MUSIC LIKE DIRT – MAY 4, 2025

Skatalites and Friends

Air Date: 05.04.25 10AM CST

1964-1965: The Skatalites came on the scene and shaped Jamaican Music forever. Tommy McCook, Rolando Alphonso, Lloyd Brevett, Lloyd Knibb, Don Drummond, Jah Jerry Haynes, Jackie Mittoo, Johnny Moore, and Jackie Opel. Later to be joined by Doreen Shaffer and countless other musicians, today we’ll be checking out some Skatalites tunes, and the musicians that helped create the sound of Ska.

• Freedom Sounds – The Skatalites
• Push Wood – Jackie Opel
• Turn Your Lamp Down Low – Jackie Opel
• You’re So Delightful – The Skatalites
• Ram Jam – Jackie Mittoo
• Ghetto Organ – Jackie Mittoo
• Killer Diller – The Skatalites
• Don Cosmic – Don Drummond
• Cool Smoke – Don Drummond
• Sudden Destruction – Johnny “Dizzy” Moore
• Last Flight to Reggae City – Tommy McCook & Stranger Cole
• The Saint – Tommy McCook
• If It Don’t Work Out – Doreen Shaffer
• Dr. Ring Ding – Roland Alphonso
• Tear Up – Roland Alphonso
• Stranger for Durango – Roland Alphonso
• Flowers for Albert – The Skatalites
• Turn It Down – Dr. Ring-Ding & the Senior Allstars feat. Doreen Shaffer