Hinds was born in Steertown,
Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. Reviewing it in ''
Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981),
Robert Christgau wrote: "Homey lyrics ('
Jah-jah will spank you') and artful instrumental touches—I like the gentle
calypso-styled horns and decorative guitar licks—may mean this is a great reggae album. But they may mean it's only a subtle one, and in such an understated genre subtlety risks extinction." Hinds' work with
Sonia Pottinger resulted in a series of singles released in the late 1970s, including "Rig-Ma-Roe Game" and the
Book of Proverbs and
Psalm 121-inspired "Wipe Your Weeping Eyes", which he recorded with
The Revolutionaries for
Sonia Pottinger's
High Note record label. After the release of
Travel with Love recorded at
Tuff Gong Studios in 1984, Hinds became less active. His final studio album
Know Jah Better was released in 1992, but he worked on
Wingless Angels with other Jamaican musicians, which was produced by
Keith Richards in the early 1990s. In 1997, he toured the US for the first time and he released a couple of live albums in the early 2000s, including one recorded at the
Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance in
Trumansburg, New York backed by
John Brown's Body. On 23 September 2010, a new posthumous album,
Wingless Angels II, was released with "Oh What a Joy, What a Comfort", featuring guitar work by
Keith Richards plus the Jamaican
Nyabinghi rhythm Drummers.
Death Hinds died of lung cancer in March 2005, at the age of 62. ==References==