Lone Ranger
b. Anthony Waldron, the Lone Ranger was one of the most lyrically inventive late '70s DJs, with a considerable influence on the British school of MCing. Waldron spent a large proportion of his formative years in the UK, which perhaps accounted for his radically different stance, and, like so many others, he began his own recording career at Studio One. Welton Irie partnered him at first, but he soon graduated to working solo, setting himself loose on several classic Studio One rhythms, after which he became virtually unstoppable. His version of Slim Smith's seminal Rougher Yet, re-titled Love Bump, was a major success. So too his reading of Slim Smith's Never Let Go, a version known as The Answer, which has become more famous than the original. As top DJ for Kingston's Virgo Sound, he kept up appearances in the dance halls and Virgo Hi Fi were voted the top sound of 1980. 
His recordings for Alvin GG Ranglin assured his legendary status. Barnabas Collins (about a vampire show on television) contained the immortal line: ‘chew ya neck like a Wrigley's’, and was a UK reggae chart number 1 in 1980. His additional work for Winston Riley and Channel One, which included the memorable M16, proved almost as popular. His tour of the UK that year reiterated that he could do it on stage as well as on record and for the sound systems. Any performer who could deliver priceless lyrics such as ‘Lightning clap and thunder roll …Noah at the ark control’, would always be guaranteed a receptive audience. His repertoire of strange voices, ‘oinks’ and ‘ribbits’, were widely imitated. Ranger recorded sparingly, sometimes branching out in keeping with other DJs into self-production, and his catalogue has always been assembled with style, class and a dash of great humour.