Garnett Silk — Zion in a Vision
Introduction:
Garnett Silk (born Garnet Damion Smith, 2 April 1966 – 9 December 1994) was one of the most gifted, emotive and spiritually powerful vocalists Jamaica has ever produced — a singer whose career lasted barely five years in its fullest flowering, yet whose impact on reggae has never faded. Hailed as a successor to Bob Marley, he was the pivotal figure in reggae's shift away from the dancehall sound of the 1980s back toward conscious, cultural roots music in the early 1990s. His debut album It's Growing became the best-selling album in Jamaica the year it was released. His death at twenty-eight — rushing back into a burning house to save his mother — ended one of the most promising careers in the music's history. He left behind a voice the world will never forget.
Little Bimbo to Garnett Silk:
Born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica, Garnet Smith began performing at twelve years old as "Little Bimbo" on the Soul Remembrance sound system — impressing audiences immediately with his raw talent. Through the 1980s he honed his deejaying skills on Conquering Lion, Pepper's Disco, Stereophonic and Destiny Outernational, where he first met his closest collaborator Tony Rebel. Their friendship, their shared spiritual journey into Rastafarianism (guided also by dub poet Yasus Afari), and Rebel's influence in encouraging Smith to make the pivotal switch from deejaying to singing shaped everything that came next.
In 1989, veteran singer and producer Derrick Morgan heard Little Bimbo in the studio and gave him life-changing advice: stop toasting and start singing. It was the right call. The production duo Steely & Clevie heard his voice and gave him a new name — Garnett Silk, the "silk" honouring the extraordinary smoothness of his tenor. The Rough Guide to Reggae would later write that his style "bore the mark of the previous ten years of Jamaican music" — conscious in content but drenched in the contemporary dancehall sound that audiences knew and loved. It was a combination that proved irresistible.
Garnett Silk - The Best Of - Track Listing:
01 Garnett Silk - Tribute To Garnett Silk - Welcome.mp3
02 Mystic Chant.mp3
03 Zion In Vision.mp3
04 Zion (Interview).mp3
05 Kingly Charater.mp3
06 It's Growing.mp3
07 Mama Africa.mp3
08 Africa Interview.mp3
09 Gave U Everything.mp3
10 Fill Us Up With Your Marcy.mp3
11 Bless Me.mp3
12 Commitment .mp3
13 Man Is Just A Man.mp3
14 Splashing Dashing Remix.mp3
15 Splashing (Interview).mp3
16 Complain.mp3
17 Retreat Wicked Man.mp3
18 Disadvantanged.mp3
19 Lord Watch Over Us.mp3
20 Peace In Your Heart.mp3
21 Blessed Be The Almighty.mp3
22 Oh Me Oh My.mp3
23 Nothing Can Divide Us mp3
24 (Interview).mp3
25 Keep Them Talking.mp3
26 Love Is The Answer.mp3
27 Every Knee Shall Bow (Cocoa Tee_ Charlie Chapline).mp3
28 Richie Back Stephens (Interview).mp3
29 Figth Back (Richie Stephens).mp3
30 Christian Soldier (Tony Rebel).mp3
31 Music Is The Rid.mp3
32 (Interview).mp3
33 Problem Everywhere (Garnet DJ).mp3
34 See Bimbo Ya (Garnet DJ).mp3
35 DJ Talk.mp3
36 Spread Love.mp3
37 News Flash (Outer View).mp3
38 Mama - Garnett Silk.mp3
39 Lionheart - Garnett Silk.mp3
40 Watch Over Our Shoulders - Garnett Silk.mp3
41 Joyful Noise - Garnett Silk (Jaro Dub).mp3
42 Every Knee Shall Bow - (Original Version) - Garnett Silk - The Best Of.mp3
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The Meteoric Rise:
His cover of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" for the Roof International label became a Jamaican chart hit. His 1992 debut album It's Growing, produced by Bobby Digital, was split between cultural anthems, spiritual songs and love songs — and became one of the best-selling albums in Jamaica that year. The Rough Guide to Reggae called it "a turning point in dancehall." His international breakthrough came with "Hello Mama Africa" — which topped the reggae chart in Britain — followed by "Zion in a Vision", a Jamaican number one, and a string of international hits including "Fill Us Up With Your Mercy", "Oh Me Oh My" and "Splashing Dancing". By 1994 he had signed an international distribution deal with Atlantic Records and was recording his second album at Tuff Gong with Aston Barrett, Sly & Robbie and the finest musicians in Jamaica.
On 9 December 1994, Garnett Silk's life ended as he had lived it — putting others before himself. He rushed back into his burning mother's house to save her. Both were lost. He was twenty-eight years old.
Key Releases:
- It's Growing (1992, Bobby Digital) — Jamaica's best-selling album
- Gold (1993, Charm) — compilation of major hits
- Nothing Can Divide Us (posthumous, Roof International)
- Lord Watch Over Our Shoulders (1994, Greensleeves)
- The Definitive Garnett Silk (2000, Atlantic, 2 volumes)
- Key singles: "I Can See Clearly Now", "Hello Mama Africa", "Zion in a Vision", "Fill Us Up With Your Mercy", "Love Is the Answer"
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