Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana

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Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana
Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana cover
Studio album by S. E. Rogie
Released May 5, 1997
Recorded Real World Studios, Wiltshire, England in 1994
Genre Palm-wine music/Highlife
Length 42:54
Label RealWorld / CEMA
Producer Tchad Blake
Professional reviews
S. E. Rogie chronology
The New Sounds of S.E.ROGIE
(1991)		 Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana
(1997)

Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana is the last album by Sierra Leonean highlife and palm wine musician S. E. Rogie, featuring the double bassist, Danny Thompson. It was recorded in 1994 before his death and released in 1997.

Samples from the track Diemman Noba Smoke Tafee, or Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana, are used in Adrian Sherwood's debut album Never Trust a Hippie? under the title Dead Man Smoking. The track also featured vocals from Ghetto Priest.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Kpindigbee (Morning, Noon, and Night) – 4:11
  2. A Time In My Life – 3:27
  3. Nor Weigh Me Lek Dat (Woman To Woman) – 4:04
  4. Jaimgba Tutu (The Joy of Success) – 2:38
  5. Koneh Pelawoe (Please Open Your Heart) – 5:04
  6. Jojo Yalahjo (I Lost My Wife) – 4:43
  7. Nyalomei Luange (Love Me My Love) – 2:54
  8. African Gospel – 4:20
  9. Nyalimagotee (The Cornerstone Of My Heart) – 4:49
  10. Diemman Noba Smoke Tafee – 6:38


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