Old reggae covers of old country songs are a trip. This 1972 recording of Johnny Cash’s story song moves the setting to Jamaica, where the cowboy named Billy Joe becomes a young stupid boy named Joe and the dusty cowpoke is a big dread man. This is a very different, and very cool, way to hear a classic country song.
Album: Trojan Country Reggae Box Set
This is cool. I think reggae and country share similar time. You know way more about theory than I do, but both seem like 2/4 in a lot of cases. Ska is Jamaican soul or R&B. Is reggae Jamaican country?