Livingston

Livingston is known for its Garifuna culture. There is a large population of blacks that came when a slave ship became stranded here. Garifuna provides some excellent beats-based music and we bought some cd´s off this guy. He´s apparently one of the originators of the music and a friend of Jerry Garcia. Jerry actually helped him get to the states and study music at the University of Illionis because he recognized his talent. We were also sitting with a Canadian girl who was familiar with the Garifuna music and corroborated his story via friends and relatives of his that she has seen in concert at other places in the world. Very very interesting lunch conversation to meet this educated and talented guy that DID NOT initially look the part in this very rural and frontier town.