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Vernon Maytone
(Vernon Buckley), who started
singing from the tender age of
fifteen, formed the group The
Maytones with his neighbour,
Gladstone Grant, and almost
instantly went in the studio
after an audition for Alvin
Ranglin of GG records in
Kingston Jamaica.
Successfully
making a string of hits
including: "Funny Man" ,"Loving
Reggae" , "Serious Love" , and
"Africa we want to go". These
successes were generally love
songs, but with subsequent
release they recorded in a more
serious vein concentrating on a
rastafarian theme.
Judas' "Babylon
fall Run Babylon" signaled the
direction in which reggae was
heading. They continued
releasing hits through the
mid-70's at Channel one
recording studio, securing
success with "Madness" which
surfaced in the UK through
burning sounds. The album
and the single was a mega hit in
the UK and many other places, at
this time Ranglin promoted the
duo as The Mighty Maytones, the
release of "Boat to Zion"
including the title track, was a
hit within the west indies
community Africa and the UK, one
of The Maytones biggest hit was
"Money worries" which was
featured in the Jamaican movie
'Rockers' and recently in 2004
recorded with Bedouin Soundclash
which featuree on their album
sounding a mosaic.
Vernon is still
with the group but is doing a
lot of solo recordings and live
shows around the world, lately
been touring with Bedouin
Soundclash in Canada, USA and
the UK all seems to be going
well says Vernon.
