Dry & Heavy
Dry & Heavy is a Japanese dub and Japanese reggae band, formed in 1991 by drummer Shigemoto Nanao (Dry) and bass player Takeshi Akimoto (Heavy). Their names come from the Burning Spear album of the same name. The line-up which recorded the album Dry & Heavy came together in 1995, with Naoki Uchida on dub controls, Mitsuhiro Toike on keyboards, Kei Horiguchi on guitar, and the vocal duo of Likkle Mai and Ao Inoue.
They were influenced by the 1970s Jamaican dub sound of King Tubby, Lee Perry and others.
In 2001, during Fuji Rock (Japan's largest music festival) founding member Takeshi Akimoto (Heavy) announced he was leaving the group, Audio Active's current bassist Pata, stepped in to fill the void. Takeshi Akimoto was the former bassist for Audio Active, and Shigemoto Nanao the former drummer of the same band.
As well as appearances at every major Japanese rock and reggae music festival, the band have enjoyed success with their own headline dates in the United Kingdom, France and Switzerland. Concert dates include the Reading and the Hanover based Womad Festivals, and guest appearances in Germany with Asian Dub Foundation and Buju Banton. They also played in Hong Kong with Primal Scream and Adrian Sherwood, and created their own Japanese dubfest, Echomaniacs. This has featured Adrian Sherwood, Andrew Weatherall, Dennis Bovell and 3 Head, and Dry & Heavy have played in concert with Lee Perry, Horace Andy, Jah Shaka and Mad Professor.
Dry & Heavy (album)
Dry & Heavy is an album by reggae artist Burning Spear. It was released in 1977 on Island Records.
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by Burning Spear
Dry & Heavy
by: Burning SpearTHE WOOD DRY BUT IT STILL HEAVY THE WOOD DRY BUT IT STILL
HEAVY SO DRY,BONE DRY
IT WAS MORE DAN ONE AN TWO AN TREE AN FOUR AN FIVE AN SIX
OF US WENT TO THE WOOD BUSH I MAN FORGOT I AXE I SAID LEN
MI YUH AXE--WILL YOU LEN IT TO ME LEN MI YUH AXE--LEN MI
YUH AXE LEN MI YUH AXE
I KNOW AND MY MOTHER KNOW WE GOTS TO RUN AROUND AND PLAY
SOME KIND OF GAME NOW I COME I SAY HELP ME DOWN--WILL
SOMEONE HELP ME DOWN--DIS WOOD DRY BUT IT HEAVY HELP ME
DOWN--GIVE I A HELPING HAND HELP ME DOWN--HELP ME DOWN
SOME HAVE A IRON ELECTRIC IRON SOME HAVE A IRON,WOOD
FIYAH IRON ANYWAY,WARMUP YUH IRON PRESS UP DI UNIFORM
DEM,KHAAKI PANTS AND SHIRT INVOLVE MONDAY MAWNING COMING
SING IT SCHOOL DAYS,SCHOOL DAYS
PLEASE OBEY HEAR WHAT YOUR MOTHER SAY DIS IS -DIS IS- DIS
IS- DIS IS SCHOOL DAYS,SCHOOL DAYS THE WOOD DRY BUT IT
STILL HEAVY THE WOOD DRY BUT IT STILL HEAVY BONE DRY-BUT
IT STILL HEAVY SO DRY,BUT IT STILL HEAVY WELL DRY-BUT IT
STILL HEAVY DRYAH DAN DRY-BUT IT STILL HEAVY
THE WOOD DRY BUT IT STILL HEAVY THE WOOD DRY BUT IT STILL
HEAVY YEEAAAAAAAHHH IT WAS MORE DAN 1 AN 2 AN 3 AN 4 AN 5