Duppy Gun Man - Ernie Smith

[Mckeba101]

am 18 and i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!



[DrRoybern]

Classic. Just change 'Quarrie' to Bolt for an instant update !!

[hkimeswan]

thanks for sharing, enjoying all the old rocksteady ska beats

[edelightful1]

A dat me a seh. Wicked!

[love1life0]

beautiful



[love1life0]

beautiful



[jade5991]

"Dont move"

[jah87able]

every Jamaican knows this song, i haven't heard this song in a long time.

[rosedawson5555]

@jah87able im not jamaican but i love this and it was part of my childhood too

[SwaggSkillsCaycia]

This is why im proud to black and jamaican <3 :)

[oliver8758]

@SwaggSkillsCaycia so you say white man cant be west indian?

[SwaggSkillsCaycia]

@oliver8758 No im just saying im black and proud

[oliver8758]

@SwaggSkillsCaycia thats good as if you look at me your first thought would be BNP not SVG

[brahmin21]

my mother never told me I was a don gorgon duppy....!!!!

[TheUndersurface]

big 7"

[smokeyhat]

I remember listening to this while growing up on Maxfield Avenue.

[stretch3839]

put up you two finger lol

[madmax8903]

I seem to have known this forever. What year was it? Anybody know?

[blakbeltjonez]

@madmax8903

it was 1974, a big hit at the time in JA. although this 7" is on US-based Steady Records, the JA version originally came out on WIldflower (a sublabel of Federal).

[tamaela1]

Don't MOVE !! wicked tune

[1macruc1an]

BigUp!

[RiddimDommE]

Simply great!

[NakedJKid]

nice turntable.

[QuakeovNW]

Gully

[kimby80]

This is my parent's music, I love it! I never appreciated it when I was little, but now it' sweet bad

[tundranshore]

Ernie Smith, Pluto Shervington mek some wicked hilarious tunes.....They sure don't make them like this anymore

[english5050]

dread nuh fi run dem joke deh daughta..look how him meck di man took off..lol

[2300lisa]

this music is so funny its making me laugh

[1789parisfrance]

Great song, brings back memories. thanks for posting it!

[cornjuggler]

heard this tune on chuo in ottawa. thanks papa richie!

[idlebastrd]

bop bop go deh ernie!

[mcspeed2000]

wiked tune

[truvico]

yow this tune is a sample tune yh... love it

[shottaSKULL]

this is my uncle good tune

[levopierrot]

you have no idea how much Sunday memories this brings back!!!!

[slummly123]

Rubby dub dubby.

[CCR30]

I use to dance to this song when I was a little girl, brings back so many memories.

[ezekielreggae]

bless ¡¡¡¡

COOL

[obert2k7]

dat tune was a champion tune on carnival times. foundation.

[TerryMarineBMF]

for Angie Angel

1000%ROCKSTEADY!!!

(i luv u)

[dhfranck]

Actually its got its comical side but the singing and the music, especially the trombone make it a sweet little song. I can see the connection to Pluto Sherington, especially to the song "Dat." Sweet reggae music.

[InfamouzRedzz]

nice vibe

[victorsernheden]

This is one af my favorits! It´s not so easy to find this track now adays. Good work man. I listen to this song atleast one time aday, Thank you! Keep up the good work whith speading good music and good wibes to the world! One love

[rumplestiltskin96]

Wow! i have not heard this for years. Makes me feel old but thank you very much for uploading it.

[diamonshae]

its called duppy or a gun man not wat u posted..... but thats all gud at least u posted it.

[Reggae45s]

Nah, if you check the beginning of the video you can see that its written on the record as "Duppy Gun Man".

[DLCOrganization]

Technically, it's really called "Duppy Or Gunman" as according to the original Federal logs and other issuances on original albums, compilations, or subsequent releases and reissues.

It's possible that the original JA Federal 45 counterpart also said "Duppy-Gun-Man" because Steady Records (the direct US liaison for Federal) followed the text exactly as it was written on the original JA pressings, but it was made clear later on that the title was supposed to be "Duppy Or Gunman".

> DLC

[blakbeltjonez]

the original Wildflower release (which was Paul Khouri's subsidiary label under his dad's Federal empire) was indeed "Duppy Gun-Man". the finer points of a song's title were often thrown under the bus with JA record pressings.... they probably went with whatever was scrawled on the tape box.

[DLCOrganization]

So true. So true, indeed, Jonez.

Score one for knowledge!

And TELL ME, oh PLEASE tell me, that I'm not the only one who's observed that Ernie Smith and Pluto Shervington -- both Federal legends -- sound almost exactly alike!!

> Professor DLC

[blakbeltjonez]

well, a lot of the personnel were the same session guys at Federal at the time - Paul Douglas, Val Douglas, Robbie Lyn, Willie Lindo, etc... i think they have a similar style of writing, but they sound different enough to me.

Pluto used to play the hotels like the Pegasus and Courtleigh Manor in Kingston in the mid 70's, as a kid i got to see him a few times - my mother was a big fan, had all his records.

[Shirodx]

WICKED TUNE!!!1!!!11!11

LEK SHOT!!

[axemasterj]

I asked a couple of singers on a beach in Jamaica (Bloody Bay) to sing some Pluto Sherington and they were wicked and also sang this (apparently he is on here somewhere as well as Ernie) :D

[Supagraph]

I had this too and lost it somehow. excellent upload..

[snOOpster007]

thank you thank you - have searched for this for twenty yrs on vinyl

[ODAIN1991]

mad take it back sell off music!!!!!!!

[olh1152]

only jamaica can produce music like this!!

[maclegend]

true.. but also trash like kartel

[RomarioReid]

yuh kno bloodclaat!!! chune yuh caaan compare this man to kartel, none ah kartel chune caan beat this

[anauja22]

Can u imagine? I'm only 24 years old and these old chunes drive me wild.... GREAT MUSIC... THE BEST

[maurjul]

@anauja22 ditto

[gabriellerippedmeoff]

I never thought anyone knew this track. What a pleasure..... Boombasstic !!!

[oliver8758]

this was the song i loved as a small boy growing up in St vincent

[redrum6789]

Feels so good to hear all of this tune. Only ever got to hear a little of it on 'Oliver' Love it. XX

[runitselectah]

The horns in the intro makes me smile everytime cause you know it'll only get better! Top tune!

[pryere]

top tune, i had this on a different lable when it came out, cant remember which one, had it teefed.

thanx 4 postin.

[druboogie]

Teefed!!!! hahahah...im lucky no one tief any of mi rekked dem.

[halalnasheeds]

classic!!!!

[grey31401]

In 1973 or '74 I used to hear this song played on radio station WLIB's "Caribbean Affair" program in New York City. The tune stuck with me!

[Kinzinhoroots]

Êaaa!!

[alexdoherty1984]

The Inner circle version is also well nice, cheers for post

[copella67]

i always use to question who sang the tune.for me that is without doubt pluto.ernie smith is the guitar man

[axemasterj]

Met 2 guys on the beach at Bloody Bay - Derek and Jack - playing tunes with guitar and maracas for tips - told them we liked Pluto Shervington and Peter Tosh and they played Ram Goat Liver, African and then this - Pluto is on the vocals too! Best memory of JA - the people. Love 'em!

[pussyclawte]

Probably the funniest record ever out a JA.

[sweetspice1986]

tuneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeee!!!!!

[dioncamp]

Jamaicans are truly talented people. Proud to be one.

[yajamaicangyalb]

CLASSIC!!!!!!

[markymarcus1]

Absolute classic

[Ostashewski]

Very good chune, thank you.

[SexybodyC]

Ernie Smith is My Cousin

[ZincBoss]

Remember this from my hol in JA in '74. Do you have Pitta Patta from '72?

[1diamondintheruff]

what a TUNE!!!

[0426paradice]

This song is an ever mesmerising song,this song reminds of the good old days back home,I love

[leonsmits]

Thanks man, awesome!!!

[JunkyGal56]

i love oliver

[Lolls81]

I am loving your collection of tunes! I first heard this tune when I saw an episode of Oliver at Large (Jamaican comedy) and this was playing in the background! Big tune!

[adrian121]

LOL yea me too..tha one where he's a security gaurd