Glen Ricks, a Juno Award-winning Jamaican-Canadian artist, candid scenes at my home studio.

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I videotaped using my cell phone footage of my close friend, Glen Ricketts aka Glen Ricks who spent some time with me at my home studio. Glen won the prestigious Canadian Juno Award in 1987, not for reggae but for Best R&B/Soul Recording. He is that great.
Glen, a musical and social friend for over 40 years, spent a couple days with me in my home studio laying some tracks for an instrumental album I am producing with him. He is not only an international award-winning singer but he is also an accomplished songwriter and musical arranger/composer. He has played and sung with many American R&B/Soul artists, including Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, Rick James, and Stevie Wonder and, he also has a son, Glen Lewis, an international R&B singer based in Canada.

Glen Ricks is one of a kind, powerful singer and songwriter with a unique soul tone who is known as the Al Green of Jamaica.
Born in Jamaica, Glen emigrated to Canada in 1967 when he was 14 years old, and attended Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate Institute (KCI). Before he came to Canada, he was already playing the recorder and the violin. There he began singing in high school bands, and after leaving school decided to pursue a music career.

Arriving in Toronto in 1969, he entered a talent contest where he met the first-place winners, a group of guys from Jamaica called "The Fabulous Flames". Impressed with his stagecraft, the group soon found that Glen had an abundance of musical talent. Glen joined the group, which also featured Lloyd Lovindeer and Kirk Salmon.

Soon after they went to Jamaica and did their first recording "Holly Holy", a cover of the Neil Diamond hit. The recording featuring Glen's voice was done with legendary producer Clancy Eccles. The song became a big hit, sparking the creation of their first album that spring a second single called "Growing Up" which also became a hit.

When the group split in the seventies, each member pursued solo careers. Glen began traveling to the United States to pursue a solo career. It was during this period that he went to Chicago and met his idol, Donny Hathaway. He was allowed to work closely with Donny which took his music and talent to an even higher level. Then Glen returned to Canada, where he had a successful career as a singer, gaining a contract with CBS Records Canada Ltd. when he caught the attention of David Clayton-Thomas of the Blood, Sweat and Tears group.

Late in the eighties, he returned to Jamaica, establishing himself as an in-demand singer with leading producers like King Jammy, Phillip “Fatis” Burrell, Bobby “Digital” Dixon, and Lloyd “Pickout” Dennis.

He has joined forces with legendary producer Linval Thompson and renowned producer and musician Roberto Sánchez. Together they recorded the album for one of the finest international ska and rocksteady labels; Liquidator Music.