Caption: Maxi Priest at the Lamana Hotel.
By MATTHEW VARI
Sunday, September 28, 2014 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)
REGGAE music fans in the nation’s capital were geared up to party last night with one of the most successful reggae acts to hit the stage at the Lamana Gold Club.
The London born Jamaican, Max Alfred "Maxi" Elliott, better known as Maxi Priest is one of a string of big reggae bands to hit the stage at the party capital, others being the famous UB40 band and Inner Circle.
He is a reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent and is best known for singing reggae music with an R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, to be one of the first international successes who regularly experimented in variations in the genre to be one of the most successful reggae fusion acts of all-time.
Speaking to the media a clearly jetlagged Maxi had just performed the night before in Melbourne Australia.
His first major album was titled Maxi Priest in 1988 which, along with his cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World", established him as one of the top British reggae singers.
Some of his famous hits in the country include ‘How can we ease the pain?’, ‘Just a little bit longer’, ‘That girl (with Shaggy)’, and ‘Goovin’ in’.
“It is an honor and pleasure to be invited any part of the world and I expect that we are going to have a ball,” Maxi said.
“My message is good music, good vibes, right across the world, and I would describe myself as a peace loving wonderful person.”
“I have been able to this for many years because I love what I do.”
His message to his fans and PNG artist in being successful in music was to seek God in whatever they intend to do and everything will follow through.
The reggae maestro will leave the country today for Europe capping off his tour and only stopover in the South Pacific in Papua New Guinea.
Maxi also sang some tracks to his latest album ‘Easy to Love’, hoping to receive the same love from his fans last night.
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