Horace Andy, born Horace Hinds in Kingston, Jamaica on 19th of February 1951, started his long musical journey in 1967 at the age of sixteen when he made his first recording for Ken Lack’s Caltone set up. Produced by Phil Pratt, ‘Black Man’s Country’ was a rare combination of a Rocksteady record with a Rasta theme. ‘Reality’ lyrics did not begin to enter the musical mainstream until the following decade and throughout his lengthy career Horace Andy’s name would be inextricably linked with songs of black determination and social commentary, yet his copious catalogue also contains some of the most extraordinarily heartfelt and heart-aching lovers laments ever recorded. Peace and love… The fragile, vulnerable qualities of his voice could invariably be relied upon to add dignity and sincerity to lovelorn songs that, if performed by a lesser talent, would sound really quite ordinary.