Career
Hunnigale started his career as bass guitarist with the Vibes Corner Collective. He topped the United Kingdom reggae chart in 1987 with "Be My Lady", which was followed by his debut album, In This Time. A string of hits followed, and he enjoyed another United Kingdom reggae number one with "Ragamuffin Girl", a combination single recorded with Tippa Irie.
The single was also voted Best British Reggae Record by Echoes newspaper at the end of the year.
The success of the single led to further combination work with Irie, including two albums - The New Decade on Island Records and Done Cook and Currie for Rebel Military Cross"s Tribal Base label. The latter was produced by Hunnigale and he also played all the instruments on lieutenant
He also recorded in Jamaica, with producers such as Gussie Clarke. Hunnigale"s second solo album, Mr.
Vibes, followed in 1992.
In 1993, he again linked up with Tippa irie for the "Shouting Foreign The Gunners" single, a celebration of the football club that they both supported, Arsenal Football Club. 1994 saw Hunnigale moving in a more rootsy direction with Mr. Government, recorded with Neil "Mad Professor" Fraser. Hunnigale again linked with Irie in 1995 for a version of "Declaration of Rights" recorded for his Nah Give Up compilation.
He also recorded duets with Dennis Brown ("Cupid"), Lloyd Brown ("Lonely Girl"), and Janet Lee Davis ("We Can Work lieutenant Out").
In 1996, Hunnigale performed at Jamaica"s Reggae Sunsplash festival. Towards the end of 1996, Hunnigale performed as part of Passion, along with Glamma Kid and Nerious Joseph, spending eight weeks at number one in the United Kingdom reggae chart with "Number Diggity".
Hunnigale also performed in the reggae musical, Johnny Dollar.
