Claude “Big Stone” Sinclair has produced a remake of the popular hit song, Simmer Down that was first sung by the Wailers in 1965. Sinclair, who is the founder and chief executive officer of Big Stone Records, said that he came up with the idea to have Kelso sing a revised version in collaboration with singer Richie Stephens. “I approached her and told her we needed to do a song, and I thought the best song for her to do was the first song she did with Bob Marley, Peter [Tosh], Bunny [Wailer], and [Junior] Braithwaite.
I said to myself that the only artiste that could sing on a track with her that has the substance, the leverage, and the class is Richie Stephens. When I called Richie Stephens and told him what I intended to do, he said it was a no-brainer and he wanted to be a part of it,” Sinclair told the Jamaica Observer recently. He continued: “We went into the studio and laid the tracks.
After we recorded Simmer Down she flew back to the United States and I called her and told her that since her voice is out there it would make sense to do a music video to shine a brighter light on her. I invited her back to Jamaica and we got in touch with Terminal Media. I asked Terminal Media to give me a treatment for the video and they came up with it.
I solidified it and George Phang put his two cents into it, and we said why not do the video on Septimus Street in Arnett Gardens? It was all an idea that was conceptualised by George Phang, Big Stone and Terminal Media.” .