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Stone Love Special ft Garnett Silk & more 1991 Garnett Silk was a Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian, known for his diverse, emotive, powerful and smooth voice. During the early 1990s he was hailed as a rising talent, however his career was ended by his early death in 1994, while attempting to save his mother from her burning house. Even today still hailed as a reggae prodigy, Garnett is considered inspiring and a credit to reggae music. Smith was born in Manchester, Jamaica. His musical career began at the age of twelve, when he performed under the name During the 1980s he worked as a deejay on sound systems such as Conquering Lion, Soul Remembrance, Pepper's Disco, Stereophonic, and Destiny Outernational (where he first met Tony Rebel). He recorded his first track in 1985, but it would be two years later before his first single, "Problem Everywhere" was released. An album of material from this period (Journey) was later released. In 1988, he joined Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion label, releasing "No Disrespect", and working regularly with Tony Rebel, Smith now being billed simply as 'Bimbo'. The pair began performing as a duo around the sound systems to much acclaim. The Garnett Silk Meets the Conquering Lion: A Dub Plate Selection album dates from about this time and features a clutch of exclusive recordings the DJ cut for the sound system from the mid-1980s through the end of the decade. Rebel, a Rastarfari, eventually converted Smith to his religion with the help of dub poet Yasus Afari, a close friend of both the DJs.
In 1989, at the suggestion of veteran singer Derrick Morgan, Smith turned from deejaying to singing, with a recording session at Bunny Lee's studio with Rebel, including tracks recorded separately, as a duo, and with Anthony Selassie, and he began working under his real name. The Heartbeat label's Tony Rebel Meets Garnett Silk in a Dancehall Conference compiles these early Morgan-overseen recordings. The success of this session led him to continue as a singer, going on to work with producers King Tubby, Prince Jammy, and Donovan Germain, before signing a two-year contract with Steely & Clevie in 1990, recording an album's worth of songs for them. It was the production duo who decided to change his name to Garnet Silk, in reference to his smooth voice.Only one of the tracks recorded during this period, "We Can Be Together," a duet with Chevelle Franklin, was actually released at the time, and discouraged by this, he returned to Manchester and threw himself into songwriting, often in partnership with an old friend, Anthony "Fire" Rochester.
Another encounter with Tony Rebel brought an introduction to Courtney Cole, owner of the Roof International label. Silk would record a plethora of songs at the producer's Ocho Rios studio, amongst them were the hits "Mama," "Seven Spanish Angels," and a cover of the Johnny Nash classic "I Can See Clearly Now". Roof International would posthumously bundle up these early singles and other material recorded at this time for the Nothing Can Divide Us album, which the VP label picked up for the US
By 1992, Silk was in Kingston in the studio with producer Bobby Digital, recording his debut album It's Growing. Split between deeply cultural themes, spiritual songs, and romantic numbers, the album went on to become one of the best selling in Jamaica that year, and he had his first major hit single with "Hey Mama Africa" (produced by Richard "Bello" Bell) for the Star Trail label, which was Silk's first international hit, and topped the reggae chart in Britain.
Over the next two years, the singer would record with most of the major name producers on the island, both on his own and in partnership with Tony Rebel. He cut a swathe of songs with King Jammy, including "Fill Us Up With Your Mercy" and "Lord Watch Over Our Shoulders." The latter track titled a 1994 compilation released by the Greensleeves label in the UK and boasts seven Jammy cuts and a clutch of hits for other producers.
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Eek-A-Mouse - Exclusive Interview 2018 Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Eek-A-Mouse began his music career when he was in college, releasing two roots reggae singles under his own name, which were produced by his mathematics tutor, Mr. Dehaney. These early works were influenced by the music of Pablo Moses. He then went on to work for various sound systems over the next few years and also released a few more singles. He adopted the stage name "Eek-A-Mouse" in 1979, taking the name of a racehorse he always bet on; it was a nickname his friends had used for some time. He began recording for Joe Gibbs in 1979, having a hit straight away with "Once a Virgin", now showing the influence of Ranking Joe, and this was soon followed with "Wa-Do-Dem" (produced by Douglas Boothe), and "Modelling Queen", which began an association with Linval Thompson, who produced his debut Bubble Up Yu Hip album.
By the end of 1980, he had linked up with producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes, with whom he had big hits in 1981 with the likes of "Virgin Girl" and a recut "Wa-Do-Dem". In 1981, he was the star of the Reggae Sunsplash Festival, cheering audiences still mourning over the death of reggae icon Bob Marley. His association with Lawes led to a string of successful singles and albums, and in 1982 his hits included "Wild Like a Tiger", "For Hire and Removal", "Do You Remember", and "Ganja Smuggling". The same year he released his second album, Wa Do Dem. The "Operation Eradication" single showed Hylton's serious side, the song inspired by the vigilante killing of close friend and fellow DJ Errol Shorter. Skidip was released before the year was out.
Further albums followed with 1983's Mouse and the Man, produced by Linval Thompson, and 1984's Mouseketeer, again produced by Lawes. He also featured on several of the live dancehall albums from the era, including the Aces International and Live at Skateland collections. In the second half of the decade his popularity began to wane slightly, and he targeted the United States with the Assassinator album in 1985 (his first US release), produced by Anthony and Ronald Welch. He also travelled to the United Kingdom to record The King and I the same year, the album targeted at the rock crossover audience to which he had begun to appeal.
His 1988 album Eek-A-Nomics saw him begin to establish himself with an international audience, spawning a club hit with "The Freak", and he was signed by Island Records in 1989. He returned to prominence with 1991's U-Neek album, which continued the rock-oriented style, including a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er", and from which the hit single "You're The One I Need" was taken. He went through a period of relative quietness before returning in 1996 with the Black Cowboy album.
He also has a performance in the 1991 gangster movie New Jack City playing a drug-dealing Rastafarian named Fat Smitty.
Eek-A-Mouse is a regular at Sunsplash and often teams up with reggae duo Michigan & Smiley. An album was issued of his performance in 1983. He was also featured on nu metal group P.O.D.'s album Satellite, lending his vocals to the rock-reggae track "Ridiculous." He can also be heard on OPM's album, ForThemAsses, on the track "Perfect Day." Eek-A-Mouse recorded a song with hip-hop recording artist Ditch, called "Smoke it up" (2007, released in 2009), which is featured on Ditch's CD Public Intoxication. The song by Ditch and Eek-a-Mouse is featured on the Jack Herer documentary as well. Has as well teamed up with Bounty Killer and Damian Marley in "Khaki Suit".
He performed in Jamaica for the first time in eight years in August 2015 at the Marcus Garvey Festival in Ocho Rios.
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Winston Francis - Exclusive Interview Live & Direct at YouTube Winston Francis was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1948. He attended school there and started learning the printing trade before moving to Miami with his family at the age of sixteen. He then went to music school where his music teacher Chuck Bird, the great impresario, writer and performer, spotted Francis’ talent: ‘If I didn’t know better, I would’ve thought it was Nat King Cole singing’ he told the young man.
Bird was not only the driving force behind Francis, he also gave him his first break in the music industry, setting him up to play at the Fountain Blue Hotel in Miami in 1965 with the Jackie Gleeson Orchestra. His first show found US politician Spiro Agnew in the audience.
Francis began to go back to Jamaica on a regular basis and became one of the band singers for Carlos Malcolm, working alongside Derrick Harriott and Boris Gardiner as the band toured the Caribbean and the USA. He also started recording at the famed Coxson’s Studio One in Jamaica, collaborating with foremost reggae artists including Dennis Brown, Bob Marley and Bob Andy amongst others.
In 1971 Francis became popular in the UK with his first album Mr Fix It. His cover of the Mamas and the Papas’ classic California Dreamin’ was Tony Blackburn’s Hit Pick of the Week on Radio One for two weeks straight and it was this single that brought him over to London. A little known fact about the ‘B’ side of California Dreamin’ (Too Experienced) is that the backing vocals were actually done by Bob Marley and Bunnie Wailer , despite the fact that everyone thought such high-pitched voices could only belong to women!
From 1972 Winston Francis started performing regularly all over the UK on the club circuit. At the same time he did some recordings for EMI and it was then that he met and began to work with renowned reggae producer and performer Dennis Bovell– although they would not collaborate on a major project until 1993. The late 1970s and early 1980s saw Francis doing a lot of session work including backing vocals and studio work.
Between 1980-86 Francis had a complete change of career, becoming a youth and social worker in Brixton, from which he got great satisfaction. But music continually beckoned, and in 1987 Francis returned to his first love. He sang backing vocals for the Jamaican group The Melodians and then started performing regularly with the London-based Trevor Star and The Skaticians . Popular in Europe in particular, Francis is still a member of this ska/ rock steady band.
In 1993 Dennis Bovell asked Winston Francis to cover the classic Ben E. King number, Stand By Me for a compilation album, Jamaican Soul. The song was released as a single in France where it sold over 90,000 copies. Bovell then produced His Majesty Requests , a solo album which Francis brought out under the name King Cool. Showing his diversity, Francis has also continued to do backing vocals for various bands from soul to hip-hop, from reggae to musicals, all the while drawing on his huge talent and great wealth of experience.
Winston Francis has known Linton Kwesi Johnson since the 1970s, and their collaboration on the album Sweet Rock Steady was a meeting of minds. Singing classic rock steady tunes, Francis evokes real nostalgia for that unforgettable era of Jamaican music (1966-68) which bridged the gap between ska and reggae. The arrangements were done by veteran producer John Kpiaye. ality videos.
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Jah Youth - Exclusive Dubplate Session Live & Direct at YouTube 2018 ❤️??
JAH YOUTH ROOTS AMBASSADOR SOUND, the Uplifting Sound of Sounds has been playing roots reggae music since 1975. The Roots Ambassador family includes singers and DJs such as: Uwimana, Prince Livijah, Ras Rudy Gad, Ras Sherby and G Vibes alongside crew members Dr. Levi, Natty Alex, Brian de lion and Rim Bim. The Sound started out playing across east London - and soon all over the UK, Europe (clubs and Festivals) and Africa. In 1989 the Sound had its first trod to Africa – playing in Nairobi, Kenya with full crew and Sound in attendance. It was here that the Sound first became known as the Roots Ambassadors, a name that has stuck ever since. The Roots Ambassadors left sound equipment in Kenya, which has been operated since then by a group of Kenyan Youths known as the Jah Youth Kruh (Swahili word for crew). In 1990 Jah Youth Roots Ambassadors toured Zimbabwe with the renowned reggae band Misty-in-Roots, before entering Sierra Leone in 1991 and Ghana in 1994. In 2000 was the Gambia Tour with the full SOUND and Crew .. These works enabled Jah Youth to spread the message of roots reggae music and Rastafari livity throughout Africa. Over the years, Jah Youth Roots Ambassadors have toured constantly and extensively throughout Europe and the UK, with artists such as Dr. Alimantado, Burning Spear, Augustus Pablo, Third World, Gregory Isaacs and the Congos. Many sounds have become commercial or changed but Jah Youth Sound has stayed true to the real roots of Rastafari and maintained the authentic vibes. The Roots Ambassadors have been producing roots rock reggae since the mid 1990s, with artists such as the Mighty Diamonds, Prince Alla, the Congos, Earl Sixteen, Uwimana, Daweh Congo, Prince Livijah, Ras Sherby, Willi Williams, Addis Pablo and the Suns of Dub. Many more production to come! Jah Youth the Roots Ambassadors continues to promote Rastafari music and culture across the world. Listening Jah Youth Sound and music is a life enriching experience. Come and be uplifted!
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