Big Mountain
Much like UB40, American reggae band Big Mountain brought a very commercialized version of Jamaican music to the American mainstream when their cover of Peter Frampton's "Baby, I Love Your Way" reached the Top Ten in early 1994. To the band's credit, though, its three albums contain reggae roots music combined with only several R&B-ish covers, and the lineup includes two Jamaicans with excellent credentials: rhythm guitarist Tony Chin and drummer Santa Davis -- both of whom played with Peter Tosh's band and the Soul Syndicate.
Big Mountain were originally formed in San Diego as the Rainbow Warriors. After several years of dizzying lineup changes and two name changes -- first to Shiloh and finally to Big Mountain -- the group settled around vocalist/guitarist Quino, with rhythm guitarist Jerome Cruz, drummers Gregory Blakney and Lance Rhodes, keyboard player Manfred Reinke, and bassist Lynn Copeland. That lineup released Wake Up on the Quality label in 1992 and charted "Touch My Light" early the following year. The single reached number 51 in America, but only one year later Big Mountain began to experiment with several different guitarists. After several changes, Tony Chin became available and joined Quino and Copeland with new additions Santa Davis, James McWhinney (percussion), and keyboard players Billy Stoll and Michael Hyde. During sessions for their second album, movie producer Ron Fair approached Big Mountain about recording a cover of "Baby, I Love Your Way" for his upcoming movie Reality Bites. Included on the soundtrack and the group's 1994 Unity album, the single reached number six in the U.S. and became a worldwide hit.
Despite Big Mountain's success on the commercial pop charts, most of the reggae community remained faithful to the band; the group headlined two consecutive Reggae Sunsplash festivals in Jamaica during massive world tours that crisscrossed Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Indonesia. Third album Resistance was released in 1995, followed two years later by Free Up.
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Angelina
Dance - Released by Euro Tec Music Group on 24 feb. 2020
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Hear That Sound (Dub Mix)
Big Mountain, Adrian Donsome Hanson
Dub - Released by Donsome Records LLC on 4 feb. 2022
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You Got Me up Dancing
Reggae - Released by UNIMUSIK on 16 dec. 2022
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Get Together (Radio Mix) [feat. Quino]
Reggae - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 28 feb. 2020
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Alta Actitud
Golden Ganga, Big Mountain, Quique Neira
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Golden Ganga on 22 jul. 2022
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Touch My Light (feat. Quino)
Pop - Released by Euro Tec Music Group on 9 okt. 2020
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Baby, I Love Your Way
Wereldmuziek - Released by Universal Music Mexico on 18 apr. 1994
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Rastaman (Rototom Sunsplash) [Live]
Reggae - Released by E=mc2 on 28 jan. 2019
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24 Hours Irresponsible
Big Mountain, Shibani Kashyap, Style Bhai
Pop - Released by United Nations Music Group on 25 apr. 2017
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Vande Mataram
Originele soundtracks - Released by White Sage Music on 8 apr. 2024
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Vande Mataram
Indiase muziek - Released by White Sage Music on 1 mrt. 2024
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Angelina
Ska en Rocksteady - Released by Euro Tec Music Group on 27 okt. 2019
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Love So Strong
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Urban Pop I on 5 apr. 2019
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Feelin' Higher (feat. Quino)
Wereldmuziek - Released by Euro Tec Music Group on 20 jan. 2021
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Hotel California (Live at Sugarshack Sessions)
Reggae - Released by Sugarshack on 10 nov. 2023
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Love is Your Culture
Reggae - Released by UNIMUSIK on 24 mrt. 2023
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Roots of the Matter - Single
Reggae - Released by Heron Bay on 15 nov. 1999
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