Bio of Bosta Man

In the year 2004, when I man thought seriously of putting my voice on tape for real, I man checked I brethren Keith Logan AKA Lizard, who was a bass player (who has since passed away). He checked his brethren Charley Fox, a drummer, and had checked a keyboard player too, but he never turned up when the date and time came. Anyway, with Charley Fox as the experienced drummer, Eddie man (who owns the East Street Studious), an experienced engineer, I man just said to them:” Come we go”, without piano, organ or guitar (instruments with sounds that are crucial in any form of music; more so in Reggae sounds when starting from the Roots, Roots Rock Reggae) as they would say.

All this time I man never knew any something about musical timing. What I man knew were the words of the songs that I man would be singing because it is I who wrote them. When Foxy rolls off on his drums and the late Lizard comes in on the bass, Rhydim gone! When I man comes in on backing vocal and singing along, I man timing after a while got so out of time that Drums have to stop playing to tell I that I man is out of time, and that out of timing had been going on for a while. The late Lizard had to butt in and say: “Don’t worry about Lion (as they call I man), Lion will get his timing right because he’s also helping to put the Rhydim tracks together.”

He was so right, because those few words are still with I man this day. And I man wishes to pay Tribute to my brethren the late Keith Logan AKA Lizard. Nuff Respect, R.I.P. Jah will bless thy soul. The point that I man is pointing out is, for a first timer at the age of 60 to stand before a studio microphone to sing with only the drummer and the bassist, could never be nothing more or less than confidence that I’ve built within from youth through the powers of the Most High, Rastafari know.

Time and timings are very crucial; not only in the rules of music, but in the rules of life generally, with or without Kallie. As time and sessions went on, from studio to studios, I man learned that the rules of music are the same whatever the language.

So, as a first timer, if I man wants to be a past of the musical families I man has to (and that is a must!) learn the rules. Which led I man to think what IF and it is a very big IF the inhabitants of the Earth were to have one rule for all the languages like it is in music, then the whole of Earth would be dancing and singing songs like I love you, and hear other voices, in turn I love you too, Jah know. Because no man cannot abide in his pomp woman too, for we are all like the beasts that perish. Nuh so?? Jah know.

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