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One of the most colorful characters in reggae music has to be Eek-A-Mouse.

When I first heard this guy sing, I had no idea what to think.  He had a high pitched voice and sang about the most bizarre things.

In 1998, I had the pleasure of playing several gigs as an opener for Eek.  After we played our set, we then went out into the audience and waited for him to come out.

After several minutes of the band warming up, out comes this lumbering giant of a man wearing a full on Yankees Uniform.  I was cracking up.

First of all, I expected Eek a mouse to be this 4’11″ dude crawling around the stage…that definitely wasn’t the case.  Secondly, this Jamaican guy was wearing a New York Yankees uniform?  Just weird.

I was pretty blown away by the show, though.  Eek is very well respected in the reggae community and is one of the original reggae ragga muffins.

Check out some of his shows.  I think you will enjoy them.