VINNY TAYLOR

VINCENT TAYLOR AFFECTIONATELY CALL VINNY BORN IN PORT MARIA ST.MARY HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ALL LEVEL IN PORT MARIA. BY THE TIME HE GRADUATED HE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG MUSICIAN.HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BAND AND AN ACCEPTED PERFORMER. HE SEES HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE MUSIC AS GENETIC SINCE HIS GRANDFATHER WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDION PLAYER AND PROMOTER OF VARIOUS MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS.HIS MOTHER IS A SWEET SOLOIST IN THE CHURCH CHOIR. HIS ELDER BROTHER MICKEY SIMPSON (R.I.P.) WAS ALSO A VERY GOOD SINGER AND WAS JUST ABOUT TO GET HIS BIG BREAK WHEN HE WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN FRONT OF A RECORDING STUDIO. MICKEY TAUGHT VINNY HOW TO PLAY THE RHYTHM AND BASS GUITAR AT AN EARLY AGE.VINNY AND HIS FRIENDS FORMED THEIR FIRST BAND, (THE BLACK BROTHER ROOTS) IN THE HILLS OF ST.MARY IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CALL ( ZION ) THAT WAS IN THE LATE 70'S OUT OF WHICH CAME (VINNY TAYLOR & THE REVEALERS) (THE FOUNDATIONS) (DONOVAN BANZAI)AND (LINK & CHAIN).VINNY TAYLOR & THE REVEALERS RECORDED THEIR FIRST SONGS HARD TIMES & MOUNT ZION FOR ( JACK RUBY) (R.I.P.). AFTER GOING TO MOBAY AND PLAYING IN CLUBS, THEY HAD TO CHANGE THEIR NAME TO ( EARTH MESSENGERS) BECAUSE BY THEN ANOTHER GROUP WAS USING THE NAME (THE MYSTIC REVEALERS). SO WHEN THEY RETURNED TO ST.MARY,THEY RECORDED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM (IVORY TOWERS) FOR (ISLAND MANGO LABEL). WHILE PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR, (JACK RUBY) DIED SUDDENLY, IT WAS A BIG SET BACK FOR THE GROUP, SO THEY HAD TO CHANGE THEIR NAME AGAIN TO (JAH MESSENGERS) DUE TO SOME LEGAL TANGLES. THEN THEY RECORDED THEIR SECOND ALBUM (REGGAE TIME) FOR (HEART BEAT) WHICH DID NOT GET ENOUGH PROMOTION, AFTER THE STRUGGLING AND DISHONESTY THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS COULD NOT DEAL WITH THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ANY MORE SO THE GROUP BROKE UP.VINNY HOW EVER CONTINUED AS A SOLOIST ENTERED THE J.C.D.C.POP AND VARIETY CONTEST AND CAME SECOND, IT WAS A GOOD PROMOTION FOR HIM AND THE SONG (HAPPY HOME) AND THE VIDEO WAS FANTASTIC. HE NEVER STOPPED THERE BECAUSE HE SAYS MUSIC IS HIS BLOOD, SO HE STARTED TO RECORD SOME SONGS FOR HIM SELF,WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME AN ALBUM, (REINCARNATION) WHICH ( ZOJAK WORLD WIDE) RELEASED LAST YEAR. YOU CAN BUY THIS ALBUM AT WALMART.SOME TIMES VINNY SAYS HE GETS REALLY FRUSTRATED, TRY TO STOP,BUT HE CAN'T BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS A GIFT FROM GOD,AND HE HAS HIS PART TO PLAY, SO THAT IS WHY HE REFORMED THE GROUP ( EARTH MESSENGERS). WITH THE HELP OF PRODUCER NEVILLE BECKFORD,THEY HAVE A NEW SINGLE OUT RIGHT NOW CALL (CARRY ON) ON THE (ORIGINAL LABEL). VINNY TOURED ENGLAND AND AMERICA,NOW WORKING WITH EARTH MESSENGERS,ON SOME SOLID ROOTS REGGAE MUSIC, HOPING AND WORKING TO TAKE THE MUSIC TO THE WORLD. GIVE THANKS TO ALL HIS FRIENDS AND FANS, JAH IS LOVE AND LOVE IS JAH.