Reggae
When The Rivers Are Hot
This song has gone around the world, thanks to
Youtube’s Vinyl Maestro Ullar Siir’s
promotion of the 7” Vinyl Single.
The song was written initially about Nuclear Pollution,
where “Hot" means Radioactive,
however many Vinyl Aficionados now take it literally,
as referring to Climate Change,
which is okay with Ross.
He still sells the last pristine 7" vinyl copies through Discogs.
If you are a Vinyl Collector, you can search
Fat Chants When The Rivers Are Hot
on Discogs,
or contact Ross directly through this website.
If you like this song, you can
DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE HERE
was Ross's early
Swing Band
with Allan Stein on Guitar
& Backup Vocals,
Mairi Maclean on Rhodes Piano & Backup Vocals,
Eric Leuke on Drums and
Darryl Goede on Bass.
After Fat Chants split up, Ross decided to put this song on
The Ross Campbell FatBand's Vinyl LP
I'm Talkin' To You.
Produced by Claire Lawrence at
Pinewood Studios in Vancouver,
also For Sale at Diskogs.com
Producer Claire Lawrence had quite a profound influence
on both the basic musical structure AND the lyrics of this song.
He encouraged The FatBand's rhythm section to re-interpret
Ross's original bass line & reggae beat anchoring the song.
Claire also suggested that Ross write new "less political"
lyrics to make the song more commercial.
Ironically, this version is is not as popular
as the original version, especially in the
Global Vinyl Collectors Community.
Have a Listen---
Which version do YOU prefer?
When The Rivers Are Hot (Version2)
If you like this song, you can
DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE HERE
Ross Campbell sings the Lead Vocal and plays a dark haunting solo on his Tenor Sax,
with
Dave Pickell on Keyboards,
Norman McPherson
on Guitar,
Brian "Nuke" Newcomb
on fretless Bass,
Kat Hendrikse on Drums,
Alan Perkins on Percussion, &
Nancy Nash & Mary Saxton on Backup Vocals.
If you REALLY like this song, please send Ross a couple of bucks to help fund his next album of Original Music, where your name will be included in the Credits, and you will become a Member of his
TOP FAN CLUB!
Thanks a lot!
