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Laurel Aitken albums featuring Steve Harris
Laurel Aitken Music Videos (2)
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| | Live At Club Ska CD (2004)
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Personnel: Laurel Aitken (vocals); Steve Harris (guitar); Drew Stanstall (saxophone); Steve Cracknell (trumpet); Rico Rodriguez (trombone); Nick Bandy (Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards); Tony Gethin (bass); Jah Bunny (drums); M.C. Geno Blue, DJ Duke Dale. Recorded live at Club Ska, London, ...
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 Laurel Aitken Songs
Popular or famous Laurel Aitken songs: Hey Bartender, Jesse James, Skinhead Train, It's Too Late, Donkey Man, Don't Be Cruel, Reggae 69. More music songs Save The Last Dance, Walk Right Back, Bad Minded Woman, Sahara, Rock Steady, Boogie Rock, La Paloma, Baby Please Don't Go. More music songs I Will Never Let You Down, I'll Never Love Any Girl, Bartender, Mad About You, Sally Brown.
Laurel Aitken Biography
Called the "Godfather of Ska," the indomitable Laurel Aitken is widely acknowledged as modern Jamaican music's spiritual figurehead. By the time of his death in 2005, Aitken had been involved in virtually every phase of the music's history, from its pre-ska roots to its current dancehall incarnation. Born in Cuba of mixed descent, Aitken immigrated with his family to Jamaica in the `30s. There, as a local entertainer, he helped popularize a mix of New Orleans-style R&B and the indigenous folk style, mento, a sound that would soon evolve into ska. During ska's heyday in the `60s, Aitken made his way to the U.K., where his recordings on the Blue Beat label won favor among West Indian immigrants, mods, and skinheads. In later years, as his popularity waned, Aitken dabbled in rocksteady and reggae, and presided as elder statesmen of ska's Two Tone revival.
Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | Laurel Aitken | Ska Titans, Toasters | | London | Moody Blues, Charlotte Church, Elvis Costello, Depeche Mode, Elton John, Pulp, Afro Celt Sound System, Brian Eno, Ron Sexsmith, Rod Stewart | | England | Moody Blues, Depeche Mode, Afro Celt Sound System, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Ron Sexsmith, Sarah Brightman, Bruce Dickinson, Elton John, Sinead O'Connor | | 2002 | Jacintha, Jaguares, Lino Patruno, Ronan Tynan, Larry Willis, Young Bird, Phantom Planet | | Steve Harris | Iron Maiden, Gary Numan, Buck 65, Ade Fenton, Freetown, Grandstaff | | Rico Rodriguez | Burning Spear, Jools Holland, Ray Davies, Bad Manners, Delroy Washington, Toots & The Maytals, Specials, Selecter, Freetown | | Jah Bunny | Linton Kwesi Johnson, Freetown, Sugar Minott | | Nick Bandy | Freetown | | Drew Stanstall | | M.C. Geno Blue | | Steve Cracknell | | Tony Gethin | Freetown | D.J. Duke Dale.
Recorded live at Club Ska | | Potato Five |
Contemporaries
Prince Buster
Followers
The Specials, Dennis Brown, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Selecter, Desmond Dekker, Bad Manners, John Holt (Vocals), The English Beat, The Skatalites, Alton Ellis, Junior Murvin (Reggae), Joe Higgs
Influences
Jolly Boys
More Music Artists
Head Cat, Abileen
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