Pictured here in 1996, I was honoured to have the support of my friend and collaborator Ras Kawintseb Sellassie, who accompanied me from Toronto to record my first album What If I Told You at Kingston Muzik Studio in Jamaica. Deeply spiritual and lighthearted, Ras Kawintseb lifted up the album with his accomplished rockin' blues style guitar. I was very moved to hear Kawintseb cover "The Valiant Prince" off this album before his move to Shashamane, Ethiopia in 1998.