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Monday, May 28th, 2012

10:00pm

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Biggup Seattle! This Memorial Day is set to go off! Coming to the NW for the first time to perform at JAM JAM is none other than top NYC Reggae singjay- TREASURE DON!!!

TREASURE DON is a staple on the NY Reggae scene and is known for his top notch vocal versatility, flexing between sweet soulful singing to sharp, old skool raggamuffin chatting. Growing up in the Bronx to Jamaican parents, he has performed all over the Tri-State area longside groups like Subatomic Sound System, The Skatalites, Top Shotta band and more. He has also recently returned from performing at Mexico City's largest music event Vive Latino alongside Mexican Dubwiser and has performed several times with Jam Jam's own Mista Chatman at clubs & events in New York & San Francisco. With a recording project in the works with NY based Kesta Records, the future is looking bright for the Don!! Don't miss out on seeing this special performer in the Seattle area!! Here's more on him...

TREASURE DON

Choirboy or rude boy? Bronx-based sing-jay Treasure Don might be both, balancing his sanctified childhood with rugged dancehall, hip-hop, and even dub (via work with eclectic producers Subatomic Sound System and Bastard Jazz's DJ DRM). "Treasure Don is a hybrid," Don says of his multifaceted sound. "I was raised in a fusion environment in the Bronx and eventually came up with my own style."

Christened Henry Walker by his Jamaican pastor father, who preached to an 18,000-strong New York congregation, Treasure Don was immersed in reggae and religion from the start. "God and reggae music were innate to our family... You'd hear reggae and hip-hop everywhere: coming out of people's cars, houses-you were submerged in it. We'd be driving to church at 8 a.m. and I'd hear, [singing Michael Palmer's classic '80s dancehall tune] 'Dem a lick shot...Lord a' mercy!'" Walker perfected his vocal skills as a chorister at Manhattan's prestigious Cathedral of St. John the Divine while simultaneously absorbing his father's extensive reggae tape collection.

Walker began hitting Manhattan clubs in the late '90s, singing with Sting's horn arranger Clark Gayton and Skatalites' lead trumpeter Kevin Batchelor, which led to connections with New York's Jamaican music fraternity. But even after college-tour stints with reggae band Fireproof in 2000, and a two-year live residency with musician King Django at Secho on Ludlow Street, Walker wasn't satisfied. "I wanted to be a volcano on the mic and build a whole island with hot lava from out of my mouth!" he says of his vibrant live performances, influenced by dancehall DJs Cutty Ranks, Flourgon, and Lieutenant Stitchie.