Black Uhuru: Foreign Mind/Half-way Up, Half-way Down

Let's give Junior Reid his due, and also Duckie for incorporating Junior's songs into Black Uhuru's repertoire and giving this unique reggae group a sound and a stance that was never reliant on one singer.

Special thanks and appreciation to Santa Davis too, who really drives this performance!

"Black Uhuru Alive" was a memorable concert held at the (original) Ritz in New York City, on June, 11 1986. Portions of the video were shot in the months that followed, in Jamaica.

Black Uhuru, in this incarnation, consisted of founder Duckie Simpson, singer Junior Reid and the incomparable Puma Jones. The band on this particular tour, consisted of Santa Davis on drums, Earl (Chinna) Smith on guitar, Chris Meredith on bass, Anthony (Asher) Brissett on keyboards and Sky Juice on percussion.

Special thanks to the crew; cameramen: Jefferson Miller, Jabari and Bill Megalos, engineer: Dan Epstein, camera assistants: Stuart Sporn and Orville Bennett, sound engineer Steve Remote, lighting designer Edgar Gordon, and of course, visionary director, Stafford Ashani, my partner in Reggae Strong for many years. Rest in peace Stafford. Your work lives on.

[brisrecords]

Junior Reid at his best here... great is great here!!!

[brisrecords]

Great Performance by Junior Reid here!!

[josephgrijalva]

i used to bump Uhuru all the time. then i kind of fell away. but coming back to the group after so many years was awesome. i love these live videos. but i truly think that i would not be watching them all so much every day if it were not for Sandra Puma Jones.

[fawzisavatag]

This Is One Of My Fav Recordings Black Uhuru With Junior Reid And Lineup: Christopher Merdit BASS/ Carlton (Santa) Davis DRUMS/Lead Guitar – Chinna Smith/ Christopher Bert (Skyjuice) Percussion

[oliviarebecca]

Please carry this fix all the time I've been looking and no one has

[phoenixrising]

My HG Diane!!!! This is one of my fav recordings, of Junior Reed and Black Uhuru, Accompanied by masters like Chinna Smith and you named the rest, . To finally see an actual performance, recorded by one my SiStars leaves me filled with joy. This is a gem, as priceless as you are. Must share! Mazal Tov! For creating, preserving and resurrecting from your archive.

[juangil-xqng]

OH QUE BIEN SUENA ESTE REGGAE...ESTOS MUSICOS SON ESA VOZ DE JUNIOR REID...ME FASCINA....ES UNO DE LOS MEJORES EN SU

[ReggaeMusicPlaylistTV]

Big up 💃👍🕺🏼Greetings Step Lively Video and all Reggae brothers and sisters worldwide ✌

[choppacitydread]

Thanks for posting this i had this whole show on tape n lost it

[jackierugrat]

WICKED!! Nuff fyah. Just talking about this tune today & buck up on it. In the 80's this one use to full up dance floor. Foreign mind was a common saying then too. :)

[TawahanDayaan-eszq]

No one can take place of mykal
Black uhuru means mykal rose..