Is To This Day Synonymous With Dub. His Name Was One Of The Most Respected, Not Just In His Jamaican Home, But Around The World. He Worked With Virtually Every Artist In Jamaica, And His Name On A Remix Was Like Gold, A Seal Of Quality That Was Never Questioned.
King Tubby Was Born Under The More Humble Name Of Osbourne Ruddock In Kinston, Jamaica On January 28, 1941. King Tubby Spent Years Working On Other People?S Soundsystems, But By 1968 He Was Ready To Open His Own, The Legendary Tubby?S Home Town Hi-Fi. U-Roy, I-Roy, And Big Youth Were Just Some Of The Stars Who Made Their Mark Toasting At Tubby?S Hi-Fi. In 1971, King Tubby Was Ready To Take Another Leap Forward, By Opening Up His Own Studio. He Bought An Old Four Track Mixer From Byron Lee?S Dynamic Studio, Found A Space On Drumlie Avenue, And His Studio Was Up And Running. The Studio Quickly Became A Favorite For The Likes Of Augustus Pablo, Lee Perry, Prince Tony Robinson And Glen Brown. King Tubby Remixed Great Swathes Of Music For Pablo?S Rockers Label. He Also Launched His Own Record Labels ? Firehouse, Waterhouse, Kingston Ll And Taurus.
By The Mid-80?S, King Tubby Had Now Shifted Into Production, And Released A Stream Of Seminal Singles That Mashed Up The Dancefloor By The Likes Of Sugar Minott And Anthony Red Rose. His Best Work Was Now In The Production Field, Working With Young Up And Coming Dj?S And Veteran Vocalists. Pliers And Chaka Demus & Fame, Ninjaman, Gregory Isaacs And Johnny Clarke Were Just Some Of The Talent That Cut Crucial Singles For Him. 'king Tubby Presents Soundclash Dubplate Style' Arrived In 1989, Bundling Up Superb Dubs Of His Dancehall Hits. As The Decade Drew To A Close, King Tubby Seemed Destined To Continue Stamping His Imprint On Jamaica?S Scene, Still In Demand, And Still A Powerful Musical Force. And Then, On February 6, 1989, His Career Came To Sudden End, That Night He Was Shot And Killed Outside His Home In Waterhouse. His Murder Remains Unsolved, His Death Believed To Have Been The Result Of A Street Robbery. In The Years Since, King Tubby?S Renown Has Only Grown. The King May Be Dead, But His Legacy Appears To Be Ever Lasting.
