Walter Ferguson was born in Guabito, Panama. After that, his family soon moved to Costa Rica and he spent most of his childhood in Jamaica Town, a neighborhood in Port Limon. He lived in his aunt´s house, and he began to receive organ lessons. His parents moved to Cahuita, a small town in the far South of the province, where he lives today. Walter Ferguson has been one of Costa Rica's beloved songwriters for many years. His songs have a balanced palette of form and content that shows the change of Afro Costa Rican culture, departing from their Caribbean roots. Afro Costa Rican music derives from Afro Carribean music which derives from Trinidad. Typically in this style of music, anecdotes are told to a syncopated drum beat and guitar. Walter is very common here because of the humor and irony that his songs bring.
We were told from various sources that Mr. Gavitt (as Ferguson is called) would be having a concert in Jamaica Town, where he spent most of his childhood; we decided to visit him. After the girls got ready (which takes an eternity), we picked up some food and left. We hopped in our rental car and drove to Jamaica Town. While there, we took a quick tour with Mr. Gavitt. He told us about his childhood and life today. He also said that the inspiration for most of his music comes from his family and fans. After about an hour and a half of listening to his interesting biography we arrived back at our rental car. We arrived back at the hotel around 5:00PM.
-Vlad
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