Favorite "Country" Songs #9 - "Rainbow Country"

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Plain and simple, I am a thief. And here I am, ripping off the @FourWalls town and city countdowns by counting down my favorite songs with "Town," "City," "State," and "Country" in the title. This is the "Country" edition, and we are at #9: "Rainbow Country" by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. "Rainbow Country" is a tune written by Bob Marley and Lee "Scratch" Perry, although it was not included on any Wailers albums (just to double check, I went through them, and I'm not seeing it.) It is available in an eleven volume compilation series known as The Complete Bob Marley and the Wailers 1967-1972 (Soul Adventurer, 2002.) It's also available on You Tube if interested, and was covered by the late, great reggae singer Dennis Brown. However, in 1991, when Ziggy Marley took his merry band of Melody Makers into the studio to record their fourth album, Jahmekya, they made sure to do dad's song proud, giving it a bit of a party vibe to fit the rest of the record (check out the single "Good Time" sometime. Awesomely fun. ) And since I used to own Jahmekya, Ziggy's version is the one I am most familiar with. Thus, it's what I use here. Hey Mr. Music, you sure feel good to me. (Info verified by Wikipedia, Second Hand Songs)