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STAN RANKIN 'T'

"STAN RANKIN 'T' WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE PARISH OF PORTLAND JAMAICA TO CLEAVLAND AND LILLIAN TYRELL.HE WAS RAISED UP IN THE CHURCH PLAYING DRUMS AT AN EARLY AGE,HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WAS WITH HIS COUSIN MAS MAN TYRELL.ON SUNDAYS HE WOULD AUDITION AT COX SONS STUDIO IN KINGSTON JAMAICA, WHERE HE WOULD JOIN KING EDWARD AND THE GIANTS BAND WITH HIS COUSIN. AT 19 YEARS OLD STAN RANKIN T WENT ON THE ROAD WITH COUNT OWEN AND HIS BAND.IN 1973 STAN MIGRATED TO LOS ANGE LES WHERE HE JOINED ART ROBINSON IN THE SOUL PROVIDERS AN AMERICAN AND BLUES BAND WHO WAS ALSO STARTING REGGAE MUSIC AT A CLUB AT THE ROI ET CLUB ON SUNSET STRIP IN LA.SOON AFTER STAN RANKIN T BOUGHT THE LIVE REGGAE MUSIC TO LAS VEGAS AREA.HIS FIRST SHOW WAS AT THE CLUB ROUGE,AT THAT TIME HE WAS A DJ AT 88.1 KCEP RADIO,NOW A HOST ON KUNV 91.5 FM RADIO LAS VEGAS REGGAE HAPPEN IN'S.THE ONLY REGGAE SHOW WITH A FORMAT THAT MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY FOR STAN RANKIN T 22ND YEAR.STAN HAS PLAYED MANY PLACES IN LAS VEGAS INCLUDING THE SAND DOLLAR BLUES CLUB AND MANY MORE.HE SAID THAT REGGAE MUSIC IS A HEART BEAT MUSIC THAT PEOPLE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDS,IT SPEAKS OF LOVE, CULTURE ,AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE LYRICS ARE VERY SPIRITUAL, THE SOUND IS RELAXING"
SISTER MARGO

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