Introduction
Lone Ranger (born Anthony Alphanso Waldron 2 November 1958) is a Jamaican reggae deejay who recorded nine albums between the late 1970s and mid-1980s.
Biography
Waldron spent much of his youth in the United Kingdom and began his recording career with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label. He initially worked as a duo with Welton Irie, but soon began recording solo, having a big hit in Jamaica with "Love Bump". He also worked on the Virgo Sound sound system. He had a number one UK reggae chart album in 1980 with Barnabus Collins. He is regarded as one of the most lyrically inventive deejays of his era, and was a major influence on British deejays of the early 1980s. He relocated to the United States in the mid-1980s, but returned to Jamaica in 1998, and began performing on sound systems once again.
Albums
- On The Other Side Of Dub (1977) Studio One (reissued (1991 & 2007) Heartbeat
- Barnabas In Collins Wood (aka Barnabas Collins) (1979) GG's
- Rosemarie (1981) Black Joy (UK indie #29)
- Badda Dan Dem (1982) Studio One
- Hi-Yo, Silver, Away! (1982) Greensleeves (UK indie #19)
- M 16 (1982) Hitbound/J&L
- Dee Jay Daddy (1984) Techniques
- Learn To Drive (1985) Bebo's
- Top Of The Class (2002) Studio One
- Kulchaklash (2005) T.I.M.E.C. (with Grant Phabao)
- Sweet Talking (2010) T.I.M.E.C./Colored-Inc. (with Grant Phabao)
- Compilations
- Collections (1994) Grapevine
- Rosemarie Meet DJ Daddy (2005) Techniques
- Dub Salvador (2006) T.I.M.E.C./Paris DJs
- ^ Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980-1989, Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4