Grantley Interviews, for Laidback But Serious: Lloyd G Blake, Tony Owens and Bernie Dixon - Part 1 скачать в хорошем качестве

Grantley Interviews, for Laidback But Serious: Lloyd G Blake, Tony Owens and Bernie Dixon - Part 1

On the 6th May 2025, Grantley Haynes introduced three new guests for Laidback But Serious are none other than Birmingham Reggae Legends - Lloyd G Blake, Tony Owens & Bernie Dixon Lloyd George Blake Lloyd was born and raised in Jamaica, schooled with Bob Marley, emigrated to Birmingham, club-owner and music promoter, father of twelve…what a life and Lloyd George Blake describes it in wonderful bite-sized chunks, evoking the atmosphere of every decade from the ‘60s onwards, and justifiably name-checking so many along the way from Mohammed Ali and Bishop Desmond Tutu to reggae stars like Dennis Brown, Joseph Hill and Dennis Bovell, not to mention politicians and the movers and shakers who made Birmingham musical culture the seething hive of inspiration it still is today. Bernie Dixon As a young boy, no one in my family was particularly interested in music, moved to Trench Town a place later made famous by Bob Marley. It was a hub of creativity, home to talents like Alton and Hortense Ellis, Jimmy Tucker, and Delroy Wilson. Bernie met Big Babsy who's girlfriend lived on my street. Bernie held Friday night dances at Pioneer Lawn in nearby Jones Town, and I worked the bar selling beer. Babsy brought in top sound systems like Sir Coxsone, Duke Reid, Tom the Great Sebastian, King Edward, and V Rocket. Many of Bernie’s friends were singers, actors, musicians, and MCs most of whom became famous and he promoted many of them myself. After leaving Jamaica in 1962, he moved to London, where I connected with Owen Gray and Jackie Edwards. Jackie was managed by Chris Blackwell of Island Records at the time. He later moved to Birmingham are of Handsworth, Trinity Road, with his wife’s family. Bernie began working with Johnny Nash at the Drill Hall in Burton-on-Trent and went on to promote both local and international artists like Hot Chocolate and Mungo Jerry, and hosted shows across the UK, including in Wales which led to Bernie Wailers. Chris Blackwell secured the Wailers’ the link was via Bernie’s youngest sister Cherry, a friend of Bob Marley, this led to a promise of promoting "Bob Marley and the Wailers" This road led to Bernie working premier reggae acts like Toots and the Maytals, Dennis Brown, Ken Boothe, and management of the British Reggae Band, ASWAD. Tony Owen's For those of you who aware of the extremely talented ‘Musical Youth’ Tony Owens in a later session. Most notably known for driving the careers of Grammy global chart topping winners Musical Youth. With Tony the group broke records from the United Kingdom to Springbok and them some. Also to there name, Tony and the group crafted the first reggae category in USA Grammy's. Tony tells his story. Don't miss this up close and personal historical account of Birmingham’s own together with LIVE questions and answers from the audience 🔥🔥