Count Lasher

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Hooligans 02:43 Tools
The Weed (AKA Man Pyabba) 02:58 Tools
Bam Bam 03:11 Tools
'Mufridite 02:54 Tools
Calypso Cha Cha 03:00 Tools
Talking Parrot 02:47 Tools
Doctor 03:12 Tools
Jump Independently 02:49 Tools
Island Gal Sally 03:11 Tools
Perseverance 02:30 Tools
The Weed (Man Pyabba) 02:49 Tools
The Weed 03:00 Tools
Hooligans - Original 02:45 Tools
Calabash 02:47 Tools
Mufridite 02:55 Tools
Jump Independently - Original 02:49 Tools
Mango Time 02:53 Tools
Calypso Cha Cha Cha 02:50 Tools
Miss Constance 02:44 Tools
The Ole Man's Drive 03:09 Tools
Sam Fi Man 03:06 Tools
The Weed - Original 02:58 Tools
Old Man's Drive 02:47 Tools
Clean Face Rasta 03:09 Tools
Time to sow 02:52 Tools
Maintenance 03:15 Tools
Slide Mongoose 02:50 Tools
Old Man's Drive - Original 02:46 Tools
Cinemascope 02:51 Tools
Water The Garden 02:51 Tools
Slide Mongoose - N/A 02:51 Tools
Dalvey Gal-Parson 02:57 Tools
Sky Moongoose 02:48 Tools
Talking Parrot - N/A 02:57 Tools
Font Hill Duppy 03:00 Tools
Breadfruit Season 03:06 Tools
Winnie the Whip 03:06 Tools
Sly Mongoose 02:58 Tools
Hooligans - Count Lasher 02:43 Tools
Ring Ding '67 02:43 Tools
Count Lasher - Calypso Cha Cha Cha 03:06 Tools
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Count Lasher (Terence Parkins) was most likely Mento's greatest single talent. He was one of mento's very best vocalists (along with Harold Richardson) and one of its very best writers (along with Everard Williams). Lasher was equally at home recording in the rural and urban mento styles, just as he was recording original compositions as well as old Jamaican mento/folk songs. He was Jamaica's biggest golden age mento star, full of talent and charisma. His popularity was only rivaled by the cross-over fame of Lord Flea. Lasher was also one of mento's most prolific artists, recording at least 50 tracks right through the first part of the 1970s, by which time he had moved from various mento sounds to a brief dalliance with ska and then into reggae.   For all the many singles he recorded, Lasher has never released a CD or LP. And although a handful of his tracks are available today, considering his stature, Count Lasher may be the single most neglected artist in the history of Jamaican recorded music. Count Lasher died in 1977 at the age of 51. from www.mentomusic.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.