Vinx De'Jon Parrette

Birth name Vincent De Jean Parrette
Born 15 December 1957 (age 66)
Fairfield, California
Genres Pop, rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Percussion
Years active 1980s–present
Labels Pangea/I.R.S., Dreamsicle
Website vinx.com
Vinx De'Jon Parrette (born 15 December 1957), known professionally as Vinx, is a percussionist, singer, songwriter, and former athlete.[1][2][3][4]

Musical career
Vinx performed for the first time at Montreux Jazz Festival on July 9, 1978, after legendary musician Taj Mahal invited him to perform with him at Casino Montreux.[5]

Vinx was a member of the Austin, Texas funk & soul band Extreme Heat.[6]

The next time Vinx performed at Montreux Jazz Festival would be July 20, 1990, when he performed nine of his own songs:[5] The songs were taken from Vinx's first album, Rooms in My Fatha's House which was released through Sting's record label Pangaea Records, and featured guest vocals and bass by Sting.[7] Taj Mahal, Branford Marsalis, Sheryl Crow, and Herbie Hancock were also among the album's guest musicians. The actor Roscoe Lee Browne appears on "While the City Sleeps". Vinx's regular band, made up of percussionists and a vocalist, was dubbed the Barkin' Feet.[8]

1 Tell My Feet
2 Porch Light
3 I Should Have Told Her
4 Little Queen
5 I'd Give Me All To You
6 Captain's Song
7 My TV
8 Temporary Love
9 Samba De Whoop

The following day, July 21, Vinx performed a second show at Montreux 1990 alongside Sting.[5]

Almost a year later, on July 2, 1991 Vinx returned to Montreux Jazz Festival with Sting, as part of Sting's Soul Cages tour, performing backing vocals on 17 songs, before moving front of stage to perform vocals and percussion on four of his own songs in support of Rooms in My Fatha's House : "My Funny Valentine" (written by Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart), "Temporary Love", "One Pearl", and "Don't Got To Be That Way".[5] "Temporary Love" and "Don't Got To Be That Way."

Vinx's second album, I Love My Job was released on CD and cassette across Europe and the US in 1992.[9]

In 1992, Vinx's third Album - The Storyteller was also released through Pangaea Records and featured his drum band, The Barking Feet, plus guest artists; Stevie Wonder, Cassandra Wilson, Omar, Ndugu Chancler , Billy Kent, Django Porter, Peter Usi Wegner, Mitchell Long, Luis Conte, George Howard, Harvey Mason, Greg Poree, Karen Briggs, Angel Figueroa, Bill Summers, Basil Fung, Fade and Beulah.[10]

EXCERPTS FROM THE UPCOMING, "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ELECTRIFYING MOJO, A LATE NIGHT DISK JOCKEY." DEC 24, 2024


WHEN I PLAY MUSIC
IT’S LIKE MAKING A MOVIE, EVERY SONG IS A SCENE.

IT’S LIKE WRITING A BOOK,
EVERY WORD MEANS SOMETHING, EVERY SENTENCE ADDS INTENSITY TO THE
PARAGRAPH.

IT’S LIKE PAINTING A PICTURE, EVERY STROKE IS STRATEGIC.


Consider this a musical movie for a special night, a special occasion, and a soundtrack that tracks seamlessly, with what your innermost thoughts, dream of saying out loud in words.

Just point and click if any of these songs are applicable!!!

The most important thing about expanding your musical diaspora, and exploring the linkage between sound and human behavior has a lot to do with what's in the mix.

I have millions of songs in my head. I could sit in a big empty concert hall with four Alexa Apps and we could party for hours.

It would not just be knee-deep, it would be Totally Deep.

I was fortunate enough to have spent my entire radio career, never having a music director, nor an empowered program director over me, directing my programs or music.

From this unique experience, I taught myself
How to feel music down to the depths of its soul.

I learned that music is a language unto itself.

I have learned from those experiences to let music speak its mind, from my first radio job at KOKY in Little Rock, Arkansas, to DZYA in the Republic of the Philippines, (nagsasalita ako at nakakaintindi ng kaunting tagalog.) Sa Pilipinas. Ang pangalan ko sa radyo ay Agent OO Soul.
Then back to KOKY, on to KALO, in Little Rock.
Then to WAAM in Ann Arbor, MI. On to WGPR in Detroit, MI then to the following radio stations, WJLB, WHYT, WTWR, Monroe, MI. Back to Detroit to WMXD, back to WGPR and my very last stop was WCHB in Detroit.

I am normally not so personal, but I told you all of that just to say, For Real, For Real. I LOVE MUSIC.

The most crucial component of music presentation is the mix and the flow.

You not only have to flow through music, it has to flow through you.

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