{"id":5423,"date":"2023-08-07T22:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asaniali.com\/music\/?page_id=5423"},"modified":"2023-08-08T00:45:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:45:43","slug":"screwdriver-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asaniali.com\/music\/screwdriver-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Screwdriver"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Screwdriver is a Roots and Culture Reggae Singer and Songwriter who first got the attention of Reggae Lovers with his number 1 hit song \u201cSharon Ah Pregnant Yuh Pregnant \u2013 No Mama\u201d in 1989.<\/p>

Screwdriver was born Dalton Lindo in Montego Bay, Saint James Parish in 1960. In the mid-1980s, Lindo travelled to\u00a0Kingston, where he met and was encouraged in his musical career by\u00a0Beres Hammond.\u00a0Taking inspiration from the likes of\u00a0Tenor Saw,\u00a0Pinchers,\u00a0Pliers, and\u00a0Spanner Banner, he began recording in 1986, having hits with “We Rule”, “Soundboy Killa”, “Family Counsellor”, and “Here I Come”.\u00a0<\/p>

He had a Jamaican number one single in 1989 with “No Mama (Sharon Yuh Pregnant?)”, which became a major hit throughout the Caribbean. His success led to tours of Canada and the United States, and he eventually settled in Florida in the early 1990s.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Further hits followed with “Reggae on Broadway”, “Teach Dem”, and “HIV”, and in the mid-1990s he began to blend\u00a0hip hop\u00a0and\u00a0R&B\u00a0with\u00a0dancehall, notably on the\u00a0Calling Calling<\/em>\u00a0album from 1995.\u00a0<\/p>

1996 saw the release of Screwdriver’s self-produced\u00a0Let Me Remind You<\/em>\u00a0album. Screwdriver made a guest appearance on\u00a0John Holt’s 1997 album\u00a0All Night Long<\/em>.\u00a0Shortly after the release of\u00a0Let Me Remind You<\/em>, Screwdriver began working on his next album,\u00a0Prophecy<\/em>, which was released in 2001.\u00a0He said of the album: “Mi try do a little a everything on it…some ska, some jazz, a little merengue. Is a musician album”.<\/p>

In 2007’s\u00a0Road Block<\/em>\u00a0mixes new rhythms with old ones and features a new version of his biggest hit, “No Mama”, retitled “Sherron”.\u00a0Since “road Block” Screwdriver released 2 more albums, “Child Of The Universe” in 2009 for Jalpro Records, and “African Union” in 2013 on Upstairs Music label.<\/p>

Screwdriver wrote the song “Jah Send Him Come” in support of\u00a0Barack Obama’s presidential election campaign. He initially offered the song to\u00a0Luciano, but when the offer was declined recorded it himself.<\/p>

In 2019 he teamed up with his longtime friend Courtney \u2018Blemo\u2019 Crichton and Asani Ali of the Crichton Clique Worlwide Record Label to release an album entitled \u201cProphecy.\u201d He followed up \u201cProphecy\u201d with \u201cTestimony\u201d which was released in 2021.<\/p>

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