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"Ithaca Sunday, 20 January 2008"

One of the best shows I've seen in years. What a Moulder of the music Clinton is. He being the only Jamaican in the band, attaining a sound that is rootically Jamaican. He didnt even have to use any of the axes he is most capable of using as he is regarded as one of the best.More people on the east cost need to be enlightened about him . The Boogie Brown band has a collection of well accomplished musicians. Horns belew everyone away. Castatways in Ithaca ,NY, this past friday night was a privileged place to be.
- Ras Charles Jones


""Vision" review reggaefrance.com"

Reggaefrance.com

After his previous great album Give and Take in 2004, it is with a lot of expectation that we are discovering Vision, the 6th solo album of Clinton Fearon. The doubts quickly disappear while listening to the 1st track Livin' is an Art. Gladiators ex-bassist was telling us during an interview that he never stops composing songs. We can easily imagine that the songs (of Vision) where already written when Give and Take had been released. Recorded in Seattle with the Boogie Brown Band, Vision sounds like the second chapter of Give and Take. In Give and Take, Clinton Fearon was giving a conscious message whereas in Vision he is giving a message focused on positiveness with lyrics full of hope (Jah Know His People, Run Come Rally, Love's Knockin'). On his previous album, Clinton Fearon is playing guitar when on this new album Clinton is coming back to the paying bass-line. For this occasion, Clinton asked Nelson Miller (Burning Spear Drummer) and famous singers such as Ire (ex Culture) and Winston Watson of the Meditations to help him out. The results are great like for the songs Dutty Gun, Sleeping Lion and Feellin' The Same. Allways looking for new sound texture, Fearon mixes instruments rarely used in Reggae like the flute or the violon on Livin is an Art. He also gives lots of importance to the horns and the pick guitar. Clinton is one of the last making new (music) with old stuff.
- Reggaefrance.com


""Vision" review reggaefrance.com"

Reggaefrance.com

After his previous great album Give and Take in 2004, it is with a lot of expectation that we are discovering Vision, the 6th solo album of Clinton Fearon. The doubts quickly disappear while listening to the 1st track Livin' is an Art. Gladiators ex-bassist was telling us during an interview that he never stops composing songs. We can easily imagine that the songs (of Vision) where already written when Give and Take had been released. Recorded in Seattle with the Boogie Brown Band, Vision sounds like the second chapter of Give and Take. In Give and Take, Clinton Fearon was giving a conscious message whereas in Vision he is giving a message focused on positiveness with lyrics full of hope (Jah Know His People, Run Come Rally, Love's Knockin'). On his previous album, Clinton Fearon is playing guitar when on this new album Clinton is coming back to the paying bass-line. For this occasion, Clinton asked Nelson Miller (Burning Spear Drummer) and famous singers such as Ire (ex Culture) and Winston Watson of the Meditations to help him out. The results are great like for the songs Dutty Gun, Sleeping Lion and Feellin' The Same. Allways looking for new sound texture, Fearon mixes instruments rarely used in Reggae like the flute or the violon on Livin is an Art. He also gives lots of importance to the horns and the pick guitar. Clinton is one of the last making new (music) with old stuff.
- Reggaefrance.com


Discography

Vision, Released, 2006
Mi and Mi Guitar, 2005 (solo acoustic)
Give and Take, 2005
Soon Come, 2002
What a System, 1999
What a System in Dub, 1999 (mix: Scientist)
Mystic Whisper, 1997
Disturb the Devil, 1994
Dozens more in prior bands and as a studio musician.

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If you know reggae music, you know Clinton 'Basie' Fearon. Clinton Fearon is counted among Jamaica's most talented musicians by peers and professionals in the Reggae music industry. His infectious bass riffs, guitar licks, percussion accents and powerful vocals make Clinton a living legend amongst reggae musicians and fans.

As a youth, Clinton went to Kingston to eventually become the well-known bassist, vocalist and lyricist for The Gladiators as well as a house musician for Coxsonne Dodd’s Studio One and Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Black Ark Studio. Fearon recorded many of Perry's best known songs, including Roast Fish and Cornbread which features one of Fearon's most famous bass lines. He also composed some everlasting basslines for Yabby You, Jimmy Riley, Max Romeo, Junior Byles and many many others.