Ashley Martin speaks about Byron Lee, going solo and Jazz Fest
Ashley Martin speaks about Byron Lee, going solo and Jazz Fest
“I felt like my belly was ripping out,” was the passionate, teary-eyed recollection of Ashley Martin, female lead singer of Byron Lee & the Dragonaires as she revisited that Saturday in November 2008 when the Dragon was laid to rest.
“Nobody could understand why I was crying so much… but the Dragon was the closest thing to a father that I had ever known. Even when they told me he had died, I immediately went to the hospital to see for myself, just to get a last look at him.