'Bassline King' and musical legend Leroy Sibbles is "grateful" to be receiving his 'flowers' while he's alive. The veteran will be honoured with a tour, dubbed 'The Crowning - Leroy Sibbles in Concert', acknowledging his contributions to the musical landscape throughout his more than 60-year career. "There's no words I can find to state how I really feel," Sibbles said, with a laugh.
"I'm really glad and appreciative of what's really happening right now, and I hope that it will all be a total success." Sibbles, who was the lead singer for the popular rocksteady and reggae group The Heptones, said he does not believe he has been given enough credit for his work in music. "My contribution as a single individual in the business is vast; it has developed a lot of people's careers musically, touched many people nationally.
A lot of people have contributed, but my contribution is timeless. And the value people have taken unto these [basslines] and how these basslines have taken unto these people, have created some of the biggest songs and deejay works. My basslines have established a lot of singers and musicians' careers that my contribution is still doing good for," shared Sibbles.
The tour, initially conceptualised as a single concert in Jamaica, was expanded after word of the event elicited demands for the concert to be hosted in other countries. The tour will now see the artiste visiting Barbados, as well as Florida and New York in the US. "Leroy is without a doubt the 'King of.
