Gregory Isaacs R.I.P.

It seems I have reached that age where all my heroes are long gone, dead or forgotten.One of them, Gregory Isaacs, has died of lung cancer.

The wife and I saw the Cool Ruler once at The Lyceum on The Strand. We were standing next to a well known national newspaper music critic who was smoking the biggest spliff I have ever seen, except  for the one Mr Isaacs had  on stage. There was a large contingent of screaming girls who looked like they were going to pass out every time he looked at them. Gregory's performance was slick, he looked the part dressed in white suit and hat and he did all his hits.  The voice was rich and  powerful. Andrew Perry writing in the Telegraph says very accurately " In his prime, Isaacs had a voice which could have seduced a female statue into bed". Here

I played some of his songs - Night Nurse included- last night, just to as a way of marking his passing.

Another legend gone. R.I.P.