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RIP Jimmy Cliff - Drunk Monk - 11-24-2025
I don’t know how many times I saw him. I even followed his tour up the coast to OR once (he opened for the Dead) and saw him duet with Jerry at the Greek. A true legend of Reggae.
RE: RIP Jimmy Cliff - Greg - 11-24-2025
Yep. Saw the notice elsewhere and thought of you.
RE: RIP Jimmy Cliff - King Bob - 11-24-2025
Somehow I saw no notice of this at all.
RE: RIP Jimmy Cliff - Drunk Monk - 11-24-2025
My socials are dominated by this, plus I got a few friends texting me. We've been reflecting on the last time we saw him. It was 2014 for me I think, at RotR. He was at SNWMF in 2015, but I missed his set because I was working.
RE: RIP Jimmy Cliff - King Bob - 11-24-2025
Oddly, I think the only time I saw him was with Jerry at the Greek. At least that I can remember.
RE: RIP Jimmy Cliff - Drunk Monk - 11-24-2025
(11-24-2025, 02:53 PM)King Bob Wrote: Oddly, I think the only time I saw him was with Jerry at the Greek. At least that I can remember.
That was a good one.
Below are my mentions of JC here, to jog my memory. I saw him a lot more before the D00M4M arose, once thrice in 1 week in '88 - Santa Cruz (which I thought was with KB), San Jose (which I think was with Jennifer Bailey) and Eugene OR, which was with a carload of Deadheads whose names I don't quite remember anymore. I think I still have the T-shirt, which I shall attempt to recover tomorrow night.
(06-15-2019, 06:39 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote:Quote:Reggae On The River: The Magical Years
by Steve Heilig, May 15, 20199 Comments
1992: One of the years where one after another, artists who would be headliners anywhere else took the stage one after the other - Toots and the Maytaks, Jimmy Cliff, Burning Spear, and for good measure, Zimbabwean legend Thomas Mapfumo.
(06-26-2015, 01:50 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: But it was fairly constant, especially on Saturday night, costing Dm Jimmy Cliff's act, but that was alright as there are a few JNK that are really into Cliff, and DM has seen him a bazillion times, so Dm was happy to work so they could see him.
(08-17-2014, 11:45 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: I just saw Jimmy Cliff at RotR30.
(08-13-2014, 11:44 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Jimmy Cliff: He played a lot of classics, which is all we really want. He updated one of my fav tunes, Vietnam, to Afghanistan, which totally worked. He’s still got it – that inspiring castrati voice, and righteous lyrics.
(06-28-2012, 12:07 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Saw LKJ and Jimmy Cliff. LKJ was ok. Jimmy is still great, still Jimmy. Someone told me he was 78, which I repeated without checking, but he is in fact, 64.
RE: RIP Jimmy Cliff - Drunk Monk - 12-01-2025
I found my '88 Jimmy Cliff Hanging Fire tour shirt from when I saw him 3x in one week. It was right where I thought I had stored it, reinforcing my T-shirt addiction. It still fits and is in great shape. I wore it at FXSF>ChinaCats but there's no way it would stand out at FXSF next to all the stellar cosplay and it was dark at the Woodhouse so no one could see it. But it'll be banging at the next dancehall...
RE: RIP Jimmy Cliff - Drunk Monk - 12-12-2025
Quote:Jamaica - Jimmy Cliff official funeral December 17
The official funeral service for late reggae singer, Jimmy Cliff, will take place next week Wednesday, December 17, at the National Indoor Sports Centre beginning at 10 a.m.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, made the announcement today.
Jimmy Cliff passed away on November 24, at the age of 81.
Grange said that Cliff is being accorded an official funeral by the Government “for his immense contribution to Jamaican Culture and Entertainment".
The arrangements are being finalised by the Office of the Prime Minister in consultation with the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and the family of the acclaimed musician, singer and actor who was born James Chambers in 1944.
Minister Grange said the service at the National Indoor Centre would “provide an opportunity for the country to bid farewell to an outstanding son of Jamaica; an icon".
The minister said the service would feature only spoken word, dance and music in keeping with Jimmy Cliff’s wishes.
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