Lloyd Barnes popularly known as Bullwackie, is the founder of the independent record label

Independent record label

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 Wackies

Wackies

Wackies is an American independent record label specialized in reggae and dub music.Founded in the 1970s by Lloyd Barnes, as the Wackie's House Of Music based on White Plains Road in New York, the name Wackies also include a record shop and a studio...

 specialized in Jamaican music

Music of Jamaica

The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Jamaica's music culture is a fusion of elements from the United States , Africa, and neighboring Caribbean islands such as...

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Career

Barnes was a protégé of Prince Buster

Prince Buster

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, and recorded several singles during the 1960s. Lloyd Barnes worked for Duke Reid

Duke Reid

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's Treasure Isle label as an engineer before emigrating to The Bronx

The Bronx

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, New York

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 in the early 1970s. Here he founded the Wackie's House Of Music record store and behind this shop-front was the first significant reggae studio and label in the United States. The Bullwackie's and Wackies labels followed, along with other imprints such as Senrab, Hamma, and Senta, and during the late 1970s and early 1980s he produced artists such as Horace Andy

Horace Andy

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, Sugar Minott

Sugar Minott

Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott was a Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator.-Biography:...

, Junior Byles

Junior Byles

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, Roland Alphonso

Roland Alphonso

Roland Alphonso O.D. or Rolando Alphonso aka The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of The Skatalites....

, Tyrone Evans

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, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. Later productions included work by Jackie Mittoo

Jackie Mittoo

Jackie Mittoo was a Jamaican keyboardist, songwriter and musical director. He was a founding member of The Skatalites and was a mentor to many younger performers, primarily through his work as musical director for the Studio One record label.-Biography:He was born Donat Roy Mittoo in Browns Town,...

. Barnes also operated a sound system which he used as an outlet for the Wackies recordings.

He presently resides in the Wakefield

Wakefield, Bronx

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 neighborhood in the New York City

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 borough of the Bronx, where he owns and operates a music studio.