I've been in the music business for a long time. My Jamaican days are my most memorable. Auditioning by day and recording by night, pressing vinyl in Kingston, and hanging out in Oracabessa, MoBay, and Negril with good friends was a unique experience. I had two partners in Outernational Records, and I owned Shark Records. I've recorded most of my Jamaican stuff at Music Works on 2" Analog. Originally, it was the studio on 56 Slipe Road @ Anchor. Then, it moved uptown and built out with the expanding digital era. Soljie has done most of the recording and mixing work here with plenty of other very talented engineers. The musicians were primarily Firehouse Crew and Dean Fraser's horns or David Madden's horns sections. The songs include many other great musicians including Santa, Clinton Rufus, Money Mark and more. The older Heptones stuff was recorded and produced by Danny Holloway and The Heptones. These tracks never got released, and in 2005 we finished mixing and licensed out for a UK limited release. We’re still looking for the right situation to release all of the mixes. It's been a fun ride making this stuff. My biggest win is the friendships I've made along the way. Some of them continue to transcend the actual work that united us. Life is a blessing, and music like dirt!

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