Rhynie aka Speng Bond 001

THE ORIGIANAL SOUND SYSTEM MC PAPA RHYNIE AKA JAMES BOND, AKA SPENGBOND, born 1960 of jamaican parents Winston George Rhynie from Irwin Montego Bay and Addassa ann Palmer from Goodintent, mile Gully, Manchester. i have been on the dancehall scene promoting, performing, and recording from 1974 when i and some friends in my hometown Birmingham decided to build a sound system we called it Black AMBASSADOR we use to get dub plates from the great Stafford Douglas (r.i.p) owner of MAFIATONE SOUND he would lend us dub plates when we had a sound clash, since then i have worked with many sound systems, like JUNGLEMAN, JAH COVENANT, RAVERS INTERNATIONAL, NOW GENERATION, TURBOTRONIC, TAURUS HIGH POWER,, KING EARTHQUAKE, AND QUAKER CITY SOUND, more recently with MUNGO'S HI FI sound system from Scotland .STRANDAFELT sound in Norway TROMSO, DIGITAL STEPPAZ in FRIEBURG GERMANY, & JAHTARI who has recently released an EP on MAFFI label with a track i voiced called TANN UP SOLID, look out for more from me on MAFFI , REALITY SHOCK , DUB UNIT and SCOTCH BONNET LABELS just to mention a few, many more in store lyrics galore i also recorded a few tracks for various producers like, DEP UB40 i recorded a combination STYLE with GENERAL CP we did a track called FIGHT FI COME IN on an ALBUM with UB40 called BAGGARIDIM, it reached number 20 in the national charts,also with MAGNUM PRODUCTIONS where i recorded the REMEDY AND DUPPY MAN SKANK , also with MIKEY CHIN owner of TAURUS HI POWER IN LONDON i did a track CALLED MI CANT TEK IT on an album called BEST OF THE 80'S & 90'S, also, with various other producers like VELOCITY in London i recorded WINE YU BODY LINE, and HEALTH & STRENGTH a combination with the Legendary BOBBY MELODY who sang hits like JAH BRING I JOY IN THE MORNING, trying to find a manager and producer in Birmingham early 80's was hard, so i would dj on some of the local sounds to make some money, sounds like the SD POSSIE from SMETHWICK in BHAM, AND JAH COVENANT FROM HANDSWORTH BHAM and with RAVERS HI FI inna FRONTLINE HANDSWORTH 4 nights a week from thursday right round to tuesday morning, when i was with JUNGLEMAN SOUND one of the baddest sounds out of the UK they changed the name to STARLIGHT EXPRESS we toured the UK, & EUROPE with THE LEGENDARY STEEL PULSE BACK IN THE 80'S one night when they were performing David Hinds the lead singer called me up on stage to chat some lyrics with him it was a memorable moment in front of thousands at ZENITH a venue in France, i also have my own sound system called Blessedluvmuzik which i still play when i have time, i enjoy playing for children and people with learning difficulties like cerebal pausey, and the disabled, the right music at the right time calms the mind and soothes the soul, Blessed love Speng

London, ENG