Major Jackie Knockshot (b. Samuel Hamilton, 1960, West Kingston) was a famous intro man known for his wild lick shots (sound effects). He started making sound effects as a youth while going to school. The sounds he created would be taken from guns, shell and ammunition. But also inspired by Bammy Man he would initially humm bass lines and rhythms on dances.

It was Sugar Minott who first noticed him and let Jackie appear on his sound Youthman Promotion. Soon Knockshot was also contacted by Jammy who had him licking sound effects for his own sound.

The first recording of Jackie Knockshot was on Sugar Minotts War & Crime (Youth Promotion 7", 1985) where Jackie Knockshots introduces the song re-telling (erroneously) how the Germans recruit their armies in September '48. All through the song he is heard in the background doing several different lickshots. The song would launch Jackies career as one of the most known lickshots - often in competition of fame with Joe Lickshot. The second record he was to be heard on was Colourmans »Kick Up Rumpus« (Creation 7", 1986) where he could be heard imitating an editorial on CNN.

Knockshot was also a comic book artist, writer - for the Canadian magazine Reggae Quarterly (who also helped him publish some of his comics through Ray Hurfords Muzik Tree) - and an aspiring actor.

As an appreciated intro man Jackie would figure on several dubplates for Sound Systems such as King Jammy's, Rodigan, V-Rocket.

He would later in his career relocate to the states where he changed his artist name to either the High Plain Drifter or High Plane Drifter.

Sources

• Small Axe #25, 1987, Ardella Jones, »Major Jackie Knockshot«