Morgan Heritage

Peter: Well that is for Bounty Killer, Beenie Man and Mr. Vegas and them. We give thanks to dancehall music because it has helped expose Reggae music to Black Americans. We've known for a long time, even in Bob Marley's day, Black Americans didn't really accept Reggae music because they looked at Jamaicans in a derogatory way. We get a lot of fight from Black Americans. The White Americans always seem to love Roots and Culture. If it weren't for the white audience, Roots and Culture would probably be dead today, so we give thanks to them. We give thanks to those [dancehall] artists and those that promote that music, but we will promote Roots and Culture-Rastafari music-and keep this segment of the music alive 'cause if we don't do it, it will die. Selassie I.

Q: Do you listen to dancehall?

Peter: Yeah man. Mostly what we listen to is Capleton and Sizzla. One or two sounds from Beenie Man will catch us, because them blessed that way. That's their gift and we support them because everyone has a different purpose within the music.

Q: You did a track on Luciano's "Sweep Over My Soul" album. Have you known him for a long time?

Peter: We've known Luciano for a couple of years now. We've always talked about doing a song together. Actually, we recorded three songs together during the time we did that one song. But the other two, they're there and soon the public will hear about it. Even the other day, he recorded a song for us on a new track that we have. Luciano's our good brethren: we work together on the music and we support each other. We'll probably be doing more of that in the future too.

Q: You have a similar vibe: bringing a positive message, bringing Jah's message...

Gramps: It's one work, you know. It's one God. It's one Aim and one Destiny. It's one message-one eternal message. We just give thanks and praises because you have a man like Luciano. These words are not words you haven't heard before. It's just from different messengers-a second generation bringing the word to you again. It has to pass on from generation to generation. The words are the true treasures of life, not cars and houses (because all those things can be destroyed), but the words from my mouth can pass on from flesh to flesh and live through flesh.

Q: It's truly great to have heard you here at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival.

Peter: Thank you very much for having us. Jah Bless.

Gramps: Jah Bless.