A Brief History of Trenchtown: The Cradle of Reggae Music

Trenchtown was conceived as a housing project for poor people but ended up becoming the cradle of a sound and culture that made Jamaica a global cultural superpower
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[@davidmorrison1086]

Many thanks for the rich history it was said Trench town was created by a large trench that was covered and settlers built on it. Now am hearing that a Daniel Trench owned the lands from the colonial days. Amazing!!

[@tb22k]

I want to visit ❤😂

[@phillipmhundwa642]

Wow that awesome 😊

[@stuckintha90s]

If I ever visit Jamaica, the first place I want to see is Trenchtown

[@Mrsplanetmaster9]

Do it and a lot of other cities on The Mighty Diamond in the sea> J A A‼🌞🌿

[@hebrewenglishbibleread9941]

3:57 The 'Wilson' part of Higgs & Wilson was actually Roy Wilson. Delroy did not get his start until a few years later. Thanks as always for these uploads!

[@hedjamavieille]

Surprisingly, there's a district in Abidjan (Ivory Coast, West Africa) called "Treichville", which in English would translate as "Treichtown".

[@BlessUpKev]

Treach Town!

[@dexocube]

Trenchtown is like some mythical place to me, I've heard about it in so many songs. Thanks for teaching me some real information about the place

[@ledatape]

Brilliant clip - perfect! what an amazing job compressing such a big subject to 8 minutes... with so much detailed useful info. I'm in awe as usual. Thanks so much.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Ledatape! Nice to read from you. Thanks mi lion 🦁 Glad you like it

[@lisakasprzycki]

Many thanks for the education 🙏🏼💜 also a 💧 Come to your senses everyone on the planet.. most problems just caused by arrogance and fear. Those are not our natural state. Blessings from another ocean ✨🌏

[@drtonyfearon7318]

The influence of the church and Christianity had also a major influence on reggae music .

[@thomassparks6966]

H.I.M. Haile Selassie I

[@robertmathurin739]

Bless up, Rastafari,, 🇱🇨👊🏼🇯🇲👍🏼♥️🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯☝🏻

[@sammycastelo9446]

Joe Higgs is a figure historian should mention a lot more. He taught music 4 free !! I can even image how many youth he saved from the streets.

[@celmac74]

Trenchtown makes me think of poverty and struggle as sung of by Bob.

[@jazedje]

Good topic! Thanks for this. Do you have a video about Ernest Ranglin, Monty Alexander and the kind of music they developed?

[@sandybradshaw1879]

I concur! Ernie Ranglin and Monty Alexander

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Great suggestion!

[@davidbeeson9408]

First thing I think of when I think Trenchtown is The Heptones.

[@MegaFOUNDATION1]

MY BRETHREN RAS CARDO AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM THOSE DAYS COULD WALK YOU THROUGH EVERY NOOK, YARD TO YARD AND TELL YOU THE REAL DETAILED HISTORY OF WHO WAS LIVING WHERE AS HE AND THEY DETAILED THE HISTORY. NO ONE ELSE CAN DO THAT. AS YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW HE ALSO OWNS EXCLUSIVELY REGGAE CREATION COPYRIGHTS, AND THE ORIGINAL MUSIC OF THE FIRST REGGAE SONG EVER BY THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES. THE SONG YOU HEAR FOLKS LIKE-ROGER STEFFENS- AND TOOTS TALK ABOUT IS NOT THE FIRST REGGAE SONG. SOME MUSIC FOLKS LIED TO THE WORLD. THEY DID NOT KNOW MANY THINGS ABOUT US IN TRENCH TOWN.

[@jimsliverootsculturemusic]

Nashville is the hub of country music. Memphis and New Orleans the home of blues, soul and rock & roll. Motown was black music polished to suit white tastes (and therefore watered down).

[@fitroyhenry900]

yes, higgs and wilson was joe higgs and roy wilson, not delroy wilson

[@TheAnnaFisher]

Thank you for mentioning Joe Higgs again. ❤💛🖤💚🙏👏🫶🌟👑🎤🎶🇯🇲🌎 #Joe Higgs

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Always!

[@skiharris2164]

How did white & Chinese get there ?!

[@KC-gy5xw]

If only the craze for building 'homes' i(ie, small spaces you couldn't swing a cat, that are rented out immediately or are left empty so that the greedy ass builders get their money for building the empty shells that no sensible person wants to live in as it has no proper facilities like a GP surgery, school for any age you can put your child in, or damnit, PARKING! ) If any of the London developments (with the exception of Meridian off White Hart Lane, and that sound ain't so great IMHO, i'm sure people out there love it, but RIP Lukey, you was a cute child and I'm sorry you died that way) gave any of this kind of output it wouldn't be so bad...

[@michelrood2966]

Are you okay ? Lol

[@Infinitebrandon]

Bred, you always bust out a video right for my breakfast 🙏. I specialize in Asian-mexican fusion dishes, I'm wondering are there any Mexicans or native Americans in a yahd? I'd like to know what happened to the Indian tribes that used to live in Jamaica. HIM bless you and thanks again

[@Gnosis639]

Hail H.I.M. Native Taino populated the island before colonisers. They mixed in with escaped slaves and formed maroon communities in the blue mountains that still hold firm to this day. If you ever visit JA make your way to the blue mountains.

[@Infinitebrandon]

@louispalmer3383 bless you Louis I.

[@papmbowe8686]

Rasta people's was in Senegal long time before they transport slaves to Jamaica

[@celmac74]

Really