A Jamaican reggae vocal group, Israel Vibration brings together three singers
who have suffered from polio since childhood, and who have risen from poverty to
international fame. Cecil "Skelly" Spence (b. 1952), Albert "Apple Gabriel"
Craig and Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin (b. 1955) were struck down at an early age by
the polio epidemic then sweeping the island, and were placed in a specialized
institution, the Mona Rehabilitation Center near Kingston, where they attended
classes and learned music. Although Albert Craig left the institution for the
Alpha School at the age of eight, he ...