The Dixie Queen, London.

Fri 26 Mar 2027Doors 12:15

LISF's Tribute to Derrick Harriott w/ The Chosen Few, Earl Sixteen & Marla Brown

The Dixie Queen · London

We were honoured to host the legendary Derrick Harriott on the Dixie Queen back in 2015 (his only UK show in the last 4 decades!) and saddened to hear of his passing earlier this year. It seems fitting to pay tribute to arguably the greatest producer/artists to come out of Jamaica, back on the Dixie Queen, with a line up of artists that recorded with him or had a deep connection to him, namely; - The Chosen Few The legendary vocal group, starring original founding member - Franklin Spence (aka AJ Franklin), cut so many classic soul drenched rocksteady hits with Derrick, including; Ebony Eyes, In The Rain, Shaft, Psychedelic Train, Have You Seen Her, Message From A Blackman, Do Your Thing, People Make The World Go Round, Everybody Plays The Fool, Am I Black Enough and Don’t Break Your Promise to name a few! - Earl Sixteen As well as the lead singer of Dreadzone - Earl Sixteen has of course recorded for many for the greatest Jamaican producers including; Lee Perry, Mikey Dread, Coxson Dodd, Augustus Pablo, Linval Thompson, Prince Jammy, Sly & Robbie and in the 1970’s… Derrick Harriott. Earl will be performing such his classic Harriott productions; Charmaine and Malcolm X, as we...

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