Sanchez: Baby Wayne

It’s been over 15 years since that rich: impossibly sensitive voice first cast its spell on reggae fans with a reinterpretation of Simply Red’s Lady in Red.\ When Sanchez takes on a proven R&B hit: he doesn’t just rekindle the torch: he sets the airwaves on fire. Born Kevin Anthony Jackson: Sanchez grew up in the Stony Hill and Waterhouse sections of Kingston: Jamaica. Like many of the island’s vocal legends: his first singing experience was in church: specifically St. Catherine parish’s Rehobth Epostlic Church. \"\""I started at age six:\""\"" he recalls. \""\""Then: I was drafted into Sunday school choir at 11.\""\"" By 13: he was singing the leads and conducting the Junior Choir. The lure of Jamaica’s sound system dances eventually proved as powerful as Sunday mornings at church. At nineteen: Sanchez became the selector for the popular Rambo Sound System: which \""\""carried\""\"" top deejays of the day Flourgan: Daddy Lizard: and Red Dragon. It was this mic-rocking trinity that dubbed Kevin Jackson \""\""Sanchez:\""\"" after he executed an overhead scissors kick during an impromptu game of football {soccer): a feat associated with a popular South American pro player of the same name. Jamaica’s Sanchez displayed equal skill in dance halls as a triple threat selector. \""\""I used to select and chat on the mic at the same time: then even flip the record over onto the version {dub) side and sing. I would create havoc:\""\"" he recalls. He’s still setting off dancehall bedlam today with his own Sexylus Sound. \""\""I used to play that thing myself until ’96 or ’97:\""\"" he says. \""\""I did everything - play: select: sing: and chat on the mic: until I got good people to run it.\""\""\""\""\"""""