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When the "Father of Reggae" meets the star of cult movie The Harder They Come, the result can only be a funkin' good time.

Casual reggae listeners might be aware of Jimmy Cliff because of his hit song, You Can Get It If You Really Want (though Desmond Dekker made it a bigger hit), and the much-covered Many Rivers To Cross. But they might not be familiar with Joe Higgs.

Jimmy Cliff calls Joe Higgs, the "Father of Reggae." According to Higgs' website (www.joehiggs.com), Higgs was hugely influential in the birth of ska, rock steady and reggae forms of Jamaican music, and was widely respected as a composer, arranger, and performer, but perhaps most of all as a teacher. Among those he tutored were Bob Marley, Derrick Harriott, Peter Tosh, Bob Andy, The Wailing Souls and Bunny Wailer.

But Higgs really caught the public's attention in the early to mid-'70s when he toured with Jimmy Cliff. At that time, Cliff was hot off the success of the movie and soundtrack, The Harder They Come (1972). For this 1975 concert in Ann Arbor, Cliff continued to perform a number of tracks from the movie.

Thanks to rasaaronzion for sharing this very good audience recording on the Dime site.

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	Disc I
Track 01	Band - Drum Song (7.0MB)
Track 02	Joe Higgs - Rivers Of Babylon (2.3MB)
Track 03	Joe Higgs - Johnny Too Bad (5.1MB)
Track 04	Jimmy Cliff - Intro - Harder They Come Tease - Fundemental Reggae (5.3MB)
Track 05	Jimmy Cliff- [untitled] (4.7MB)
Track 06	Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want (5.5MB)
Track 07	Jimmy Cliff - Sitting In Limbo (7.8MB)
Track 08	Jimmy Cliff - Dear Mother (6.5MB)
Track 09	Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross (12.1MB)
Track 10	Jimmy Cliff - Going Mad (4.1MB)
	Disc II
Track 11	Jimmy Cliff - Follow Mine Mind (4.5MB)
Track 12	Jimmy Cliff & Joe Higgs - The world Is Upside Down? (6.0MB)
Track 13	Jimmy Cliff & Joe Higgs - Spring? (6.8MB)
Track 14	Jimmy Cliff - Suffering (4.8MB)
Track 15	Jimmy Cliff - Under The Sun Moon And Stars (8.7MB)
Track 16	Jimmy Cliff - Who Feels It KNows It (13.0MB)
Track 17	Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (4.1MB)
Track 18	Jimmy Cliff & Joe Higgs - No Woman No Cry (6.9MB)
Track 19	Jimmy Cliff - Give A Little Take A Little (8.2MB)

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