| This
music, produced by Stiffs' Tony Ferguson, is defintely
a culmination of influences from around the world.
After touring Europe in the early 80's, I started hanging
out in the jungles of the Yucatan and on the West coast
of Mexico, but mostly in Palenque, Chiapas. I remember
writing Senor Lover on top of the Hotel Palenque,
staring at the jungle. I wrote Man Overboard
while crossing the English Channel with Liam Sternberg,
who wrote Walk Like an Egyptian, after having a
paraniod dream. Michael Jackson sings backup harmony
on Don't Let a Woman Make a Fool Out of You.
On the stiff tour I started hanging out and playing with
a Jaimaican band called The Equators. I'm sure their
reggae-ska influence rubbed off on me. I also discovered
that my favorite song Wooly Bully, that I still
play today, was a ska hit in the 60's. At this point
in my life I was exploring the jungles of Latin America
looking for the place where Latin music and reggae collided.
I found it in Honduras! |
