Audio, Video, Festival: Jimmy Cliff & Tim Armstrong

Sooooo, its tough to say what these two respective icons will play together, since this will be the first time the two take the stage for a joint performance.(pun intended)

Jimmy Cliff:

Is a huge reggae star, and is the only living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honor that can be bestowed by the Jamaican government in arts and sciences. He also happens to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. The man was born in 1948, and his first success came with a song recorded when he was just 14. What really made him an international star, was his appearance as the lead actor, and a composer and musician for 4 songs on the soundtrack, in the Jamaican reggae film, The Harder They Come, in 1972. This film won international success, and really brought reggae to a world audience for the first time. Since that film, he has added vocals, guitar, composition, and toured with a number of famous bands, including, Kool and The Gang, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and many more. Not to mention many bands cite him as an influence and there are lots of covers of his song out there. Counting the albums he has released on Wikipedia gives a whooping 28 albums, so if you like his music and haven't heard of him before you have tons of material to go back and listen to.

Tim Armstong:

Is a punk rock powerhouse. He is from Albany, Cailfornia, and along with Matt Freeman has pushed punk rock into the limelight. The two meet in little legaue baseball at the age of 5, and in 1985, at age 20, the two created the band Basic Radio, and when that dissovled, formed the ska punk band Operation Ivy with singer Jesse Michaels, and drummer Dave Mello. Operation Ivy released one album, Energy, in 1989 and then disbanded because of the pressure, even though they had immediately gained a huge cult following. The next step for the pair was the band Downfall, which lasted for three months. Matt Freeman went on to join MDC.

The next step for the pair was to join up with Bret Reed on drums and form one of the most successful independent punk bands of all time, Rancid. Rancid has 8 albums out, and may possibly have a ninth out in 2012.

Tim Armstrong also attempted a solo career, but upon expanding it with Rob Aston, and then Travis Barker of Blink-182 formed The Transplants instead in 1999, and released their self titled debut album in 2002.

Aside from his part as vocals and/or guitar in various bands, he is also a producer, and created a record label, Hellcat Records as a sub label of Epitaph.

Jimmy Cliff and Tim Armstrong:

The most recent release by Jimmy Cliff has been the Sacred Fire EP in 2011, it was produced by Tim Armstrong, who was also featured on the the track "Guns of Brixton", a cover of The Clash. The EP also includes a cover of the Rancid song "Ruby Soho", and a cover of "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan, with a singular piece of original material, "Ship is Sailing". A full length album between the two is expected in summer 2012.
UPDATE: the album is called Re.Birth and is due out in June.

So I would expect the major hits that Jimmy Cliff usually plays, along with a few songs from the Sacred Fire EP, including the Rancid cover, and then probably one or two unreleased songs off the new album, if the album does not come out before Coachella

I'll leave you with two songs I expect them to play, and a list of others: