The discovery of Coxson's famous Studio One Recording Studio.

Barry and Bunny were like blood brothers. The new neighbourhood of Waltham Park Road might not been as musical as Trench Town, but it was happening there too. Bunny and Barry were, as destiny would have it, both born on April 10. They had similar passions for music, all the latest clothes, parties, girls and soccer and were always in competition with each other. Bunny was no rastaman then. Bunny and Barry were always in competition as to who was the best singer. Bunny told Barry that his singing partners were living in Trench Town, where he used to live, that came as a surprise to Barry.

Bunny told Barry his singing partners were Robbie, Peter and Junior. Now, although Barry had already met Robert (Bob) Marley, he had no way of knowing that the Robert Marley he had met, as Bob, was the same Robbie Bunny was talking about. Every evening along with Bunny and another member of the Creations, Ossie Henry, who is also a friend of Bunny, Barry would go over to Trench Town to meet Bob, Peter, and Junior to sing and rehearse.

Barry recalls... "At the time there were no Rastaman in the group, no one even played an instrument. Peter was just learning to strum the guitar. As a matter a fact, Bob, Bunny, and Peter were trying to come up with a name for their group. We use to sit under a tree, I'm not sure if it was a plum tree, or an ackee tree, but we use to sit on a wooden bench, or anything we could put our behinds on. The Creations members were always coming and going, so Bob said, "Barry, why don't you join us?" but they never had any name, so I kinda decided to do the solo thing until I could find another partner to join with me and Ossie. In those days, it was in style to have no less than three members in a group. Plus I was more of a lead singer and since Bob was already the lead singer for the group he was always trying to teach me harmony but I was only interested in being a lead singer, so I did not graduate in the harmony department."

"One evening after rehearsal, all the members of the group Bob, Peter, Bunny, and Junior were presenting names that they came up with for the group, they finally came up with the Wailers. I told them I didn't like the name because it was not pretty enough for me, I like pretty group names. Bunny said to me, "That's alright man, we are going to wail (we a go wail)." When we were not rehearsing in Bob's yard in Trench Town, Bob, Peter, and Junior would come up to Waltham Park Road to Bunny's yard to do so, but if there was too much noise going on, or the little back room behind Bunny's fathers' business place was being used, we all would rehearse in my yard. When the name The Wailers came about we started visiting studios. Coxson's Studio One, and Beverley's were the main studios that we would visit. The fact that we were well rehearsed and were writing songs, showed that both the Creations and the Wailers had their musical things together. The Wailers were always rehearsing 'Simmer Down', 'Hurts to be Alone', 'Lonesome Feeling', and 'What's new Pussycat'. They would also do their Curtis Mayfield and the Impression thing. The Creations were more into the music of The Drifters and the Platters."

"We went around daily trying to get the opportunity to cut a record. We were like brothers. We never had no money, not even bus fare to go anywhere, we would have to meet at Bob's house, a one room, board house behind the fire brigade station. Peter was living across the street in the Government Project with his Aunt. The one who had the most money, would share it up, so we all could have bus fare to take the bus. If not, we all would walk from where Bob lived all the way uptown, to Studio One or Beverley's. I use to love going to Studio One, because it was really happening there. Everyone who was a super star, wanna be or has been would hang there. Bob Andy, Larry Marshal, The Heptones, Jackie Mittoo, Ken Boothe, The Gaylads, The Skatalites everything was happening at Studio One. Plus if you were hungry, you could pick some black mangos off the tree. Studio One had a big black mango tree in the middle of the driveway. Now, you would have to be careful, because Mr. Dodd was a strict man when it came to his place and his mango tree."

"The vibes at Studio One was so happening that, just being there could make you feel like a super star. Going to Beverley's was also nice too, because although it was not Studio One, it was where Derrick Morgan, Desmond Decker and the Aces use to hangout. Derrick was cool, he was a super star, always dressed in his top hat, white gloves and walking cane. Across the street from Beverley's was Success, Rupie Edwards' place, if you go up Orange street, just make a left, and there was Prince Buster. Randy's Records, who is now VP Records in the US was located at Parade and Chancy Lane."

Barry continues... "After 'Simmer Down' was recorded it not only became our anthem, it was an inspiration for us. We use to sing it morning, noon, and night. After awhile, The Creations made an attempt to record for Studio One, but it never happened. So, The Creations recorded for Lloyd Dailey's Matador Records. The first song we did was 'Bad Name', the flipside of Little Roy's 'Bongo Nyah' a monster hit that held up the Jamaican chart for over six weeks. Meanwhile we were still hanging and rehearsing with the Wailers, who by this time were seriously wailing. Even with the success of 'Simmer Down', things were still not a bed of roses, I think that was when Bob went to live in a little room on the premises of Studio One. We use to hang out there daily. I had no problem going in and out of Studio One, because of my association with The Wailing Wailers, plus the Studio One gateman, Dudley Sibley and Bob were close, so we all became friends. To this day, Dudley and myself are still associated."

The Wailers were doing their thing, so was the Creations. The Wailers went on doing what they did best... wail. The Creations went on to cut a few more sides for Matador, then when Joe Gibbs started his thing on the Amalgamated Label, The Creations along with Errol Dunkley, Winston Jarrett and the Righteous Flames were the first artists to record on the Amalgamated Label, that became known as Joe Gibbs.

"The funds that were paid to us to record a song, was just pocket money. As a matter of fact, we were not even aware of publishing or any other rights. We just did music, because it was a way of life etc. After a while, growing up was getting serious, because we were now teenagers, so the needs were getting bigger. I think Bunny was still going to Camper Down College, I was still attending Technical Institute, studying. After a while, we just started loosing interest in the school thing, and that's when our parents started to cut off funding. So, with things getting kinda stiff, money problems and things started. My grandmother decided since I was no longer interested in anything but singing, it was time to ship me abroad to my parents."