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GENERAL SHANKY REGGAE ARTIST |
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Thursday, 12 April 2007 |
Born in the vicinity of a small community Windsor Forest in Portland ,William Cruickshank aka General Shanky had  | | General Shanky |
been musically gifted and recognized it at an early age of nine years. During his teens ,he along with Louie Culture performed in many musical events that they were invited to eg concerts and stage shows and was on the reggae string from the start. As time goes by he orchestrated several stage shows with international reggae artists such as Bushman,Capleton ,Everton Blender ,Pliers and etc...
While on his venture he had established his record label in 1995 _"DJAM Records" on which he had distributed his hit songs "Life is one big roll " -General Shanky/Richie Spice and "Spend all mi money and mind yuh" , General Shanky/Bajie Man ; "Nothing but Love"(which are currently being sold in the USA,Japan and Europe market) He later opened his own Record store in Portmore at the McMaster centre in 1997 where he distributed many records and attributed to the Jamaican Star TOP TEN selection for reggae.Due to a major robbery by Noel Phillips aka Echo Minott and friend ,the establisment was forced to close. As time goes by he matured so does his lyrics and he performed on stage shows around Jamaica...USA, UK and the Caribbean as he toured with his brethen from youth...Louie Culture . His On-stage performances can be seen on dvds on the annually event In his hometown ,Portland----"Portland Splash" produced and promoted by Louie Culture ...and "Bling Dawg Summerjam" . Upon completing his Album , General Shanky intends to tour the USA,Europe and the Caribbean by the end of summer 2007. "The clips above are just demos of his latest songs that will be placed on his albulm" PERSONAL PAGE OF GENERAL SHANKY |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 June 2008 )
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