Eddy Grant talks about the trailblazing nature of many bands in the sixties. Referring to path cutting, and using a Caribbean colloquialism for jungle, he says “everybody was cutting bush.”

Having started his musical career in the late 1960’s, Grant was on the cutting edge of the music business. “People forget sometimes how young the music industry really is. In the sixties, when I would have been having success with The Equals, there were no roads cut.”

All the best known bands of the 1960’s had to make their own way, with revolutionary sounds being created. “The Beatles were cutting bush, The Rolling Stones were cutting bush, The Hollies were cutting bush.” Grant himself had many obstacles to surmount. “The Equals were also cutting, and many kinds of bushes, because we had many different challenges.”

Eddy Grant believes that much of the music of today owes those early pioneers a debt of gratitude. “Eventually of course, the bush was cut and the roads were set.”

Comments