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Evan and Henry Young, owner of Birds Isle
Evan Belize with Henry Young, Owner of Birds Isle

Before Mr. Young bought the island, it was public property, swimming ground. As a kid, I used to swim across and meet other kids there. People called it Bird"s Isle because all the blackbirds would hang out there at night to go to sleep. You could see them, the sky would be black with them, and people would say,"Oh, they're going to Blackbird Island." Then came the rumour that Birds Isle was going to be sold. I was a little disappointed to hear that, because I thought I was losing my wonderful swimming place. Well, as we know now, it was bought by the Young family. And they called it"Blackbird Island," turning it into a place of music and sports. I remember preparing for the opening the next day. Then I heard on the radio that a kid got drowned over there, and Blackbird Island would not open. But it went on to open some time later with the name, 'Birds Isle'.

But let me tell you, for someone growing up in Belize, going to Birds Isle was like going to school. What I'm saying, is Mr. Young would bring over all these reggae artists from Jamaica, sometimes from America--musicians that now are famous in the reggae scene. I'll give you a little taste: I met artists there like Toot and the Maytels, Sonny Bradshaw and the Magnificent Seven, the Wailers, Byron Lee and the Dragoneers, and the late Great Jacob Miller (Killer Miller). I remember as a kid I used to meet the great Dean Fraser, who played with all the reggae artists including BOB MARLEY , PETER TOSH... you name it. And there were Belizean artists like Lord Rhaburn, the Great Harmonets, the great Calypsonian, Cleveland Barry,NELSON DIAMOND, the Vibrations, my dear friend,Albert Gill. And many others, including myself. Birds' Isle became a very good thing. I never lost my swimming ground. I found my music ground...

Many years later,after a concert in the United States, I went aboard the Skatalite Tour Bus. Dean Fraser was traveling with the Skatalites. We had a nice talk about those old days on Birds Isle. To make a long story short, I showed him this photograph of me with Evan Young. He was so excited, he turned around to the band and said to them, "Look at this photograph! See this man here, Mr. Young? The first time I ever traveled out of Jamaica,when I was a kid, he's the man who brought me to Belize. And I'm very grateful to him. Get ready guys, I'm taking this whole band. We're going to do a tour in Belize."



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