Veteran Reggae singer Everton Blender is thankful to be celebrating his three-score-and-10 years birthday, a milestone that has been fraught with challenges and a bit of intrigue but also filled with many triumphs. Currently residing in Florida, with his wife, Phyllis, and their children, Blender’s story of his relocation to a pasture of a different shade is certainly not unfamiliar. In a nutshell, the Rastafarian crooner opted to pack his bags and leave behind “the mix-up and blender” while continuing his musical journey.
“I love Jamaica, but sometimes all two years mi nuh get nuh show. There was a lot of fight ..
. promoters will ask for me and people tell dem that dem don’t know where to find Blender or ‘Blender run way gone a foreign’ while we were still in the island. So we seh we a guh change we life a little .
.. spread we wings instead of staying one place and not moving,” Blender told The Sunday Gleaner .
The move paid off careerwise as he started getting more shows, and Blender also witnessed his children flourish in their home away from home, something that was always top of mind when making important decisions. “Di youth dem a do good and that mek we feel good,” Blender said softly. Come November 24, Blender’s friends in the music industry will join him on stage at a concert at the Miramar Readiness Center in Florida to celebrate life.
“Seventy is a big deal, and I give thanks ...
a lot of us don’t get to see 70. My first hit record was in .