TIRED TO LICK WEED IN A BUSH * JACOB MILLER & THE INNER CIRCLE * ARAB * JA
Jacob Miller's date of birth
is in question, some sources give it as, May 4, 1952, others
1955, what is certain is the date of his tragic death in a car accident on the 23 March 1980.
He recorded his first record for Coxsone in 1968 titled Love Is A Message,
also known as Let Me Love You, after having no success with his
debut he moved away from recording for several years, when he eventually
returned 1974 , it was to record with the seminal keyboard and melodica player Augustus
Pablo, for who he cut a total of six tracks, including Each One Teach
One, False Rasta, and Baby I Love You So. It was Baby I Love You
So that was used to good affect on the King
Tubby mixed album King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown, the Rockers
being Augustus Pablo's label. Miller's biggest hits came as a member of Inner
Circle, in1976 they enjoyed a couple of roots hits with Tenement Yard and
the above Tired Fe Lick Weed In A Bush. Jacob Miller also enjoyed cameo role in the
excellent 1979 film, Rockers.