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Lone Ranger is tagged as: reggae, dancehall, dub, studio one, rub-a-dub

Borrowing his stage name from the popular TV Western hero of the same name, the Lone Ranger was one of Jamaica’s most influential early dancehall DJs. He helped pioneer a newly rhythmic, on-the-beat rhyming style that led DJ toasting into the modern age, and punctuated his lyrics with bizarre exclamations and sound effects (“bim” and “ribbit” were his favorites) that made him perhaps the most imaginative stylist of his time. The Lone Ranger was born Anthony Waldron and spent a good portion of his childhood in the U.K., later moving to Kingston. He first recorded in tandem with Welton Irie at Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s famed Studio One, but soon went solo, toasting over the rhythm tracks of past Studio One hits from the rocksteady and roots reggae eras. He also became the top DJ for the Virgo Hi Fi Sound System, resulting in its being voted the top sound system in Jamaica in 1980. The Lone Ranger’s breakout hit was “Love Bump,” a Dodd-produced version of the rhythm from Slim Smith’s “Rougher Yet.” His signature song, however, was “Barnabas Collins,” an ode to the vampiric main character of the TV series Dark Shadows. Produced by Alvin “GG” Ranglin, “Barnabas Collins̶...
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Top 10 Lone Ranger Songs
The Answer
Love Bump
Barnabas Collins
M16
Screw Gone A North Coast
Natty dread on the go
Noah In The Ark
Where eagles dwell
Dub a natty dread
Dentist dub
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Top 10 Lone Ranger Albums
On the Other Side of Dub
Hi-Yo, Silver, Away!
M16
Badda Dan Dem
Rosemarie Meets D.J. Daddy
M-16
Top Of The Class
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