The Maytones formed in the late 1960s, and comprised Vernon Buckley and Gladstone Grant, both of whom lived in May Pen in Clarendon, which inspired the group's name.
[1] After recording two rocksteady tracks for Studio One which were not released, they recorded much of their early material for Alvin Ranglin, having local hits with "Loving Reggae" and "Funny Man", and released a version of Greyhound's "Black and White" (written by Earl Robinson and David I. Arkin) in 1971.
[2] The Boat to Zion album followed in 1978, although it did not meet with the success they had hoped for, and were overlooked by the British record labels that were signing up much of Jamaica's talent at the time, with their non-Rasta image identified as a factor.
[1][2] They contributed the track "Money Worries" to the Rockers soundtrack in 1979.
[4] Vernon issued a solo album, Raw, and has performed and recorded with Bedouin Soundclash.