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Honoring Fred Campbell music Legacy and introducing his new Band SKAJAMZ

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Fred  Campbell started playing congos while he was still in high school. After graduation he stumbelled on Kes Chin and there he met Lester Sterlin, Keith Studdart, Winston Turner and Rupert Bent. These musicians would continue to be a part of his musical journey. He then went to CarlosMalcolm and the Afro Jamaican Rhythms. There he recorded songs like
Rucumbine, Run For Cover and a mento medley, all with Carlos and as a side gig, recorded most of the top local singers. With Carlos he toured almost every island in the Caribbean. He then got married and made the transition to the north coast, playing in the hotels. Here he met and worked with Leslie Butler and his wife Janet, who is an accomplished guitarist. This
lead to not only playing north coast hotels but top notch clubs in the Bahamas. He returned to Jamaica to play at the Glass Bucket club with an all star band with Ernest Ranglin, Leslie Butler and Roland Alphonso. He then started his own band and went back to the north coast. Here he met Richard White, Devon James, Orville Hammond and a few other rising stars.
Next was his migration to the USA. Here he gave up music and started a business, all to please his wife. After a good and prosperous ten years or so, Fred declared "Now it's my time", and with that, Skajamz was born.Skajamz is his today and tomorrow.

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