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- David Rodigan - Knight Of The Living Bassheads
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David Rodigan
Kiss 100 FM, London, UK
At 15, David Rodigan started DJing at school dances and youth clubs – and at 58, he doesn't show any signs of slowing down. Whether it’s collecting soundboy scalps on the clash circuit, juggling dubplates other selectors would sell their grandmas for, or edutaining entire generations of dancehall revellers worldwide with his legendary sets and speeches, the “Gentleman Rudeboy” is a true reggae rocker for life. Even when he started studying economics and drama, and went on to pursue a serious acting career in the ‘70s, Roddy always kept his passion for music alive as a record salesman and of course DJ. And when he finally obtained a resident slot on Capitol Radio in 1979, the fiyah was fully ignited: In the past 30 years, Rodigan has grown to become a true legend in the reggae world, a father figure for many an aspiring soundboy, and dreaded dominator in countless dubplate battles. To sing it in the words of legendary roots balladeer Horace Andy: Don’t think about Rodigan, he’s alright.
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When is this video going up? We have waited over a year!!!!!!
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Greetings RedbullAcademy, i don't know what you are hiding, why you don't put this video of David Rodigan, he teach me a lot through the 70ies and he's always been there through decades and decades, number one selector all around the world. If Rodigan says something you don't want to put out, than you are hiding history, you must be a fool, you can hide from the people , but you can't hide from Jah, so give thanks, one love Jah Rastafari
Ras Order
Hey Ras Order
We aren't hiding anything. Why would we? In fact, you can read everything he says in the Session Transcript above. The truth is that we haven't found a way to convert this quite old video into something that (a) looks at least half-decent on the new video player we've been using for the last year. Same goes for quite a few other sessions from the 2001 and 2002 Academies.
In the meantime, you can listen to Rodigan clashing Baby Lion Face from Addies here:
http://redbullmusicacademyradio.com/shows/2715/
Best,
Your RBMA Team