“St. Mary Mi Come From” (2003) Highlights Pt.1

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This video clip features Nadine Sutherland, Richie Spice, Pam Hall, Chuck Fenda, Lymie Murray, Courtney John, and Lenn Hammond. Fifth Elements Productions invited me to the show, and I filmed from the stage, so the sound is not a line feed but the nice thing about filming from the stage is that you capture a nice feel of the audience and the artist. Look out for Pt. 2.
NADINE SUTHERLAND (born 15 March 1968) is a Jamaican reggae singer whose early career was nurtured by Bob Marley. She went on to become a successful dancehall artist in the 1990s. Sutherland was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Above Rocks in Saint Catherine Parish. She began performing in 1979, winning the Tastee Talent Contest that year (beating Paul Blake and Yellowman), with her parents managing her career while she studied at St Andrew High School. She combined her musical career with studies in business administration and was the first artist signed by Bob Marley to his Tuff Gong label, recording “Starvation on the Land” while aged eleven.
She struggled to breakthrough as a solo artist and after touring the US as support to Bunny Wailer, she worked as a backing vocalist at Gussie Clarke’s Music Works studio. She went on to work for Donovan Germain at his Penthouse Studios, and Germain produced her 1993 hit “Action”, a combination with Terror Fabulous. In the US, “Action” reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2015 she completed a master’s degree in cultural studies at the University of the West Indies, and Sutherland has also appeared as a judge on the TV show Digicel Rising Stars.
PAM HALL is a Jamaican reggae singer whose career began in the 1970s.
Hall recorded as a solo artist from the mid-1970s as well as providing backing vocals for several other artists including Jimmy Cliff, Judy Mowatt, Beres Hammond, Dennis Brown, and Peter Tosh, sometimes along with her sister Audrey. Among her earliest releases were “Creation”, a duet with Orville Wood as Pam & Woody, and “You Should Never Do That”, a duet with Tinga Stewart. Her 1986 single “Dear Boopsie” topped the reggae charts and reached number 54 on the UK Singles Chart. Her first album, Perfidia, was released in 1987. She continued to be in demand for backing vocals, working with Toots Hibbert, and Ziggy Marley in the 1990s. She went on to release a string of solo albums on VP Records. In the 1990s she filled in for Judy Mowatt in the I Threes, joining the group in the decade that followed.
RICHIE SPICE, the stage name for Richell BonneR (born 8 September 1971), is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. Some of his most famous songs include, “Brown Skin”, “Youth Dem Cold”, “Groovin’ My Girl”, “Earth a Run Red”, “Marijuana”, “The Plane Land” and “King and Queen” (which he did with Barbadian Queen of Soca Alison Hinds). Three of his brothers are also reggae artists – Pliers, Spanner Banner, and Snatcha Lion.
LYMIE MURRAY, the former lead singer of the famous Skool Band is considered one of the finest vocalists in modern reggae. Born Paul Murray on October 24, Lymie hails from Royal Flat, Manchester, in central Jamaica, where the singer/songwriter grew up.
After years of touring extensively across the globe as the enchanting frontman for the once-popular Skool Band, Lymie Murray made his mark with his debut album “Happy Days”, featuring hits such as “Every time I Touch You”, “Blessed” and “Let’s Stay Together”. A four-year working relationship with Freddie McGregor’s Big Ship Records, including performances as opening act/backing vocalist for the reggae great, led to Murray’s second and third albums “Start All Over” and “Only Conversation” released on Jet Star and VP Records respectively. He embarked as a solo artist in 2003.
COURTNEY JOHN was born in the Parish of St. Andrew, Jamaica, and grew up in Annotto Bay, St. Mary before migrating to North America with his family as a teenager. After completing his formal studies, he returned to Jamaica to pursue his musical calling. Courtney John has recorded tracks for some of Jamaica’s biggest producers including X-Terminator, Fat Eyes, Taxi, and Harmony House.
Writing, singing, and producing come naturally to Courtney John who was born into a musical family. He grew up listening to his uncles Winston and Beres Hammond, so it came as no surprise, when at age twelve; Courtney John wrote and performed his first song. He acknowledges being influenced by the singing styles of Beres Hammond, Lionel Richie, and Stevie Wonder while his peers have called him a modern-day Slim Smith.
LENN HAMMOND comes from a lineage of music makers. Born around 1970 in Port Maria, St. Mary, Jamaica, Constantine “Lenn” Hammond was the son of a cabaret singer, Winston “Boyo” Hammond, and the nephew of a major reggae vocal star, Beres Hammond.