Bonus Entertainment & Proper Productions presents Junior Reid with Andrew & Wada Blood

Thursday, March 25

Doors at 9:30

$30

$25 advanced at The Works in Eureka and Arcata and Morning Star in Arcata.

Bonus Entertainment & Proper Productions presents Junior Reid with Andrew & Wada Blood and Rude Lion Sound!

Junior Reid is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician, best known for the songs “One Blood” and “Funny Man”, as well as being the man that replaced Michael Rose as lead vocalist for Black Uhuru. Reid was born in the Tower Hill area of Kingston, and had a tough upbringing in the city’s Waterhouse district, notorious for being one of the most dangerous places in Jamaica. It was there in the politically turbulent late ’70s that he recorded his first-ever single “Speak the Truth” at the age of 13 for the late Hugh Mundell, released in Jamaica on Augustus Pablo’s Rockers International label.

Andrew and Wada BLood

Following in their father’s footsteps, Wada and Andrew Blood have chosen a career path of music. The two are heavily influenced by their father, Junior “One Blood” Reid, but with a totally different style. Their music is described as a cross between hip-hop, dancehall and reggae ballad, which gives the young Bloods their uniqueness. Andrew and Wada are two exceptional and unique Jamaican artists. Their songwriting skills have also placed them as outstanding and promising talents for current and future generations. They are among the most idiosyncratic personalities in the music industry as they are not only reggae and dancehall artists, but also producers and studio engineers who create their own styles and beats to put their lyrics to. The beats they create soar above everything else, rather than blending in to the singing. Having learned this trade early, they have now blossomed into the fine artists and producers they are today. They have produced songs for a number of prominent artists including their father, and are signed to the label JR Productions. Andrew and Wada want to be classified with some of Reggae’s greats and Dance Hall giants. According to the duo, “music is life” and the positive vibrations that generate from the music can work wonders, and that is why their mission is to create lifelong music. This young group is dynamic, versatile, and is on their way to making their mark in this exciting music industry. Who is to stop them now? Clearly, they are on their way to the top, no looking back, after all, a real hustler knows how to get there. “Keep the energy flowing through the music, one beat, and spread pure positive vibration”