Pablo Moses - Life Of A Big Shot

Pablo Moses burst onto the reggae scene in 1975 with the puzzling song "I Man a Grasshopper" from his debut album Revolutionary Dream. The song title refers the title character of the then popular television series Kung Fu though it tells the story of a drunken ex-cop who turns in a ganja-smoking singer. It was an enormous hit in both Jamaica and England, but Moses himself remained fairly unknown.

He was born Pablo Henry in the rural Manchester part of Jamaica. But for two years spent in New York City, he remained a country boy until his desire to perform became too strong. Moses got his start performing with informal school bands. He and chum Don Prendes eventually formed the Canaries, which remained his back-up group, and began performing at talent shows. They also auditioned for Duke Reid and at Dodd's Studio One with little success. Following the success of "Grasshopper," Moses released a few more singles, including "We Should Be in Angola," but for some reason, they did better in England than they did in Jamaica. The song "Give I Fe I Name" was an exception. Revolutionary Dream was acclaimed, but it brought him little profit and Moses decided to back off from the music scene for a while.

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[EvelynFromJamaica]

saw him at one love sound fest yesterday and he did a great show! I was impressed becouse of he's voice moves and enegry. the legend of reggae in his great shape!

[TheNelson108]

Saw him play this last night at snwmf he killed this song sooo hard with out a doubt best performance at sierra

[SpilledxMilk]

I watched this song live at northwest world reggae this year, amazing show. Rage it for life; jah love!

[StrictlyRasVibes]

Original! Big Up!!