Premium Only Content
Official Reggae History: Bongo Herman Exclusive Interview Live in Jamaica 🇯🇲 2024
Official Reggae History: Bongo Herman Exclusive Interview Live in Jamaica 🇯🇲 2024
Herman Davis better known as Bongo Herman, is a Jamaican hand-drummer, percussionist and singer who has had a successful career stretching back to the early 1960s.
Herman Davis was born on 16 September 1944, and grew up in the Trench Town area of Kingston. He began playing in the late 1950s, and in the 1960s performed on the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, and in Kingston's live music scene. In 1966 he performed at the visit to Jamaica of Haile Selassie.] Herman's recording career began in 1969. He recorded as a duo with Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont in the early 1970s for producer Derrick Harriott, having hits in Jamaica including "Know For I" in 1971. He moved on to record for Harry Mudie in the mid-1970s. In the 1970s and 1980s he was much in demand as a studio musician, recording with The Abyssinians (including kété drums on "Satta Masa Gana"), Jimmy Cliff, Prince Far I, the Congos, Culture, the Revolutionaries, Roots Radics, and Mikey Dread. He acted as percussionist for The Itals for several years.
He made an acting appearance in the 1978 film Rockers, of which he commented "Me was the first man in Jamaica to break-dance in a movie". He also features in the 2009 documentary Rock Steady the Roots of Reggae.
During the 1990s he continued to work with many of Jamaica's top stars including Beenie Man, Capleton (with whom he toured Europe in 2003/4), Sizzla, Lady Saw, and U-Roy, and in the 2000s recorded with Mutabaruka and Gyptian. The digital era proved no barrier, with Herman stating "Once yuh is a professional musician yuh will fit inna anything, even a steel band; yuh have various type a percussion fi play, yuh jus' have fi know how to mix it inna di rhythm."
His live performances often include the playing of a chamber pot and an enamel chimney.
Some highlights of his career are playing for Emperor Haile Selassie on his visit to Jamaica in 1966 and giving King Charles a one-on-one Nyabinghi drum tutorial when he was in the island in 2008.
❤️💛💚
Uk's Leading Broadcast Station for more Quality Vibes Subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
#BongoHermann #historyReggae #jamaica
Website: http://donsinclairreggaevibes.com/
Email: Donsinclairreggaevibes@gmail.com
Shop: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/don-sinclair-reggae-vibes-2
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DONSINCLAIR247?lang=en-gb
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Donsinclairreggaevibes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donsinclairreggaevibes/
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/Donsinclair39/
█▬█ █ ▀█▀ Subscribe, █▬█ █ ▀█▀ Like & Comment
-
LIVE
Redacted News
2 hours agoBREAKING! Election Machine Outages Hit Swing States, Men Voting in Record Numbers | Redacted Live
33,004 watching -
LIVE
Red Pill News
2 hours agoELECTION DAY 2024 - America’s Future Begins Now on Red Pill News Live
2,217 watching -
LIVE
Drew Hernandez
6 hours agoELECTION NIGHT 2024 COVERAGE
2,723 watching -
LIVE
John Burk
3 hours agoELECTION DAY COVERAGE LIVE!
2,347 watching -
LIVE
PudgeTV
1 hour ago🟡 Practical Pudge Ep 46 | Election Night Special | The State of the Election
1,091 watching -
LIVE
Matt Kim
2 hours agoElection Day Hangout
2,024 watching -
LIVE
TheDailyWire
4 hours agoElection Night 2024 with The Daily Wire
6,002 watching -
2:00:59
Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec
3 hours agoHUMAN EVENTS DAILY WITH JACK POSOBIEC
67.2K1 -
1:02:22
In The Litter Box w/ Jewels & Catturd
23 hours agoDEFEAT THE CHEAT: VOTE! | In the Litter Box w/ Jewels & Catturd – Ep. 684 – 11/5/2024
73.7K4 -
1:23:48
Awaken With JP
2 hours agoElection Day Special LIVE UPDATE - LIES ep 64
115K39