Singer/Rastafarian
In just a mere three years, he single-handedly resurrected cultural awareness in Jamaica's fledging reggae fraternity. With songs aplenty on the radio, in the dancehalls, and concerts both locally and abroad ticketing sold out venues, the slimly-built Rastafarian was in the success zone. Then tragedy struck. His presence was felt from his 1991 release It's Growing. The song taken from said titled album was produced by highly acclaimed hit-maker, Bobby Dixon. He was also responsible for last December's posthumous album release, Give I Strength. On its high-profile promotional billboards, they showed Silk, Luciano, Rebel, Capleton and Kulcha Knox in a memorable pose of brotherhood. However, on concert night, his presence was a wish - if only... Had he been alive, who knows what direction the music would have traveled. Bridgette Anderson, his former manager and close friend had no regrets working with one of reggae's finest. "Where ever he is now, I know I will see him again," she states.
Silk came, he sang and went, but not without etching indelible marks in our hearts. A true sign of the ways and works of the gifted and special ones. When the news flashed across the Jamaican airwaves, on Friday, December 9, 1994, that Garnet Smith, popularly called Garnet Silk, was killed, shock and the disbelief were on the faces of those who knew him. At just 28-years old, the singer was on the path to great accomplishments. On that fateful Friday night at his mother's home in Mandeville - his hometown, was rocked by a fiery explosion. In the aftermath, the singer along with his mother lay dead.
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In just a mere three years, he single-handedly resurrected cultural awareness in Jamaica's fledging reggae fraternity. With songs aplenty on the radio, in the dancehalls, and concerts both locally and abroad ticketing sold out venues, the slimly-built Rastafarian was in the success zone. Then tragedy struck. His presence was felt from his 1991 release It's Growing. The song taken from said titled album was produced by highly acclaimed hit-maker, Bobby Dixon. He was also responsible for last December's posthumous album release, Give I Strength. On its high-profile promotional billboards, they showed Silk, Luciano, Rebel, Capleton and Kulcha Knox in a memorable pose of brotherhood. However, on concert night, his presence was a wish - if only... Had he been alive, who knows what direction the music would have traveled. Bridgette Anderson, his former manager and close friend had no regrets working with one of reggae's finest. "Where ever he is now, I know I will see him again," she states.
Silk came, he sang and went, but not without etching indelible marks in our hearts. A true sign of the ways and works of the gifted and special ones. When the news flashed across the Jamaican airwaves, on Friday, December 9, 1994, that Garnet Smith, popularly called Garnet Silk, was killed, shock and the disbelief were on the faces of those who knew him. At just 28-years old, the singer was on the path to great accomplishments. On that fateful Friday night at his mother's home in Mandeville - his hometown, was rocked by a fiery explosion. In the aftermath, the singer along with his mother lay dead.
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Singer/Rastafarian
In just a mere three years, he single-handedly resurrected cultural awareness in Jamaica's fledging reggae fraternity. With songs aplenty on the radio, in the dancehalls, and concerts both locally and abroad ticketing sold out venues, the slimly-built Rastafarian was in the success zone. Then tragedy struck. His presence was felt from his 1991 release It's Growing. The song taken from said titled album was produced by highly acclaimed hit-maker, Bobby Dixon. He was also responsible for last December's posthumous album release, Give I Strength. On its high-profile promotional billboards, they showed Silk, Luciano, Rebel, Capleton and Kulcha Knox in a memorable pose of brotherhood. However, on concert night, his presence was a wish - if only... Had he been alive, who knows what direction the music would have traveled. Bridgette Anderson, his former manager and close friend had no regrets working with one of reggae's finest. "Where ever he is now, I know I will see him again," she states.
Silk came, he sang and went, but not without etching indelible marks in our hearts. A true sign of the ways and works of the gifted and special ones. When the news flashed across the Jamaican airwaves, on Friday, December 9, 1994, that Garnet Smith, popularly called Garnet Silk, was killed, shock and the disbelief were on the faces of those who knew him. At just 28-years old, the singer was on the path to great accomplishments. On that fateful Friday night at his mother's home in Mandeville - his hometown, was rocked by a fiery explosion. In the aftermath, the singer along with his mother lay dead.
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In just a mere three years, he single-handedly resurrected cultural awareness in Jamaica's fledging reggae fraternity. With songs aplenty on the radio, in the dancehalls, and concerts both locally and abroad ticketing sold out venues, the slimly-built Rastafarian was in the success zone. Then tragedy struck. His presence was felt from his 1991 release It's Growing. The song taken from said titled album was produced by highly acclaimed hit-maker, Bobby Dixon. He was also responsible for last December's posthumous album release, Give I Strength. On its high-profile promotional billboards, they showed Silk, Luciano, Rebel, Capleton and Kulcha Knox in a memorable pose of brotherhood. However, on concert night, his presence was a wish - if only... Had he been alive, who knows what direction the music would have traveled. Bridgette Anderson, his former manager and close friend had no regrets working with one of reggae's finest. "Where ever he is now, I know I will see him again," she states.
Silk came, he sang and went, but not without etching indelible marks in our hearts. A true sign of the ways and works of the gifted and special ones. When the news flashed across the Jamaican airwaves, on Friday, December 9, 1994, that Garnet Smith, popularly called Garnet Silk, was killed, shock and the disbelief were on the faces of those who knew him. At just 28-years old, the singer was on the path to great accomplishments. On that fateful Friday night at his mother's home in Mandeville - his hometown, was rocked by a fiery explosion. In the aftermath, the singer along with his mother lay dead.
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