Tonight, continuing with our celebration of performers who are getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, let’s take a track-by-track look at the album that put inductee Jimmy Cliff (as well as mainstream reggae) into the minds and onto the turntables of America: the soundtrack to “The Harder They Come”.
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This was absolutely fantastic – never heard the album actually, but I will now!
How did you resist the Boney M version of "Rivers of Babylon" though? 🙂
And I wanted to mention the Annie Lennox version of "Many rivers to cross" from her "Idol Gives Back" live performance (from 2008 or 2009 I think). Maybe one for the extra show as it's a hair-standing-up on your neck performance, absolutely spellbinding.
There's an absolutely gorgeous version of Sitting In Limbo on The Jerry Garcia Collection, volume 2: Let It Rock, issued last year. Some really sweet guitar playing from Jerry and piano from Nicky Hopkins. The song part doesn't stray too far from the original, but the jams are really amazing. It runs a full 12 minutes, though, so probably not practical for Coverville.