Christopher Augustus Meredith

Christopher was born to parents Claudius Augustus Meredith and Estena Meredith on August 11, 1967 

The self-taught musician was born in the United Kingdom. He came to Jamaica with his parents as a child and attended Calabar High School where he first showed an interest in music.

Meredith was a member of the Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers and Stephen Marley bands for many years. He played on the former's Conscious Party and One Bright Day albums, which won Grammy Awards for Best Reggae Album in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

He also played on Burning Spear's Calling Rastafari which won the Best Reggae Album Grammy in 2000 and Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill which won five Grammys in 1999.

Meredith's lines can be heard on Mutabaruka's album Check It! and Fade to Black by Amy Winehouse. Barrington Levy's Under mi Sensi, One Blood by Junior Reid, Just One of Those Days by Sizzla and the remix of Turn Your Lights Down Low by Hill and Stephen Marley are among the many hits he played.

He leaves to mourn his passing a devoted love, Amy Gough, sons: Bobby, Christopher, Chrissano, Christano, and Kaijah Meredith; daughters: Krissan and Amika Meredith; sister Nedra Meredith Shaw and host of other sorrowing family and friends. 

Funeral services will be as follows:

Public Viewing: Thursday, August 11, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Horizon Funeral Home, 4650 N. Federal Highway, Lighthouse Point, FL.

Celebration of Life Service: Thursday, August 11, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Horizon Funeral Home, 4650 N. Federal Highway, Lighthouse Point, FL.

Burial: Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery, 1500 S State Rd 7, North Lauderdale, FL 33068

Online condolences may be made at: www.HorizonFuneralCremation.com