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Dillinger seems to be very well represented in most high street stores, consequently one has to be a bit choosy. CB200 contains much of his best efforts including the title track previously mentioned. I have to give special mention to the single Bellevue Patient documenting widespread attitudes toward the Kingston mental hospital where Don Drummond the legendary Ska trombonist was committed for a while. |
Dillinger
Few can confuse the enigmatic Dillinger with anybody else. Dreadlocks sticking out at all angles, with an insane grin plastered on his face, Dillinger's image ranks as the most manic amongst fellow deejays.
His choice of subject matter was pretty off the wall too, class A's, mental patients and Yamaha bikes. That is not to say his lyrics were trivial, 'Cocaine in my Brain' tackles the encroachment of the drug on Jamaican society, accompanying the wealthy white Americans who holidayed on the island. A topic which in retrospect is perhaps more poignant than any other.
On the lighter side Dillinger's CB200, a homage to his steed, that was a Yamaha motorbike, strikes the listener with the sheer absurdity of bringing the thing into the studio to record it - a gimmic that was repeated for a number of other tracks including the Alimantado collaboration 'Who Shot the Barber?'
In the years '75-'76 Dillinger was at his apogee, using the toughest Channel One rythms of the day. Both deejay and studio dictated the musical tastes of the day.