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Sir Lord Comic

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on July 1, 2007 at 8:19:17 pm
 

Sir Lord Comic was one of the earliest deejays and is considered a real pioneer of the genre. He started out as a regular dancer, a street dancer, in those days also called a »legs man«. Sir Lord Comic used to follow the sound Admiral Deans out from Maxwell Avenue. It was Count Machouki from Sir Coxsone's Downbeat that inspired him to become a deejay. He started following the selector Willy Penny closely and would occasionally play records when Willy Penny desired to dance. The Christmas of 1959 Willy Penny had drunk too much and the boss of the sound, Mr Dean asked Sir Lord Comic if he could manage it. He said yes and enthused he went to Spanish Town Road to borrow a mike from a man called Nat King Prof. Nat King Prof lent him a Grampian mike.

Well the 26th of December 1959, believe you me, it was from that time. I put on a record by Len Hope called, »Hop, Skip and Jump« when the tune started into about the fourth groove I says »BREAKS!« (laughs) when I say »breaks« I have all eyes at the amplifier, y'know. And I says »You love the life you live, and you live the life you love. This is Lord Comic,« That night was exciting, very exciting.

Quote from Reggae - Deep Roots Music by Howard Johnson & Jim Pines

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