Career
Barnes was a protégé of Prince Buster, and recorded several singles during the 1960s. Lloyd Barnes worked for Duke Reid"s Treasure Isle label as an engineer before emigrating to The Bronx, New York, in the early 1970s. Here he founded the Wackie"s House Of Music record store, and behind this shop-front was the first significant reggae studio and label in the United States.
The Bullwackie"s and Wackies labels followed, along with other imprints such as Senrab, Hamma, and Senta.
Later productions included work by Jackie Mittoo. Barnes also operated a sound system, which he used as an outlet for the Wackies recordings.
Barnes presently resides in the Wakefield neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx, where he owns and operates a music studio.
