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malaise

(294,731 posts) Thu May 15, 2025, 05:22 PM May 2025

Reggae Rasta great Junior Byles has some words for

Donvict the Slobfather - Fade Away. Junior died this afternoon from prostate cancer - he was 76.

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Reggae Rasta great Junior Byles has some words for (Original Post) malaise May 2025 OP

... 2naSalit May 2025 #1

Those lyrics. That voice. senseandsensibility May 2025 #2

Junior had serious mental health issues malaise May 2025 #3

Sometimes that goes with genius senseandsensibility May 2025 #4

A lot of them malaise May 2025 #5

Just to add - They say Cindy was a true Curly Locks malaise May 2025 #6

2naSalit

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Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu May 15, 2025, 06:06 PM

May 2025

senseandsensibility

(24,579 posts)

2. Those lyrics. That voice.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu May 15, 2025, 06:11 PM

May 2025

They give me the chills. Why did a talent that great fade away so early? RIP, Junior Byles.

malaise

(294,731 posts)

3. Junior had serious mental health issues

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #2)

Thu May 15, 2025, 06:13 PM

May 2025

Loads of really good early hits but he suffered from severe depression.

senseandsensibility

(24,579 posts)

4. Sometimes that goes with genius

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Thu May 15, 2025, 06:17 PM

May 2025

unfortunately. Did he write his own songs? Those lyrics are amazing.

malaise

(294,731 posts)

5. A lot of them

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #4)

Thu May 15, 2025, 06:23 PM

May 2025

This one was a huge hit (and not just in JA) mostly for middle class young women who started dating Rastas😀😀😀

malaise

(294,731 posts)

6. Just to add - They say Cindy was a true Curly Locks

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #4)

Thu May 15, 2025, 06:50 PM

May 2025

Note this song was 74 - she won Miss World in 76

Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare (born October 24, 1954) is a Canadian-Jamaican jazz singer, musician and beauty queen. Breakspeare was crowned Miss World 1976. Breakspeare is the mother of reggae musician Damian Marley, a result of her affair with Bob Marley, who remained married to Rita Marley until his death.

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