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Before Uni Boss and Bravo ..there was Uton Dowe

 
FanAttick 2021-05-14 16:15:46 

Thoroughbred


Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the greatest of them all?

 
WestDem 2021-05-14 16:33:02 

In reply to FanAttick

He was so great, they created the 11th Commandment..."Dowe shall not Bowl"...

lol lol lol lol

 
Chrissy 2021-05-14 16:38:52 

In reply to FanAttick

Nice wink

 
FanAttick 2021-05-14 16:47:21 

In reply to WestDem

Dowe had talent ..Freddo had more talent lol

In reply to Chrissy

Indeed lol

 
JayMor 2021-05-14 17:03:53 

In reply to WestDem

11th Commandment..."Dowe shall not Bowl"
Very funny. lol I wish that commandment was enacted before he met Roy Fredericks at 'Bina in, when, '73-'74? HeHeHe!

In reply to FanAttick
What a rass riddim! Two or three of the blog comments say it is Uton. Do you know this independently? That he dabbled is new to me. In about '77-'78 I saw him on my uni's campus. Said he was exploring the possibility of attending. Rounded up some fellow Caribbean students and took him out for pizza. I'll never forget how when the pie arrived he gave out "A da sinting yah-- no sah! Me no eat dat!" We had to order something else for him. LOL.

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FanAttick 2021-05-14 17:07:00 

In reply to JayMor

Two or three of the blog comments say it is Uton. Do you know this independently? That he dabbled is new to me.


Yes. It’s Dowe…this track was a big hit in the Yard in the early 80s..

Here is another tribute confirming that its Dowe

 
JayMor 2021-05-14 17:15:42 

In reply to FanAttick

Okay then! How that missed me I don't know! Thanks.

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Drapsey 2021-05-14 17:25:28 

In reply to FanAttick

Did you know that Dowsie is a poster on here?

His handle is his full name, Uton Dowe. He hasn't posted much.

 
FanAttick 2021-05-14 17:27:42 

In reply to Drapsey

Did you know that Dowsie is a poster on here?


No. Didn’t know that… lol

 
rudebway 2021-05-14 17:41:47 

In reply to FanAttick

That is definitely him. I remember the song and the "music video" on jbc..I used to think the name of the song was as me buss the super shot dem say a bomb

 
JayMor 2021-05-14 18:21:02 

In reply to WestDem

Before Uni Boss and Bravo ..there was Uton Dowe

There was Omari Banks too...

Link 1.
Link 2.

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Chrissy 2021-05-14 18:22:58 

In reply to JayMor

It's him man - he read for a Certificate in Management Studies at UWI and we used to tease him about Da Bumb! lol lol lol

 
JayMor 2021-05-14 18:48:24 

In reply to Chrissy

I have to see if he has any more offerings. Nice guy. Thanks.

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Brerzerk 2021-05-14 19:45:00 

In reply to JayMor

lol lol lol lol lol

 
Brerzerk 2021-05-14 19:52:50 

I remember when that tune was done. Do you know Dowe was the first to play a reverse shot?
In FC cricket he would do a 'reverse leg-glance' through 1st slip for 4 off spinners. There was
a joke in JA that he lost form and ability after going to B'dos to be trained by both Sir Wes n Big Griff.
No one can explain what happened. He should've been persisted with a little longer.

 
Brerzerk 2021-05-14 19:54:08 

In reply to JayMor
With a Dad like Bankie he is in a different class

 
JayMor 2021-05-15 01:56:01 

In reply to Brerzerk

Yes, Omari had an 'unfair' advantage. LOL. I never got to see Bankie Banx. Man was good, I know.

I got the feeling that Uton is who gave up on cricket. His personality and the then WICBC wouldn't 'gree at all.

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Chrissy 2021-05-15 13:59:48 

In reply to JayMor

Omari was long after Dowe wink

 
JayMor 2021-05-15 14:04:41 

In reply to Chrissy

Wake up Chrissy. What's at play is "Before Uni Boss and Bravo..." But I know de lady busy. big grin

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Chrissy 2021-05-15 15:15:19 

In reply to JayMor

Watching Rafa dismiss dis upstart lol lol

 
JayMor 2021-05-15 23:31:10 

In reply to Chrissy

As good a reason as any, sis. big grin big grin

So is Rafa vs de Joker; which horse gave you a time and what did it say?

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