“Red Red Wine” revisited

Ah, what a tangled web Neil Diamond unwittingly wove when he wrote the song “Red Red Wine” back in ’67. For starters, it was a pretty un-Diamondlike tune, something borne out by what happened after Neil’s own raspy-throated version came out in ’68. For reasons unknown, Jamaican rocksteady master Tony Tribe latched onto the song… Continue reading “Red Red Wine” revisited