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MADOO - SISTER SUE (Haris Pilton version)

from SISTER SUE EP by HARIS PILTON by HARIS PILTON

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Osbert Madoo (a.k.a Maddo, the Bionic Singer, Papa Madoo)

One evening, in '77, his friends Michael and Scarley decided that they should stop by the sound Stereophonic to meet their friend Donovan who was working with the sound. While there Madoos friend Scarley dared the deejay Welton Irie to give Madoo the microphone. The singer then sung a few songs (such as Skylarking by Horace Andy - Madoos favourite singer and also the one he based his singing style on). He was then asked to perform the following weekend and he was soon a resident singer on the sound.

Welton later left the sound for Gemini Disco. It was the Madoo and Colonel Flux who covered the dances until General Echo joined. When General Echo joined the sound he and Madoo sparred together greatly and became a major attraction for the crowd.

Joe Gibbs who heard Madoo on some sound tapes decided he wanted to recorded the singer who claimed he was singing in a dancehall style, since his lyrics both could be chatted and sung. At Joe Gibbs he met Errol Thompson who was already familiar with the singer since Madoo had sung on a lot of amateur shows with the We The People Band who was the recording band. When at Gibbs the decided to record Madoo in the middle of a Dennis Brown session. He recorded the songs »Jamming So«, »Joe Grine« and »Landlord«.

At this time Madoos was singing for both Stereophonic and Virgo - the former a down town disco and the latter an up town.

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from SISTER SUE EP by HARIS PILTON, released July 18, 2023

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