THE INSPIRING STORY OF ISRAEL VIBRATION
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Cecil Spence, Albert Craig and Lascelle Bulgin became one of the finest groups in Jamaica’s history – Israel Vibration – after overcoming adversity, poverty and illness. The trio’s lesson in fortitude began in the late 1950s, when they were three young victims of the polio epidemic that struck Jamaica. Cecil (born 1952), Albert (1955–2020) and Lascelle (born 1955) met each other at the Mona Rehabilitation Centre in Kingston, a government institution for young polio patients whose families could not afford medical care. They all shared a passion for music, which was what brought them together throughout the years even if they moved to different institutions and crossed paths occasionally. Albert Craig, known as “Apple”, attended the Alpha Cottage School, which was famous for its musical training. But he found the atmosphere rigid and oppressive, and ran away at the age of 14 into a life of homelessness and poverty. Cecil Spence, nicknamed “Skelly”, played in a band and even appeared on ...