From Nashville Scene:
Aashid Himons, the iconic dreadlocked giant of a man who earned a place as one of the most colorful figures in the history of Nashville’s club scene, died today after a long illness. He was 68.
Himons was perhaps best known for his reggae group Afrikan Dreamland, a fixture on the Rock Block during the 1980s boom years of college radio. But his music career dated back at least to the late 1950s, when he made his way to New York and then Washington, D.C., as a teenage R&B and doo-wop singer.
• Aashid Himons: http://www.goarchie.com
• Afrikan Dreamland: http://spaceformusic.com/afrikan.html