Unsung Reggae Artist (Garnett Silk)
Garnet Damion Silk was born on April 2, 1966 in Hatfield, Manchester, Jamaica. He was the 6 th of his mother’s 9 children. Garnett knew what he wanted to be as a child and started his musical career early. At the age of 12 years old, he had his first stage appearance at the Soul Remembrance sound system where he used the stage name “Bimbo”. There he started his journey as a DJ. During the 1980s, in addition to working on Soul Remembrance, Garnett also on sound systems such as Pepper’s Disco, Conquering Lion, Destiny Outernational and Stereophonic. In 1985, at the age of 19 years old, Garnett took his musical journey a step further and recorded his first track. It took him two years though to release his first single called “Problem Everywhere”, in which Garnet deejayed his lyrics. (See video below) This single did not perform well so Garnett began focusing more on singing after veteran Derrick Morgan suggested this. He moved from Manchester to...