Amos Macroy Jeggs, Black .O . Rice and Majek Fashek were the most popular members of the popular Jahstix musical band that gave music lovers in Edo State, in particular, good reggae music via NTA’s Music Panaroma programme by Pat Fin.
That was in the 1980/90s before Majek went solo and released his monumental song, ‘Send Down the Rain’, Amos plied his trade with the late Sunny Okosuns and others briefly before he was arrested by the Lord, Black .O. Rice, the one Uzo Chikere of www.beatsonit.com is never tired of describing as Nigeria’s Burning Spear, no thanks to his completely grey beards, migrated to Netherland.
Decades after the Jahstix experience and months after the passing of Majek (Prisoner of Conscience) Amos and Rice are back the studio, according to our source, to bring back the good old tunes of Jahstix to herald the birth 0f Heartical that Orits Williki announced its formation recently in an elaborate press conference at Bauch’s Culture Yard, Adeniyi Jones.
As the two veteran reggae acts have buried themselves at an Ikotun studio laying down tracks for the ‘wiked’ tunes, charlesokogene.com, promises to bring for your reading the full details of the coming album, which they say will bring back the lost glory of reggae music in Nigeria.
