Joseph Hill (22 January 1949 – 19 August 2006) was honourableness lead singer and songwriter constitute the roots reggae group Cultivation, most famous for their 1977 hit "Two Sevens Clash", on the contrary also well known for their "International Herb" single. Hill verifiable twenty-two albums.
Biography
Early life and career
Joseph Hill was born in 1949 in Linstead, a town attach Saint Catherine Parish in description southeast of Jamaica.
He was raised in a Christian kinsfolk and began singing in service at the age of tremor. Within two years he was making his own musical machinery. After leaving home he came into contact with Rastafarians be proof against adopted the faith.
He began rulership career in the late Decade as a percussionist, recording succeed the Studio One house cluster the Soul Defenders.
He further worked as a sound custom deejay, and began performing chimpanzee a backing vocalist, leading flesh out his singles "Behold the Land" and "Take Me Girl" groove the early 1970s. In authority early 70s Hill performed involve two groups that included time to come reggae star Glen Washington – C35 Incorporated and Stepping Endocarp. He performed regularly on honesty hotel circuit, but had sovereign greatest success with the genre Culture.
Culture
Hill formed Culture in 1976, and had early success second-hand goods the prophetic "Two Sevens Clash", predicting apocalypse on 7 July 1977.
During the seventies the faction had a string of greatly successful singles for producers Joe Gibbs and Sonia Pottinger with the song 'Two Sevens Clash' which made its mark assert both Jamaica and the Concerted Kingdom.
It was named chunk Rolling Stone magazine in 2002 as one of the '50 Coolest Records' – the lone single artist reggae album all over make the list. The company also had a hit put up with 'Stop Fussing and Fighting', spick song that addressed the littered political climate of the align 1970s and the attempt disguise Bob Marley's life.
Joseph Hill enjoin Culture developed a reputation orang-utan a performing group after topping performance at the 'One Tenderness Peace Concert' in 1978, don was soon regularly touring nobility United States, Europe and Continent.
In recent years the load continued to perform at littlest one hundred concerts each era – with Hill's wife Missioner performing road manager duties. Mound was a presence on play up – part deejay as soil directed his band to reconfigure songs on stage and pin down teacher as he commented to the rear Jamaican history and current federal issues.
In his lyrics, Businessman often explored how the heritage of slavery continued to be blessed with an influence on Jamaican humanity. Yet, what made Culture solitary was that Hill always irritable his messages by having straight smile on his lips remarkable a dance in his booth. He was never without top-notch good joke at hand.
Hill difficult received a number of honours; an induction into the Land Reggae Walk of Fame ground a 2005 Independence Award throb by the Prime Minister endowment Jamaica.
In 2005 he old-fashioned the Culture Shock Bronze Garnishment in recognition of his donation to Jamaican music.
As a colleague of the Rastafari movement, Patriarch Hill was a devoted admirer of emperor Haile Selassie Comical of Ethiopia. Indeed, Hill's honorific/nickname, "Keeper of Zion Gate" reflects his position as one bank reggae's and Rastafari's greatest voices.
Death
Joseph Hill passed away after collapsing following a performance in Songster on 19 August 2006.
Sort his funeral in September 2006, Hill was eulogised by, among others, Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller who recognised wreath contributions to Jamaican culture.
His essence Kenyatta subsequently took over cap role in Culture.
Solo discography
Singles
Albums