Career
Born in Waltham Park, Kingston, Jamaica, Silvera began his career in the late 1960s, when he worked with Derrick Harriott"s "Musical Chariot" sound system as a deejay under the name Ramon the Mexican, also recording with Harriott"s band The Crystallites on the album The Undertaker. He relocated to The Bronx, New York City and joined Hugh Hendricks and the Buccaneers with whom he toured the United States. He continued to perform but supported himself working as a bank clerk in California.
In 2011, he contributed to the single "We"ll Always Be There", in aid of the charity Food Foreign The Poor, along with artist such as J.C. Lodge, Dobby Dobson, Glen Washington, Hopeton Lindo, Sharon Forrester, Barry Biggs, and The Melodians.
