TO REGGAE MUSIC LOVERS,SOUND SYSTEMS,D.Js, FRIENDS AND FANS WORLDWIDE!...A HIGHLY BLESS RESPECT AND WELCOME 2 DA FIRST EVER BONITO STAR MYSPACE SITE! ..SORRY ITS TOOK SO LONG 2 "GET ON IT" SO 2 SPEAK..U KNOW WHAT THEY SAY..BETTER LATE THAN NEVA!!..INNIT!.. WELL HERE I AM 'LIVE' AND IN LIVING COLOUR..AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE 2 COME...JUST WATCH THIS SPACE!!! SO FOR THEM AND THOSE OV U WH O WANT 2 KNOW/HEAR MORE...READ MY BIOG,ETC.....NOW THAT I'M UP AND RUNNIN,... I 'LL BE NETWORKING.. AND MAKING FRIENDS WORLDWIDE...AND... I AM ALSO AVAILABLE 4 'LIVE' PERFORMANCE BOOKINGS..{NATIONAL+ INTERNATIONAL!}TEL;+44-07737662592[-BOOKING AGENT].. or +44-O7733440030..I'M ALSO GOOD for VOICE-OVERS,JINGLES,DUBPLATES,FULL CONTRACT PRODUCTIONS 4 RELEASE,RADIO INTERVIEWS ETC .. HOW YUH MEAN!!!.. ANYTHING CYAN GWAARN!!! .......JUST KEEP DA LINK YO!!!MYPROFILEPIMP.COM
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ALRIGHT!..WHERE DO I START..I WAS BORN ON DA 4TH OF APRIL 1964 IN BIRMINGHAM,ENGLAND,AT DUDLEY ROAD HOSPITAL,EDGBASTON TO JAMAICAN PARENTS CLIFFORD HUGH SNR AND ELIDA HENRY..MY FATHER WAS A CARPENTER,AND MY MOTHER A DOMESTIC WORKER IN A CHILDRENS HOSPITAL..I WAS NAMED CLIFFORD HUGH JNR AT 1 AM IN DA MORNIN..ONE OF SIX BOYS AND FIVE GIRLS......
I GREW UP IN HANDSWORTH FOR THE MOST PART OF MY LIFE..ATTENDING FARM STREET/ANGLESEY JUNIOR SCHOOL..PROGRESSING ON TO HOLTE COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY ..GROWING UP IN SCHOOL HAD IT'S FAIR SHARE OF UPS + DOWNS..I WAS KEEN ON SPORTS...BUT ALWAYS HAD AN INFINITE LUV FOR MUZIK..LOVED SINGING AND DANCING,AND MY BIG SISTER WHO REGULARLY RAVED..WOULD BUY VARIOUS RECORDS THAT WERE PLAYED IN OUR HOUSE..BOB MARLEY,DENNIS BROWN,JUNIOR DELGADO,ERROL DUNKLEY,SLIM SMITH,JACKSON FIVE,THE TEMPTATIONS,JIMMY CLIFF..WERE JUST A FEW OF MY FAVORITES FROM THOSE DAYS.... I REALLY FIRST STARTED SINGING AT AROUND THE AGE OF EIGHT OR NINE.....AS MY MOTHER WAS A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN, AND GOING TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK WAS COMPULSORY...AND SHE MADE SURE THAT I'D SING AT THE MONTHLY CONVENTIONS...THAT WAS THE BEGINING....AT THE AGE OF 16 I LEFT SCHOOL...HAVING A FAIR STANDARD OF EDUCATION + QUALIFICATIONS..I DID'NT REALLY KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH MYSELF..SO I STARTED HUSTLING AND RAVING..GOING TO ROOTSMAN SOUND SYSTEM DANCES..LIKE JAH MASSIGAN,JUNGLEMAN,NYAH ESQUIRE...THEN ON TO DANCEHALL +PARTY SOUND SYSTEMS LIKE OBSERVER SUPA POWA,STEREO CLASSIC,UPPSETTER STUDIO,MASTA BLASTA[NOW LUV INJECTION].,RADICS AQUARIUS,BLACKHEART SOUND[LOVE EXPRESS],TURBOTRONIC,SAXON,COXONE,..SOME OF WHICH I SANG ON OR TOURED WID THEM NATIONWIDE...AND ON THIS CIRCUIT MY SKILLS DEVELOPED AS AN MC/SINGER..EVOLVING INTO THE DANCEHALL SINGER SENSATION NOW KNOWN AS BONITO STAR!!!..................IN 1986,.. I WAS GIVEN A LINK WITH STAFFORD DOUGLAS,...A MAN WHO'D HAD A GOOD CAREER IN THE MUSIC AND SOUNDSYSTEM BUSINESS IN THE UK,..EVEN OWNING ONE OF THE BADDEST AND BIGGEST ..NAMELY "MAFIATONE HIFI..COMING FROM THE LATE 60's..UP UNTIL THAT TIME..HE'D JUST OPENED A RECORD SHOP IN B'HAM..'NOW GENERATION' WAS HIS LABEL..AND THAT IS WHERE I GOT MY FIRST BREAK IN THE RECORDING WORLD..MY DEBUT SINGLE WAS A BEATLES COVER "MONEY CAN'T BUY ME LOVE".. ON THE 'SWEET REGGAE MUSIC RIDDIM'..[WHICH WAS THE 'LICK' AT THE TIME..NITTY GRITTY [R.I.P] WAS 'BUSSIN DE PLACE' WID IT!!]..IT WAS RELEASED WITHIN A WEEK..AND ROARED UP THE REGGAE CHARTS TO TOP TWENTY STATUS AND THUS!!..''..BONITO STAR WAS BORN!''...OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS I RELEASED NUMEROUS SINGLES...'' JOIN THE POSSE ''[1986]...'' ELECTRIC''[1987]..''SEEMS TO ME''[1987]..THEN I DID A SONG WITH LEGENDARY PATO BANTON CALLED ''ALL WE NEED IS LOVE[1987/88]..THEN WITH GUIDING STAR STAR RECORDS I DID THE GEORGE MICHEAL CLASSIC '' CARELESS WHISPER '' ON THE 'CHILL OUT RIDDIM[1988]..DURING THAT TIME I WAS DOING A LOT OF PERSONAL APPEARANCES[P.A]..DOING LEEDS CARNIVAL, LONDON'S PECKHAM RYE PARK FESTIVAL AND BIRMINGHAM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER PERIODS..IN 1989 I WAS APPROACHED BY REALISTIC RECORDS PRODUCER JOHNNY WHITE[NATURAL ITES]..AND AN ALBUM WAS MADE..'' A TOUCH OF CLASS ''..TWO SINGLES WERE RELEASED FROM IT..''GROOVY KIND OF LOVE'' AND ''SAVE ALL YOUR LOVE 4 ME'',OF THE TWO,THE LATTER TUNE WAS VOTED ONE OF THE TOP ONE 100 LOVERS ROCK SONG FOR THAT ERA IN THE UK...THEN i TOOK A BREAK..TWAS A QUITE HEFTY BREAK OF ALMOST TEN YEARS..BASICALLY I WAS MATURING,AND WAS THINKING OF SETTLING DOWN..BUT THE MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN UNDER MY SKIN.. AND I RETURNED IN 1998 ,AFTER MOVING TO LONDON..AND STARTED DOING SOME WORK WITH THE SAXON/STINGRAY CREW[MUSCLEHEAD/DILLY/RAY]..AND OUT OF THIS LIASON 2 SINGLES WERE RELEASED..''WAITING SO LONG[SAXONR ECORDS]..AND ''THERE SHE GOES''[STINGRAYMUSIC]..THEY BOTH DID WELL AND PUT ME BACK IN THE LIMELIGHT...I WAS APPRAOCHED NOT LONG AFTER BY A PROMOTER,WHO OFFERED ME A 3 WEEK TOUR IN VANCOUVER, CANADA..WHICH I ACCEPTED,ANDFLEW OUT TO DO 4/5 SHOWS..WHILE I WAS THERE I MET UP WITH RESIDENT SINGER ZUKIE JOSEPH AND JAHRONIMO[DJ]..AS FELLOW ARTISTES WE HAVE KEPT A LINK OVER THE YEARS,AND THEY HAVE VISITED ME IN BIRMNGHAM UK..IT WAS A VERY NICE EXPERIENCE FOR ME, AS I HAD NEVER BEEN ON A MUSICAL REGGAE TOUR BEFORE.
AFTER RETURING FROM CANADA..I STAYED IN LONDON FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS ,AND THEN MOVED BACK TO BIRMINGHAM..BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS VERY POORLY AND I WANTED TO BE NEAR HER..SADLY SHE PASSED AWAY..I WAS DISTRESSED,BUT I HAD TO BE STRONG,AS MY MOTHER WAS A STRONG WOMAN AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PLEASED TO SEE HER SON NOT INHERIT HER INNER STRENGTH WHICH I ADMIRED HER SO MUCH FOR..AND SO I CONTINUED ON MY MUSICAL JOURNEY WITHOUT HER..R.I.P MOM...
SINCE COMING BACK TO BIRMINGHAM I HAVE BEEN ABROAD A COUPLE MORE TIMES,NAMELY TO WASHINGTON D.C...WHER I HAVE WORKED WITH,AND DONE SHOWS WITH THE ''STRIKERS POSSE BAND[ICHELLE/YVONNE]..AND LENNY KURLOU AND MONSOON..WHO HAVE NOW STARTED THEIR OWN THING WITH THE ''STORM REGGAE BAND'',WHO ARE CURRENTLY DOING WELL AND TEARING UP THE PLACE WITH THEIR 'LIVE' PERFORMANCES IN THE U.S.A..AS FOR MYSELF, I STARTED MY OWN MUSIC LABEL''ARIESMUZIKLAB PRODUKTIONZ' IN 2003'..SINCE THEN I'VE RELEASED AN E.P ENTITED ''TENDER YEARS''..AND THEN AN ALBUM ''SKYZ DA LIMIT'' ON LIMITED EDITION..I WAS ALSO A REGGAE MUSIC PRESENTER ON INTERNET RADIO KETCHDIS.COM, PLAYING RUB-A-DUB AND UK LOVERS ROCK.IN 2008 I RELEASED AN ALBUM ''BONITO STAR AND FRIENDS'' featuring MYSELF, PETER SPENCE, CELIA, TENNA STAR, AND DJ POPPA BIGGIE..IT HAS BEEN MY FIRST POPULAR AND UNIT SELLING INDEPENDANT PRODUCTION SO FAR..SO I AM DESTINED TO CARRY ON..MY LOVE FOR REGGAE MUSIC HAS A FLAME THAT WILL NEVER GO OUT..WITH MAN LIKE DENNIS BROWN, FREDDY Mc GREGOR,GREGORY ISAACS, JOHN HOLT, SLIM SMITH[but to name a few] LIGHTING IT WHEN I WAS ONLY 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD...from singing in my bedroom..TO PROFFESIONAL SINGER/SONGWRITER/PROMOTER/PRODUCER..ITS BEEN A LONG LONG JOURNEY!..and OVER TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE TO GO WITH IT..I'D SAY I AM NOW TRULY A 'VETERAN'...WHO SEH MI DUN???...MI JUSS AH COME BLOOD!!!..LISTEN TO MY PRODUCTIONS AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF...BLESS..BONITO STAR
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T GET TO THE SHOW..THIS IS MY FIRST BIG PERFORMANCE AS UK SUPPORT FOR BERES HAMMOND & MAXIPRIEST @ WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL 12TH APRIL 2009..SINGING TO A 3000 CAPACITY CROWD...IT WAS A SHOW TO REMEMBER..HAVE A LOOK!
THIS IS ME AND RAS D, "FULLDORSIN!"THE BRAND NEW INTERNET STATION TO HIT DA WORLD!!.....KETCHDIS.COM RADIO..LOG ON YO!AND THIS IS MY CAMEO ROLE IN LLOYD BROWN'S "UP 2 YOU" MUSIC VIDEO..YUH CAN SEE I WAS 'BORN' TO THE ART!!...WHAT A NATURAL!![ha,ha]..
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HERE IS ONE OF THE TRACKS FROM MY CURRENT ALBUM...IT'S ONE OF MY MORE FAVORITE SONGS..BECAUSE I THINK IT IS ENLIGHTNING AND UPLIFTNG..THE ROAD OF LOVE CAN BE ROUGH!...SO HERE IS SOME FOOD 4 THOUGHT!.. AS DENNIS BROWN WOULD SAY...'' DEDICATED TO YOU AND YOURS ''....BLESS..BON
I WILL ALWAYS BE A FAN OF DENNIS BROWN'S MUSIC..AND EVEN THOUGH HE IS GONE,..HE'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN,NOT AS LONG AS I KNOW I'VE THE ABILITY 2 SING AND IMMORTALISE HIS SONGS...SO HERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF HIS CLASSICS!..SUNG BY YOURS TRULY.. "RAIN FROM THE SKIES"...
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY 'LIVE' PERFORMANCES IN NOV,2008 @ THE QUEENSHEAD PUBLIC HOUSE,REDDITCH... DOING 'STAND UP IN LOVE'...FROM MY LATEST ALBUM..ALSO ON THE NIGHT PERFORMING WAS PETER SPENCE AND CELIA..WE TORE THE HOUSE DOWN THAT NIGHT!!....BIG UP! RED SCORPION SOUND WHO WAS THE P.A FOR THE EVENT...
