March 17, 2005 > Re: Justin Hinds Passes > May 7, 1942 – March 17, 2005 > It is my very sad responsibility to announce the passing today of the > great Jamaican vocalist and songwriter, Justin Hinds. Justin had only > recently been diagnosed with cancer a few short weeks earlier. > Notification of his death reached me about 1:45 am (CST) by phone from > his family in Steertown, St. Ann. A wife, Peaches, and three sons, > Maxwell, Carlton and Randy, survive him. Justin Hinds was the third of a > trio of legendary Jamaican vocalists all of whom were born in the Parish > of St. Ann, Jamaica that also gave the world Bob Marley and Winston > Rodney. His career began in the Ska > era with the hit recording, “Carry Go Bring Come”, for Duke Reid’s > Treasure Isle label in 1964 and following the success of that record he > went on to make dozens of other ska and rocksteady titles for Reid. > Justin recorded two albums for Chris Blackwell’s Island/Mango label in > the mid-seventies produced by the late Jack Ruby and two albums for > Nighthawk Records in the eighties. Justin toured the US for the first > time in the late nineties and most recently had been working in Paris > with The Jamaica All Stars, a > musical collective that included Noel Simms, Johnny Moore and Sparrow > Martin. Two albums by the JAS were released featuring his vocals > including “Right Tracks” last year. Justin was working on a new solo > recording with his son Maxwell, a drummer, at the time of his death. > - Robert Schoenfeld, Nighthawk Record > Bless up Youth's!!
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