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Sunday, July 25, 2021

Picture of The Week! - Rico Rodriguez & Jerry Dammers

 

Rico and Jerry!

Jerry what ARE you doing!???

Dammers' people will know he was the brains behind The Specials, google him! (and them if you must!) Rico is a legend. You should know who he is and if you are British you prolly do! The entry in Wikipedia on Rico sums it up but he started out as trombone player per excellence under Don Drummond's influence and went on to play with Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames and started being heavily involved in the British discovery of Ska and Bluebeat to Reggae. From 1996 he featured as a significant part of The Jools Holland Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. Universally loved bu all who found a joy in Ska and Reggae (and Jools' work) he passed away aged 80 in 2015 having been given an MBE for services to music and the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica in recognition of his contribution to Jamaican music. Legend!


SOURCE: rebel without applause . . . . .

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