Mikey Chung

Mikey Chung

Background information
Birth name	Michael Chung
Also known as	Mao
Born	1954
Origin	Kingston, Jamaica
Genres	Reggae
Instruments	Keyboard, guitar
Associated acts	Inner Circle, Black Uhuru, Word, Sound and Power, Compass Point All Stars

Born Michael Chung in 1954,Mikey "Mao" Chung is a keyboard, guitar and percussion player, arranger and record producer of Jamaican music.

Chung, of Chinese Jamaican descent, grew up on Tewari Crescent in Jamaica, later moving with his family to the Vineyard Town area of the city, attending St. George's College. He began his career in music as the guitarist for the Mighty Mystics, The Virtues (1967–69), Generation Gap, and the Federal Studios house band the Now Generation Band, before playing with artists such as Jacob Miller and Inner Circle in the 1970s. As a member of Word, Sound and Power from 1978, along with Sly & Robbie, he backed Peter Tosh on Mystic Man, Wanted Dread and Alive, and Bush Doctor, playing guitar and synthesizer. He played for Lee Perry's band The Upsetters (?-1975?-?), and the Compass Point All Stars (Island Records). He often accompanied Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare on their recordings and played guitar for Black Uhuru on their albums Red and Chill Out.