19/01/2026
🙏🙏🙏🌐🕊️
STEPHEN CAT COORE
April 6, 1956 - January 18, 2026
To wake up and learn that Stephen Cat Coore, has just made the transition - that is a bitter pill to swallow. No more bumping into each other at the lounges at Miami Airport. No more sharing the same billing at festivals; no more guest appearances at the odd event in the Caribbean; no more chilling out with each other at the Grammys; no more compliments and kind words coming down my phone whenever he decides to call from out of the blue. So many things about Cat Coore that leaves me an everlasting impression and memory of him; but this is one that touched me most of all. He came to see us perform in London, when Steel Pulse was still a nobody, not even a household name. It left an overwhelming impression on me that an extremely talented star from out of Jamaica, took time out to come listen to a band that could barely string 3 chords together. He wasn’t about profiling. He was for real. Wow! … and losing him on Dr Martin Luther King Day, too..
This has rocked the reggae genre to the core (believe me, no pun intended). With Bunny, Ibo, Carrot, Willie, Rupert, Richie, all out of the picture, this man tried his hardest to keep the flame of Third World burning. Such a unique approach to guitar playing that only a guitar player that’s searching for his own personal identity when it comes to style, would understand. Flawless, night after night. And I will say it again, Third World is one of the best band ever to have come out of Jamaica, and will forever remain number 1 in our books for crossing over our genre of music to the world’s international music industry. Tony Ruption, AJ, Norris, Richard, and co, Steel Pulse is begging you to keep the flame burning. Our heart goes out to Shiah, Donna, Richie Daley, Willie Stewart.. Wow! The Legends are leaving us..
RIP RIP
