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June 11, 2006
Desmond Dekker
Most of the staff here just loved that great song 'The Israelites', written by Mr. Desmond Dekker.
Mr. Dekker died receintly in London.
As a child in Fort Worth, Texas during the hot and sunny summer of 1969, one staffer in particular was inspired by Mr. Dekker's celebration of people who woke up every morning and had the same thing for breakfast "so that ev-very-mouth-can-be-fed."
We should take our nobility where we find it.
Have a listen: The Israelites - Desmond Dekker and the Aces.mp3
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 27 May, 2006; p A11; 'Desmond Dekker: 1941-2006 - Reggae singer introduced Jamaican music to the world
Posted by williamfrick at June 11, 2006 9:54 AM