{"id":2013,"date":"2021-09-03T10:59:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2021-09-16T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:30:03","slug":"vernon-maytone-making-serious-music-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=2013","title":{"rendered":"Vernon Maytone Making Serious Music in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Maytones\u2019 Vernon Buckley and Gladstone Grant started singing at a very tender age for GG\u2019s Records in Kingston Jamaica. The first two songs the Maytones recorded\u00a0<\/span>Loving Reggae<\/i><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Funny Man<\/i><\/b>\u00a0were very big hits in Jamaica, Europe, Africa, United States and many other countries. The group started gaining international recognition and they kept making great songs, including\u00a0<\/span>Madness<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0<\/span>Bowee Wowee<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0<\/span>Serious Love<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0<\/span>Africa we Want to Go<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to name a few.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the Maytones\u2019 greatest hits was the ever-popular\u00a0<\/span>Money Worries.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0This mega-hit was the leading song in the Jamaican movie \u2018Rockers\u2019. The group has recorded well over 300 songs and still going strong. The period 1968-1980 was a very exciting time for the Maytones. They were young aspiring artists already climbing the reggae charts at home and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vernon Maytone who now lives in Canada started his solo career around 1981-1982, he worked for a few years with the Canadian group Bedouin Soundclash both in the studio and on tours in Canada, Europe and the United States. In 2004, Vernon re-recorded his hit song\u00a0<\/span>Money Worries<\/i><\/b>\u00a0on the Bedouin Soundclash CD,\u00a0<\/span>Sounding a Mosaic<\/i><\/b>, which was a big hit in Canada, Europe, and many other countries.\u00a0<\/span>Money Worries<\/i><\/b>\u00a0was featured in a TV series \u201cFalcon Beach\u201d. Vernon was awarded two Gold records and one Platinum. On the Bedouin Soundclash CD\u00a0<\/span>Street Gospel<\/i><\/b>, Vernon did 2 tracks:\u00a0<\/span>Higher Ground<\/i><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Jealousy<\/i><\/b>. In 2008, Vernon did his song\u00a0<\/span>One Way<\/i><\/b>\u00a0on Bedouin Soundclash <\/span>Lullaby <\/i><\/b>CD.\u00a0<\/span>One Way<\/i><\/b>\u00a0gained popularity as it was featured in the Movie \u201cNurse Fighter Boy\u201d. It was also featured on the TV series \u201cDa Kink in my Hair\u201d. Most recently,\u00a0<\/span>Money Worries<\/i><\/b> was featured in\u00a0<\/span>the Matt Damon movie ” Downsizing”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vernon Maytone\u2019s career is constantly rising, touring regularly to places like Europe, Los Angles, Las Vegas among many other cities in the United States, Brazil, Israel, St Lucia, Mexico to name a few. Being the owner of a recording studio coupled with his drive and passion for music, Vernon is constantly in the studio making music. This independence and dedication are the motivators to his success in the music industry. Vernon desires to continue to entertain and inspire everyone through his music.<\/span><\/p>\n

His latest singles <\/span>Mr Robber Man<\/i><\/b>, <\/span>Can\u2019t Afford to Lose You<\/i><\/b> and <\/span>Things Gonna Change<\/i><\/b> and all Vernon Maytone\u2019s music are available on all leading online music stores.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Fans can follow him:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vernon.maytone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/Twitter.com\/vernonmaytone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/Instagram.com\/vernonmaytone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Maytones\u2019 Vernon Buckley and Gladstone Grant started singing at a very tender age for GG\u2019s Records in Kingston Jamaica. The first two songs the Maytones recorded\u00a0Loving Reggae\u00a0and\u00a0Funny Man\u00a0were very big hits in Jamaica, Europe, Africa, United States and many other countries. The group started gaining international recognition and they kept making great songs, including\u00a0Madness,\u00a0Bowee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2014,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions\/2014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}