Keith & Tex - Gun Life - LP

Sello: Liquidator · Many reggae music historians feel that the rocksteady period of Jamaican music only lasted for a brief period of time from the years 1966 to about 1968. Clearly, they have not been in tune with what the legendary rocksteady duo of Keith & Tex have been up to in this modern era of reggae music. Since reuniting in the late 1990's, Keith & Tex have released five albums of original material grounded in the solid foundation of the sound called rocksteady, with their newest album, `Gun Life', being number six, following that same traditional path.'Gun Life' is another collaboration with the highly regarded and proficient producer from Spain, Roberto Sanchez, and his Lone Ark Riddim Force. The band backs Keith & Tex with authentic, bubbly, driving rocksteady riddims freshly created for this project. The music carries the gamut of universal topics of life such as the trials and tribulations of love with songs like 'She's Gone' and 'Gave You My Heart.' The track 'Give Me One Reason,' where Babylon has taken the resources of Africa under false pretenses -- 'Give me one good reason to trust you...the good book in one hand and a weapon in the other'-- is an example of a song that gives a common theme a new twist.