Chronixx Behind The Scene on the Tenement Yard Reggae Remake
Jacob Miller Lives Forever
Grammy winning, Bad Boys of Reggae, Inner Circle team up with Reggae Revival’s superstar Chronixx for the anticipated music video “Tenement Yard (News Carrying Dread).”
“Dreadlocks can’t live in a tenement yard ~ too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su”
In Jamaica, a tenement yard is a shanty town or Jamaican ghetto. The lyrics explain why Rasta need more freedom from people watching their every move and chatting their business.
Jacob Miller and Inner Circle originally recorded this big classic tune ‘Tenement Yard’ in 1976.
Reggae Instrumental ‘Tenement Yard Riddim’
Jacob Miller was the lead vocalist for Inner Circle, and the band flourished with Miller‘s humorous antics and vocals. Tragically, Miller met in an untimely car accident in 1980 which took his life. Inner Circle and Chronixx pay tribute to the late, great Jacob ‘killer’ Miller with the release of the music video “Tenement Yard.”
It is the latest collaboration by the band and a new-wave reggae artiste. Inner Circle, formed in 1968, recently did songs with deejay I-Octane and singjay Khago. Roger Lewis, Inner Circle‘s co-founder and guitar player, says working with contemporary reggae acts is their way of reaching out to a new generation.
Recorded at the Channel One studio, the original Tenement Yard featured Roger Lewis on guitar, his brother Ian on bass and Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith on guitar and drummer Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace.
Tenement Yard was among a number of hit songs the burly Miller recorded with Inner Circle. He was still their frontman at the time of his death, at age 27, in an auto accident in 1980.
Inner Circle‘s success is also attributed to the broadening of their professional skills, creating a complex called ‘Circle House.’
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Circle House Studios is one of the most prominent recording studios.
Inner Circle has toured all points of the globe and 2015 promises to be a stellar year for the group. Early next year they head to the Philippines and Jamaica. “Bad Boys” became a household word a with the major success of the television program ‘Cops,’ and the success of the group has skyrocketed and still moving up.
Young producers such as Don Corleon, Stephen ‘di genius’ Mcgregor & Supa Dups have embraced Circle Village, bridging the generation gap in reggae and creating a vibrant atmosphere.
Chronixx is a young Jamaican artiste who has recently acquired international attention and success. He is considered one of the top Reggae Revival artistes that is the future of reggae music. His intellectual and lyrically potent issues are relevant to the return of the heights of reggae. To know more about Chonixx and his music please click here.
