Carl Finlay, 33-year-old Irishman is doing research....Opens book on Studio One and its fabled founder and producer, Clement “Coxson” Dodd

STUDIO 1

BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer  Thursday, December 28, 2017

FOR the next seven months, Carl Finlay will take a break from chilly Europe and hunker down in Jamaica. It won't be for the much warmer weather, however.

The 33-year-old Irishman is doing research for a book on the legendary Jamaican record label, Studio One, and its fabled founder and producer, Clement “Coxson” Dodd.

Musicologist Carl Finlay (right)
and veteran reggae singer
Freddie McGregor. 

“The history of Studio One has never been told in a comprehensive way, and I think that's a shame,” Finlay told the Jamaica Observer.

He and his Slovakian wife, Mima, recently arrived in Kingston and have done a number of interviews with individuals who recorded for Studio One and Dodd, who died in 2006 at age 72. To date, they have met with audio engineer Sylvan Morris; singers Lascelles Perkins, Freddie McGregor and Ken Boothe; and musician Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace.

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