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In memory of the great "Early B"...Rest In Power!!!
Earlando Arrington Neil aka Early B (February 28, 1957 - September 11, 1994).
Original Track:
https://youtu.be/7mezi5LfR-4
Early B, Bio: 👀
Earlando was born into a poor family and left a promising school career at age seventeen to support his mother and two brothers. He began work as a machine clerk but within a year was elevated to acting supervisor.
Neil began performing live on Soul Imperial Hi-Fi alongside his young apprentice, Wild Apache (aka Super Cat). Earlando supposedly earned his stage name as a result of his reputation for arriving to shows early, thus gaining the name Early Bird, then finally Early B.
Early B was soon approached, while on vacation with Stuart Brown (owner of African Star Sound), by a larger sound system, King Majesty.
King Majesty was the only set to play all over the parish of St. Thomas.
In the evenings he dragged the young SuperCat out of his yard in Kingston to the countryside where they performed on King Majesty for almost a year. The owner of King Majesty was a manager in the sugar cane industry and unfortunately was unable to run the sound system during harvest time. Frustration boiled over for "Cat" and Early B, who both had ambitions to make it "big time". Their first chance came with Killamanjaro.
Killamanjaro began as a humble sound system in the cool hills above Kingston with a resident mike-man known by the stagename of "Oh Lord". In 1980–81, the principal reason for the rise of Killamanjaro was because Early B and Supercat had become its crowd-pulling regulars.
Soon every hopeful deejay wanted to "hold the mike" on the Killamanjaro sound alongside Early B, who had by now acquired a new nickname – The Doctor. Over the next two years, Early B was in constant demand as a recording artist scoring hits such as Gaterman Get Fraid, Wheel Wheely, Sunday Dish, and Learn Fe Drive.
His next step towards the top was a move to the United States where he continued to be a dancehall favourite.
Early performed throughout the US and England (as well as Jamaica) until he was shot to death inside the Windsor Cricket Club, Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 11 September 1994.
While rumours have circulated as to the reasoning behind the murder, his killers have never been found.
Early B recorded several albums during the mid-80s, which remain well -circulated in the digital age today. Several tribute compilation albums have recently been released on CD, such as Immortal and A Memorial Tributed Reggae Hits.
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