Lone Ranger

Borrowing his stage name from the favorite TV Western hero of the same name, the Lone Ranger was among Jamaica’s most influential early dancehall DJs. He helped pioneer a recently rhythmic, on-the-beat rhyming design that led DJ toasting in to the modern day, and punctuated his lyrics with bizarre exclamations and sound files (“bim” and “ribbit” had been his favorites) that produced him possibly the most imaginative stylist of his period. The Lone Ranger was created Anthony Waldron and spent an excellent part of his child years within the U.K., later on shifting to Kingston. He 1st documented in tandem with Welton Irie at Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s famous Studio room One, but quickly went single, toasting on the tempo songs of past Studio room One hits from your rocksteady and origins reggae eras. He also became the very best DJ for the Virgo Hi Fi AUDIO SYSTEM, leading to its becoming voted the very best audio system in Jamaica in 1980. The Lone Ranger’s breakout strike was “Like Bump,” a Dodd-produced edition of the tempo from Thin Smith’s “Rougher However.” His personal song, nevertheless, was “Barnabas Collins,” an ode towards the vampiric primary character of it series Dark Shadows. Made by Alvin “GG” Ranglin, “Barnabas Collins” was an enormous strike in 1980, topping graphs both in Jamaica as well as the U.K. An recording of the same name (aka Barnabas in Collins Solid wood) adopted on Ranglin’s label, and founded him among the best documenting DJs of that time period. Over the following 2 yrs, the Lone Ranger documented prolifically for Studio room One, issuing albums like On the other hand of Dub, Badda Dan Dem, and what many thought to be his most powerful LP, M-16. M-16 presented further hits within the name monitor, “Natty Burial,” and “Fist to Fist.” He also documented with other suppliers, including Route One’s Winston Riley (1981’s Rosemarie) and himself, in tandem with Clive Jarrett (1982’s Hi there Yo Silver Aside). Using the ascent of Yellowman as well as the documenting debuts of additional prominent early DJs (Brigadier Jerry, Josey Wales, Charlie Chaplin, etc.), the Lone Ranger present his reputation challenged; he also discovered a few of his personal gimmicks appropriated by imitators. After his preliminary burst of activity, his speed had slowed significantly with the middle-’80s. He cut another record, DJ Daddy, for Winston Riley in 1984, and implemented it with Figure out how to Drive, a low-profile record for Bebo Phillips’ label, in 1985. He eventually lowered out of view.