Reggae Singer/Composer/Producer Junia Walker born at 147 King St. Kingston started school across the street at 3years-old at Forester's Hall, North St. Kingston that doubled as a dancehall for clashes between SirCoxsone's Downbeat and Duke Reid The Ruler. Attended Camperdown High School became close friends with fellow-schoolmate and Olympic and Commonwealthsprint gold medalist Donald Quarrie and his brotherEdward which enabled me to become the AssistantCoach of the track team with the then coach Glen Mills which resulted in us comingsecond in The Boy's Champs in 1971 highest positionto date. After High School I did 3yrs. with BarclaysBank where I launched Black Equinox Disco playingmainly at bank parties and was fortunate enough to introduce a new band to the banking community in '74 named "Third World" at a gig at Barclays Sport Club, Phoenix Ave., being born downtown I becamevery close to artists in the Reggae business who Iinteracted with while purchasing new releases for mysound system these included Keith Hudson my mentor
in music production and Bob Marley and the Wailers
(with whom we shared a business adress at 127 King
St. while working with Hudson) Big Youth and Leroy Smart among others.Keith migrated to the US in 1976 and I started an island wide sound system engagements mainly within the Rastafari communities the high point was the launching of a youth club in Rose Hall, Linstead teaching the youth things like bible studies,sewing, cooking, literacy and football, we even had a St. Catherine Division 2 Football team Utopia which was also the name of the youth club, I played midfield against the likes of Black Lions at venues like Prison Oval. I joined Keith in 1979 to run Joint International at 176-11 Jamaica Ave. South Jamaica, Queens with the original VP further up the road. I would later startmy own label Jusic International in 1979 and had my first solo live studio session in 1980 at Harry J's Studio. In 1984 I would register Jusic International in New York with the support and encouragement of Sarah Rios my then manager, months later Keith Hudson died and I spent the next year re-building our Joint International label as Jusic Joint on behalf of his wife and family. Jusic became involved in booking Reggae acts for shows statewide, artistes like Tenor Saw, Sister Carol, Joe Higgs, Horace Andy, Supercat, Frankie Paul, John Holt, Ken Boothe, Alton Ellis and a Dennis Brown date in Wolverhampton, UK, apart from myself we have productions with Jah Stitch, Woodie Noble, Jah Brimstone, John Steele, Devon Russell,Frankie Paul,Lady Junie, Bugzi Legend, Monopolist, Rapper E-Own among others and is still inthe business of releasing quality Roots, Rock Reggae, Hip Hopand Dubs at www.jusicinternational.com
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