Author: [email protected] Vibes

“RANGLIN’S ROOTS” When: 1998 Where: London UK Reporter:  John Williams Copyright:  1998 – John Williams It’s a warm Sunday afternoon. London’s Notting Hill Gate branch of Island Records evaporates within its own typical, laidback weekend vibes. Photographer Adrian Boot, Ranglin’s Dutch based manager, Mark Van Den Bergh, plus a few staff members are seemingly pottering about. I arrive to find, somewhat intriguingly, my interviewee, guitar supremo, Ernest Ranglin, preoccupied with a photo session. RANGLIN’S ROOTS “You’re not in a hurry are you?” inquires a raw, Jamaican accent of roadie and long serving all-rounder Satch. Also formally of the original...