He became the main trombonist of Studio One and he recorded for all major producers of Jamaican music in ska, rocksteady and reggae.
At Studio One Gordon met Lee Perry and played with many reggae artists during the rock steady years.
One solo album was produced by Lee Perry in 1973 (Musical Bones), which was originally released on Dip in the UK on blank labels in 300 copies only.
His landing in England in the 80s influenced a mostly British-born reggae groups as Aswad with songs such as "Warrior Charge" and "Dub Fire".
Katz, David: People Funny Boy: The Genius Of Lee "Scratch" Perry, Edinburgh: Canongate, 2000