While videoing an interview with a 79-year-old lady, Miss Dottie, kareemsquest.com heard a melodious tone coming from another yard. So when we were finished taping, we went over to enquire, and saw two rastamen holding a reasoning on their veranda. Curious, we asked who was the person singing and the elder gentleman said, “is I and I man.”
An easy-going Rastafarian, who was quick to pass on wisdom, Denton Henry started to tell kareemsquest.com his story about growing up in St. Mary, as well as him meeting Bob Marley.
In his early years, he was an aspiring musician and wanted to meet his musical hero, ‘The Gong.’ So, as a teen, he recorded a sample track and headed to Kingston, with his cousin, to find Bob Marley.
“At first, we missed the stop at Hope Road and ended up in Papine Square. As two likkle country yutes we really didn’t know Kingston,” Henry told kareemsquest.com. After encountering multiple setbacks, they finally arrived at 56 Hope Road and were accepted onto the property.
The conversation then segued into his life as a child, living in the country, as he gave a vivid recollection of how hard he had to work. He also mentioned an infamous fight between him and his older brother over a plantain tree, which resulted in both of them being punished by their grandfather
