Mikey Chung

Born Michael Chung in 1954,Mikey "Mao" Chung is a keyboard, guitar and percussion player, arranger and record producer of Jamaican music.

Biography

Chung, of Chinese Jamaican descent, grew up on Tewari Crescent in Jamaica, later moving with his family to the Vineyard Town area of the city, attending St. George's College. He began his career in music as the guitarist for the Mighty Mystics, The Virtues (1967–69), Generation Gap, and the Federal Studios house band the Now Generation Band, before playing with artists such as Jacob Miller and Inner Circle in the 1970s. As a member of Word, Sound and Power from 1978, along with Sly & Robbie, he backed Peter Tosh on Mystic Man, Wanted Dread and Alive, and Bush Doctor, playing guitar and synthesizer. He played for Lee Perry's band The Upsetters (?-1975?-?), and the Compass Point All Stars (Island Records). He often accompanied Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare on their recordings and played guitar for Black Uhuru on their albums Red and Chill Out.

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Turn, Turn, Turn: Arts Calendar: September 9-15

LA Weekly 09 Sep 2021

But in the meantime, that season is already well underway ... Choosing seven color tones that Arthur considers beautiful, she combines colored pencils, markers and acrylic paint to create a world where magic happens when her seven characters and the dog Mikey work together for the greater good. 945 Chung King Rd., Chinatown; free; Opening reception ... L.A.

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Dalton Browne remembered in words, music

Jamaica Observer 12 Nov 2020

Browne, 64, died on November 1, days after undergoing a corrective surgery due to a heart attack ... I was a musician who played on their first recording along with other close musician friends, Mikey and Geoffrey Chung, Val Douglas, Wya Lindo, and Mikey Richards ... Other performers included Mikey Spice, Dean Fraser, Tarrus Riley, and Lymie Murray ... .

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Feel The Crushing Steel: Grace Jones And The Compass Point Trilogy

The Quietus 11 May 2020

But that is why Blackwell is underappreciated ... But there’s more still ... The synth player was the dazzling Wally Badarou, from France; the rhythm section Sly & Robbie, of course; not so much augmented as both magnified and ornamented by guitarist Mikey Chung and percussionist Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, Jamaican veterans and discreet magicians both ... .

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Grace Jones: where to start in her back catalogue

The Observer 13 Apr 2020

The album to start with. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest ... Beyond rock, it developed a fearsome parallel reputation for producing killer reggae-influenced pop and disco albums thanks to the incredible house band, the Compass Point All Stars, formed round the stellar core of Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Mikey Chung and Uziah “Sticky” Thompson ... Facebook ... .

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A Natty Christmas to you!

Jamaica Observer 17 Dec 2019

If there was ever a reggae artiste to poke fun at Christmas norms, it was Jacob Miller. Never one to shy from hitting the system, the singer was in his element in 1978 when he and the Inner Circle band recorded their Natty Christmas album ... Mikey Chung of Now Generation fame played guitar and Robbie Shakespeare shared bass duties ... .

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Boys Tennis: W.F. West’s Chung, Cameron Finish Fourth at District Tournament

The Centralia Chronicle 29 Oct 2019

West duo of Joseph Chung and Cade Cameron came up just short of earning a berth into the state tournament at the District 4 2A boys tennis tournament at Mint Valley here on Friday. Chung and Cameron started off the tournament on Thursday against Ridgefield’s Jonah Kropp and Mikey Nester, falling in three sets, 6-0, 3-6 and 6-4.