carrol - Michael Rose

8. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Sizzla

9. Mr. Tambourine Man - Gregory Isaacs

10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - JC Lodge

11. One Too Many Mornings - Abijah

12. Blowin' In The Wind - Don Carlos

13. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Billy Mystic

14. I And I (Reggae Remix) - Bob Dylan

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5.0 out of 5 stars Yes Bob.....it's rolling....nice and easy., April 21 2008

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Once again, soulful reggae artists have managed to add a wonderful flavour to a popular musical icon. Some of Jamaica's best, have done an excellent job at recreating Bob Dylan's hits, with the contagious energy and melody of a reggae rhythm. Wish I had two extra hands to give four thumbs up!

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Stars: GREAT STUFF: Not a Novelty (as I expected), May 31 2006

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B. Keith (Windsor, Ontario) - See all my reviews
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Indeed, "Reggae Has Soul", far beyond the rhythms and "rasta" presentation!

What I expected was a novelty -- combining two of my loves, reggae and Bob Dylan (yeah, I am a Canadian white guy) -- but what I got was a very good, and sometimes excellent disc (e.g., Toots interpretation is a treasure, as is Bob's remix -- with his rare permission!). The social consciousness and soulfulness of much of reggae meshes suprisingly well with Dylan's songs...

Great stuff! Not at all a "novelty".

Cheers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bob meets Bob, Aug 10 2004

By A. B Hawley "cowboyal" - Published on Amazon.com

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Jah is within I! Are you kidding me? A disc that combines my love of Bob Dylan's music with my love of reggae?! Lovefest. And just when it couldn't get any better, the second disc is version/dub! A lot of great reggae artist pitch in on this disc (Toots, Isaacs, Black Uhuru, Hammond) and do a great job. A bought this disc almost as a "novelty," but that really underrates it - it's a seriously good vibration. Enjoy!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Yes, It Is Rolling, Mon, Sep 29 2004

By Larry White - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: V1 Is It Rolling Bob? A Reggae (Audio CD)

This is yet another contradiction to our earlier assertion (in other places on this site) that tribute albums, as a rule, suck (we are flip-flopping once again). This is, in fact, another terrific one. Of course, in choosing to pay tribute to the greatest songwriter of our time, producer Dr. Dread has pretty much guaranteed the quality of the material. All that's left, then, is the quality of the performances and these are, at their worst, solid and, at their best (and we're thinking of the bitingly soulful version of Maggie's Farm by Toots Hibbert), transcendant. Although we were not familiar with more than half the reggae artists who perform on this cd, we probably should be. The vocal prowess of these performers is consistently amazing. Evidently,there are an awful lot of soul men in Jamaica, mon. It is also apparent how adaptable Dylan's music is to the spirit and rhythms of reggae. The song choices from Dylan's seemingly infinite catalogue are, for the most part, those one might expect to be performed by such artists-the popular (The Times They Are A-Changing, Just Like a Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man) and the spiritual (Gotta Serve Somebody, Knockin' on Heaven's Door). However, it is those choices that veer the farthest from the predictable we've most enjoyed. The same studio musicians (including reggae stalwarts Sly Dunbar and Earl `Chinna' Smith) were employed on most of the tracks, thus providing a coherence that tribute albums generally lack. However, that also results in a certain sameness to the arrangements, which detracts slightly from the music's kick. Once again, it is those songs that deviate from the relaxed reggae groove which have appealed to us most. The album concludes with Dylan himself and an all star band performing an electrifying remix of his own `I and I'-a perfect capper to an excellent cd.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sure sounded like a good idea..., April 22 2007

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Bob Dylan's work has been adapted to all kinds of musical styles, and you'd think reggae would be a perfect fit, since, like Dylan, it often fuses of the spiritual and the political and both Dylan and many reggae artists have a fondness for lush but not gooey romantic ballads (No Woman No Cry etc).

But this CD really doesn't work for me. I like my reggae rootsy (as far as I'm concerned, Lee Perry is God, or I guess Jah), and this sounds like slick, soulless beer commercial reggae, the kind of thing you'd probably hear at a resort pool party. Producer Doctor Dread has a very unfortunate fondness for smooth jazz sax, cocktail lounge guitar and sacharine flutes. It's all very professional, yes. These are some of the top studio musicians in Jamaica (Sly, Chinna) and they hit all the right notes. But they're just picking up a paycheck. After this session it sounds like they could well have laid down some tracks for a Jamaican Tourist Board spot.

Some of it is okay. Toots is always great, Apple Gabriel has a wonderful molasses-and-ganja voice, Michael Rose makes an interesting choice in The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol and Sizzla turns Subterannean Homesick Blues into a dancehall song, which works surprisingly well (and I don't like dancehall). The cover of Gotta Serve Somebody is pretty good too, partly because it was recorded separately from the rest of the CD so the backing music isn't so cold and efficient. You should probably just cherry-pick these from iTunes.

But even many of the good performances are sabotaged by that awful by-the-numbers studio sound.

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