He wants to unite the world through music. He thinks differences, political and otherwise can be overcome through music. He's very spiritual, yet he put himself where he is. While reggae from different parts of the world may sound similar to the layman, Hickey says African differs from the more familiar Jamaican. The normal reggae beat lands on one and three.
African reggae can land on the one and three or two and four, but it's a delay.
I am really anxious to learn about their culture and their approach to music and African rhythms. A Wonder Bread world away in suburban Connecticut, Hickey, at age 13, traded his trumpet in for a guitar. Hickey studied engineering at the University of Vermont . I was thinking dollar signs. In 1989, he came out West to visit his sister Brigid, who lived in Ketchum.