Reggae For It Now – Bill Loveday (1979)

Description

Additional information about this, Bill Loveday vinyl art.

Bill Loveday – The Artist

William Lovelady (born 1945) is an English guitarist and composer who has also performed and published as Bill Lovelady. His London Rhapsody for guitar was published by Schott. His music has been aired frequently by BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. He has collaborated with Art Garfunkel, South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, L. Shankar and Julian Lloyd Webber. As Bill Lovelady, he scored major success first in the UK, with the 1979 song “Reggae for it now”, a Top 20 hit produced by Eric Dufaure, and later the same year in Sweden and Norway, particularly with the song “One More Reggae for the Road”.

Reggae For It Now – The Song

‘Reggae For It Now’ is a reggae song written by the English guitarist and composer Bill Loveday.

The Rastafarian- The Shape

This record has been modelled into a  typical Jamaican Rastafrain with dreadlocks and a wool hat. The wool hat often worn by Rastafarians is called a Rastacap, also known as a tam. These caps are typically tall, round, and brightly coloured, often featuring red, gold, and green patterns. They are commonly associated with Rastafarians and used to cover dreadlocks, though they can be worn for religious reasons by followers of the Rastafari movement. 

Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion. There is no central authority in control of the movement and much diversity exists among practitioners, who are known as Rastafari, Rastafarians, or Rastas. Rastafari beliefs are based on an interpretation of the Bible. Central to the religion is a monotheistic belief in a single God, referred to as Jah, who partially resides within each individual. Rastas accord key importance to Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia between 1930 and 1974, who is regarded variously as the Second Coming of Jesus, Jah incarnate, or a human prophet. Rastafari is Afrocentric and focuses attention on the African diaspora, which it believes is oppressed within Western society, or “Babylon”. Many Rastas call for this diaspora’s resettlement in Africa, a continent they consider the Promised Land, or “Zion”. Rastas refer to their practices as “livity”, which includes adhering to Ital dietary requirements, wearing their hair in dreadlocks, and following patriarchal gender roles. Communal meetings are known as “groundations”, and are typified by music, chanting, discussions, and the smoking of cannabis, the latter regarded as a sacrament with beneficial properties.

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