crucial Nashville reggae 7" 45 produced, written by A.P. Himons: Afrikan Dreamland "Womanhood" 4:35 / "Home To The Sun" 4:42 (Ayo Records)

ORIGINAL 1981 US vinyl is in mint condition with no skips, no warp, no scratch. Pic sleeve is in VG+ shape. Aashid is for the ages. One Heart!

AFRIKAN DREAMLAND
WOMANHOOD
HOME TO THE SUN
original Nashville Reggae 1981 Ayo pressing

Matrix #s: NR 13561 A / NR 13561 B

THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
REMEMBERING AASHID HIMONS, 1942-2011, THE MAN WHO BROUGHT REGGAE TO MUSIC CITY
    In the cradle of country music, Aashid Himons stood out like a Serengeti lion in a Middle Tennessee cow pasture.  But Himons, 68, who died recently at Vanderbilt University Medical Centerof complications from diabetes and vascular disease, was always more complicated than the image he projected to the public. A restless and driven talent, he reinvented himself multiple times — as soul singer, bluesman and space musician — throughout a career that practically changed with each generation.   Over the past decade, the man some called the Lion of Nashville was sidelined with various health issues. Yet these took less of a toll on him than losing his soulmate of 30-plus years, his wife Kristina, on Jan. 19. Friends say he went into a deep depression, and his health took a turn for the worse, never to recover. His passing came exactly two months after hers.   A memorial service to honor both Himons and his wife was set for early April. Details on the Facebook page dedicated to his memory: Archie "Aashid" Himons One Heart Memorial Group.   "It's a big loss to the musical community, to his family and to those who loved him," former bandmate Rose said, while Shelstad called him "a real cultural treasure." But the extent of his loss can be felt most acutely on message boards and social media pages, where news of Himons' death traveled like the tolling of a bell.

 

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