IT ONLY TAKES 1 MAN TO MAKE A STAND FROM THAT 1 MAN SHALL COME MANY!
1984 - DJed @ "BLACKMARKET" @ LONDONS EXCLUSIVE "WAG CLUB",
PLAYED 70 FUNK RECORDS.
CREATED COMPANY "DUFFER OF ST.GEORGE", DESIGNED ALL COLLECTIONS UNTIL 1997.1985 - OPENED THE "CAT IN THE HAT CLUB" IN LEICESTER SQUARE, CENTRAL LONDON, PLAYED 70S FUNK, WHICH BECAME TO BE KNOWN AS "RARE GROOVE" {THE ENTIRE "RARE GROOVE" SCENE WAS STARTED @ THE "CAT IN THE HAT" BY MYSELF AND LASCELLES LASCELLE} THIS HAD A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON THE CHANGING LONDON CLUB CULTURE.
1986 - STARTED THE 1st "ACID JAZZ" STYLE BAND - "DIANA BROWN AND THE BROTHERS" - WHICH WENT ON TO FORM THE NUCLEUS OF THE "BRAND NEW HEAVIES" & THE "YOUNG DISCIPLES".
ALTHOUGH I WAS THE ORIGINAL DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THESE BANDS, I SIGNED A SEPERATE DEAL WITH "LONDON (FFRR) RECORDS" AS "DIANA BROWN & BARRIE K. SHARPE", AND TOURED THE WORLD SEVERAL TIMES WITH A 15 PIECE FUNK BAND.
1987 - TOURED WITH BOBBY BYRD AND VICKY ANDERSON AS THEIR DJ.
I ALSO PLAYED A PART IN REFORMING THE JBS, JOINING THEM ON A WORLD TOUR AS STYLIST FOR THE PLAYERS, AND MY BAND "BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL" ALSO SUPPORTED THEM ON TOUR.
1988 - HAD THE 1st ACID JAZZ STYLE MAJOR MUSIC RELEASE WITH DIANA BROWN - "MASTERPLAN" - WHICH WAS A HIT WORLDWIDE. THIS IN TURN LED TO A STRING OF HITS, AND A HEAVY WORLDWIDE FOLLOWING, PREDOMINATELY IN THE USA.
1989 RELEASED THE ALBUM THE BLACK. "THE WHITE, THE YELLOW & THE BROWN (DONT FORGET THE REDMAN)" WITH DIANA BROWN. THE ALBUM WAS AN IMMEDIATE UNDERGROUND HIT AND IS NOW A RARE PRIZE AMONG COLLECTORS.
1990 LEFT DIANA BROWN & LONDON RECORDS TO FORM THE BAND "CHILDREN OF JUDAH", I HAD GAINED A MAJOR SPONSPORSHIP FROM LEVIS FOR A WORLD TOUR. IN THIS YEAR I ALSO SIGNED A DEAL WITH A MAJOR JAPANESE LABEL AND RELEASED AN ALBUM ON MY OWN LABEL - "13TH TRIBE", "WAITING BY THE GATES OF EDEN".
1994 LEFT "DUFFER OF ST GEORGE" AND MY BAND TO BRING UP MANASSAH, MY SON.
1997 CREATED THE SUCCESSFUL CLOTHING BRANDS "SHARPEYE" & "SUICEYED", "PURE INNA CITI STYLEE" OPENING 2 STORES IN CENTRAL LONDON.
2000 AFTER HAVING A CLUB HIT WITH SPEED GARAGE RECORDING OF "MASTERPLAN", I STARTED TO RECORD AGAIN SERIOUSLY, MAINLY EXPERIMENTAL FORMS OF MUSIC - FROM THIS I CREATED A UNIQUE SOUND IN THE FORM OF "HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS".2006 AT THE MOMENT I AM CONCENTRATING ON PRODUCING MANY UNDERGROUND SINGERS ON MY NEW RECORD LABEL "MUFU" AND PROMOTING THEM ON MY WEBSITE, IN LINE WITH RUNNING MY CLOTHING COMPANY.
2007 GOT 5 "SHARPEYE" STORES IN CENTRAL LONDON (WWW.SHARPEYE-31-01-60.COM)
WORKING A HEAVY FUNK JOINT "RHTYTHM RHYME REVOLUTION" PURE "STANK"
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