Official Reggae Royalty Sanchez D & Garnett Silk Live in Jamaica 1993

Official Reggae Royalty Sanchez D & Garnett Silk Live in Jamaica 1993

Sanchez D is a well-known reggae singer of covers—songs first recorded by other artists, often in other styles, including pop, country, and hip-hop—who has enjoyed enduring popularity despite criticism. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music revealed that Sanchez has been “critically dismissed as a cover-singing fad whose own lyrics were slight,” but that he has proven himself as a serious songwriter with such hits as “South Africa.” And while some reviewers have suggested that his singing abilities are limited, others have praised his distinctive, mellow voice. For a decade and a half, and on more than 20 albums of his own as well as those of others, his voice has leant a romantic dimension to reggae music, adapting with the genre as it has changed over the years.

Born Kevin Anthony Jackson on November 28, 1967, Sanchez began his singing career in church, then later moved into secular music. He was just six when he first sang at the church his parents attended in St. Catherine. At age 11 he was in the Sunday school choir of Rehoboth Apostolic Church, and by age 13 he was singing leads and conducting the junior choir and later the senior choir. Jackson’s taste in music changed after meeting new friends at St. Andrew Technical High School. They went to parties where sound systems—which were comprised of a deejay (or selector), music, sound equipment, technicians, Manágers, and supporters—played. Jackson discovered an affinity for the music he heard there, and he gradually replaced singing in the church choir with performing at parties.

Garnett Silk of the most exciting young talents to arise out of the '80s dancehall scene, Garnett Silk began his career as a child toaster, but ended it as one of Jamaica's most astonishing singers; with a rich and emotive voice, he took the nation by storm. He seemed destined for international stardom when his career was cut cruelly short by his death in 1996.

Born Garnett Damoin Smith in Jamaica's Manchester parish on April 2, 1966, the young DJ-to-be, had decided on his career choice as a small child. Encouraged by family and friends, Silk first took the stage at the Soul Remembrance sound system at the tender age of 12, under the moniker Little Bimbo. The tiny toaster so impressed the audience that he swiftly began DJ'ing regularly, first at Soul Remembrance, and then as the decade turned, at Pepper's Disco, Stereophonic, and then Destiny Outernational. It was at this latter sound system where the teen first met Tony Rebel, another Manchester native. Rebel was making a name for himself as a cultural toaster and went on to become a major influence on the dancehall scene, and on Little Bimbo himself. The DJ was still in his teens when he cut his first song, 1985's "Ram Dance Master"; he may have recorded others, but none have yet surfaced. It was another two years before Little Bimbo's debut single, "Problems Everywhere," appeared. Cut with producer Delroy Collins, the posthumous Journey album features not just a single, but an album's worth of material recorded by the two at this time.

Garnett Silk Meets the Conquering LionIn 1987, Little Bimbo linked up with Sugar Minott and recorded the "No Disrespect" single for the older man's Youth Promotion label. Coincidentally, Tony Rebel was at this time the star DJ for Minott's Youth Promotion sound system, and he and Little Bimbo immediately hooked back up. 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-'80s through the end of the decade. Rebel, a Rastafari, eventually converted Little Bimbo to his religion with the help of dub poet Yasus Afari, a close friend of both DJs. If Rebel had a massive impact on Silk's religious beliefs and toasting themes, Derrick Morgan would have had an equal impact on his career.

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