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Sound Boys For Life have come to the aid of one of the Island’s most celebrated reggae ambassadors who is battling illness.
The organisation will stage a dancehall extravaganza at Bailey’s Bay
Cricket Club on Saturday night to raise funds for Dub City founder Kent
Outerbridge who has played an integral role in promoting reggae music in
Bermuda over the past several decades.
Proceeds from the event
will go towards covering Mr Outerbridge’s medical expenses. The reggae
ambassador and businessman suffers from diabetes and other associated
ailments.
“It’s shocking to know that you have people that
actually care about my father so much that would go outside of their way
to put on an event together for him,” Jahkim Smith, Mr Outerbridge’s
son, told The Royal Gazette. “It’s almost breathtaking and it moved me
when I first heard about it.
“It’s incredible to see that these
guys have come together to do this and we, as a family, are touched and
can’t be no more thankful.”
Sound Boys For Life was formed earlier this year with a stated aim of reviving dancehall culture in Bermuda.
Mr
Outerbridge’s own sound system, Dub City Sound, will be among the acts
showcasing their musical talents during the dance hall fundraiser. The
remaining sound systems include Magnum Force, Playbwoy, One Life,
Awesome, Prestige, Hollywood, Reality, Blacklion, Blackstar and
Ricochet.
Doors open at 10pm.
Reggae music has had a profound influence on Mr Outerbridge.
After
falling in love with the music genre, which originated in Jamaica in
the late 1960s, Mr Outerbridge started selling vinyl records out of his
Hamilton Parish residence.
In 1974 he opened up a business on
North Shore Road which was originally a record store before being
converted into a grocery store known today as Dub City Variety.
Mr
Outerbridge eventually shifted his music business to Hamilton where he
operated two stores on Court Street for over three decades.
“Back
then if you were a reggae DJ or selector you would have had to have
encountered Dub City and everyone pretty much bought their first record
from them,” former Souljah One sound system owner David Cunningham, aka
Magic, recalled.
“You would have had to have bought their music and at
one point they were the only record shop on the Island, which speaks
volumes. Dub City bridged the gap between reggae music overseas and in
Bermuda so Dub (Mr Outerbridge) is an ambassador for sure who I looked
up to growing up.”
Sadly one of the Island’s most iconic music
stores was forced to close its doors due to a sharp decline in business
brought on by the technological advances in the distribution of music.
“Record
stores took a back seat once the internet and everything kicked in,” Mr
Cunningham explained. “First things went to CD and then it went to
online music so the record store owners started losing business to the
point they had to pack up shop — and this happened around the world.”
As
well as distribute reggae music, Mr Outerbridge staged many concerts
involving big acts such as the late Garnett Silk, Beres Hammond, Lone
Ranger, King Yellowman and Super Cat.
He also operated a popular
sound system, Dub City Sound, and created his own record label, Dub City
Records, which boasted local artists Junior C, Corvin Melody, Troyan,
Super Sean, and Daddy Runksie to name a few.
Sound Boys For Life
honoured Mr Outerbridge’s legacy at February’s Legends Bob Marley
Tribute Concert at Bermuda Athletic Association Gymnasium.
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