Last November marked 50 years since Fab 5 started its musical journey, but like many others in the music and entertainment industry, they are feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The numeral five is playing out its significance in the life of legendary reggae band Fab 5 this year, and, as some love to say, ‘numbers don’t lie’. Last November marked 50 years since the Frankie Campbell-led aggregation started its musical journey and plans were in place to celebrate this fabulous half-century. Then COVID-19 came, and plunged the music industry globally into economic despair, so much so that in its 50th year, Fab 5 earned a meagre five per cent of what they had been booked for in 2020. And like many others, Campbell, who is also the chairman of the Jamaica Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates, is asking how can persons in the music industry survive.