
Renegade Productions presents Collie Buddz on Monday, November 17 at Miners
Foundry, Nevada City, CA at 8:00. The show starts with opening band: Rise of
the Revolution. Tickets are $20 advance tickets and are available at Miners
Foundry and online at www.renegadeshows.com or by calling 530-583-2801.
Monday, November 17
COLLIE BUDDZ
Also Rise of the Revolution
Miners Foundry, Nevada City, CA
Doors 7:30/Show 8pm
$20/$25 dos
all ages
Born in New Orleans, raised on the isle of Bermuda with intermittent stays
in urban Toronto, Colin Harper is not an easy youth to pin down
geographically. His musical alter ego Collie Buddz however, is one of the
most firmly grounded voices you may ever encounter. Incorporating influences
from hip-hop to soca, Collies music nevertheless has a rock-solid
foundation in reggae – and its power to connect ghetto reality with the
highest heights of human aspiration – that is a rarity even in Jamaica.
Born in 1981, at the dawn of the turbulent era signaled by the twin omens of
Bob Marleys passing and Ronald Reagans election, Collie was immersed in
the sound system culture of Bermuda aka The Rock since the age of 6. I
used to come home from primary school and my brother would always be on the
turntables, playin his new 45’s an’ I’d just be there vibesin’. The
evolution of dancehall and sound-clash culture into a movement of its own
in the late 80s and early 90s set the backdrop for young Collies discovery
of his own sonic identity, and the dancehall kings of that generation – Buju
Banton, Bounty Killer and Beenie Man served as his primary influences. Back
when Beenie and Bounty used to war lyrically, seeing clashes wit
Kilimanjaro an all the sound-man an everyting
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