BITTY MCLEAN

Born in 1972, Bitty’s earliest memories were punctuated by the music he would hear courtesy of his father’s sound system, where at the tender age of ten he started singing over Jamaican Dub Instrumental Riddims.

In 1992, Mclean had not only co-produced but played and sang on UB40’s hugely successful album “Promise And Lies” selling in excess of 8 million copies.

Signed to Brilliant Records by 1993 Bitty’s own recordings including It Keeps Raining, Dedicated To The One I Love and Here I Stand notched up 3 UK top ten singles by 1994 selling over 1 million records.

The subsequent years saw Bitty accrue a fearsome catalogue of top 30 singles, as well as playing UK arena tours with UB40, Wet Wet Wet and Simply Red.

In 2004, he released the superb “On Bond Street”, in which Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle instrumentals played by the legendary Tommy McCook and The Supersonics formed the basis of the album. Bitty complemented these 35 year old tracks with such elegance it was was to believe he was not there when the tracks with such elegance it was hard to believe he was not there when the tracks were originally recorded.

2006 was the beginning of what is now a 21 year collaboration with the worlds greatest rhythm section, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.

The trio have recorded and toured extensively and continue to build on a musical catalogue which includes critically acclaimed albums Movin On, The Taxi Sessions, Heart, Mind and Soul and the newly released Love Restart.

Bitty Mclean is now releasing the brand new “Forward” LP. With Sly and Robbie setting a solid foundation of Rockers, Rub-a-Dub and Roots Reggae for Bitty’s compelling lyrics and melodies, his trademark voice and penmanship affirm his position as Reggae’s premier vocalist…

2023 saw the release of a new version of “Walk Away From Love“, produced with Sly & Robbie and Guillaume Bougard. This single will be available in an NFT format only on www.tabou1.com

Says Sly: Robbie and I recorded constantly and sent Bitty the riddims we thought fit his voice and style. the riddims came to us like magic, everything clicked.

Bitty doesn’t need to be coached when he voices: a sacred channel opens up and he is tuned to a strong spiritual vibe from above. Impressive. And it makes our job more enjoyable

Bitty McLean trademark voice and penmanship affirms and positions him as one of Reggae’s premier vocalists…

 

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