Hard Top 22
Hard Top 22
Charley Anderson's 1977 / 78 Coventry City Roots Reggae Band. Contained five members who a year later became part Two Tone band - The Selecter.
Line up
Charley Anderson - bass. Compton Amanor - Rhythm guitar. Charles "H" Bembridge drums. Chris Christy ? Amos Anderson ?
They played the Rock Against Racism gig / The first reggae festival in Woodend / Luton and many other gigs. Based at the Holyhead Youth Centre.
They recorded at Woodbine Studio, Leamington - According to Charley "Recorded 4 Songs at Jon Rivers Studio. Bird Sings a Melody voiced by our good friend Don Mayers. Former singer with True Expression...They recorded what would become Do Nothing - The best part was hijacked, and renamed DO Nothing by the Specials" Charley thinks he has some recordings for this band but not available so far.
The band eventually combined with elements of the Neol Davies band Transposed Men ie Neol Davies and Desmond Brown to form the Selecter.
These are some visuals from Charley Anderson's Facebook page,.
No comments:
Post a Comment