Capleton

Gigs at Uppsala Reggae Festival:

Year	Speldag	Speltid	Scen	Gallery
2005		-		Inga bilder
2007	Saturday	-	Main stage	Inga bilder

Capleton is one of the biggest names in modern reggae and dancehall. He has a width that few others in the genre possess. His music is flowing almost naturally between ballads, rootsreggae and fierce dancehall. Capleton is also a champion of the Bobo Ashanti which is a grouping within the Rastafari-movement whose main characteristics is the wearing of turbans to cover their dreadlocks.

Clifton George Bailey III was nicknamed "Capleton" after a known local lawyer because he had an unusual ability to persduade. Now, however, he prefers to be called "The Prophet", "The Fireman" or "King Shango".

Capleton began his career in the late 1980s in the Jamaican dancehall. Dancehall-lyrics during that time were full of "slackness" and before Capleton had converted to rasta, he had a number of hits on this theme. Often, the songs were also clearly homophobic. "Bumbo Red" which was censored on Jamaican radio is a good example of this.

In the first half of the 1990s, he began to incorporate more and more religious influences into his songs. In this period he had hits such as "Alms House", "Tour" and "Wings Of The Morning".

From the second half of the 1990s until today, Capleton continued on the track to make conscious and religious music, and has managed to stay relevant in a genre where an artists career usually lasts for a couple of years or less. His energy on stage and on record still distinguishes him as one of dancehalls greatest. Songs such as "Jah Jah City", "Who Them", "Behold", "Never Share (Burn Them)", "That Day Will Come" and "Acres" are some of his bigger hits in recent years.

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