Vinyl Record
George Dekker - Right To Be Here
George Dekker - Right To Be Here on LP vinyl. A 2024 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 2024
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2024 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Right To Be Here is George Dekker making the title sound like both a declaration and a piece of calm evidence. Dekker's name carries deep reggae history through The Pioneers and the long arc of Jamaican vocal-group music, but this album does not lean only on memory. It presents him as a living singer with a steady voice, a sense of roots tradition and enough lightness to keep the record from hardening into heritage display. The track list points to a broad Jamaican conversation: Wicked Affi Run and Babylon Kingdom bring social pressure into view, Morant Bay Rebellion reaches toward historical memory, while Let Me Love You Tonight, Baby Tonight and Reggae Do Brazil keep the album open to romance and movement. The title track becomes the emotional hinge, not just saying that Dekker deserves the space, but letting the performance prove it through ease, timing and warmth. What makes the album attractive is its refusal to overcomplicate the brief. This is not a record trying to modernise reggae by disguising it, nor a museum piece sealed behind nostalgia. It is a veteran voice moving through roots, lovers feeling and old-school melodic craft with a directness that feels earned. The best moments are unhurried, confident and quietly proud.
The album matters because it places a historically connected Jamaican singer back in the frame with new material rather than another backward-looking compilation. It gives collectors a way to hear Dekker's voice in a contemporary Blue Beat context, tied to roots reggae themes but still relaxed enough for repeated home listening.
This is a useful reggae shelf piece for listeners who already know The Pioneers or who collect modern releases by foundation-era voices. Its value is not rarity language or packaging claims; it is the presence of Dekker himself, singing material that touches love, social trouble and Jamaican memory without sounding forced.
Warm roots reggae and lovers-rock feeling with veteran vocal poise, steady grooves, social themes and melodic old-school charm.
Recommended for: Collectors of modern roots reggae by veteran Jamaican singers; Fans of The Pioneers and classic vocal-group reggae; Listeners who want relaxed but purposeful reggae songwriting.
Who is George Dekker? George Dekker is a Jamaican singer associated with The Pioneers, heard here on a later solo album rooted in reggae tradition. What themes appear on Right To Be Here? The album moves between social pressure, Jamaican historical memory, romance and a title-track sense of earned presence. Is this only for reggae specialists? No. It has enough historical weight for collectors, but the grooves and vocal warmth make it approachable for casual reggae listeners too.