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 THE HEPTONES featuring
Leroy Sibbles & Barry Llewellyn
3 de mayo - Valencia - Cormoran (18/21 Dub Club, Juanita) 4 de mayo - Barcelona - Apolo 1 (18/21
Tick-tack ticket) Sábado 5 de Mayo 2007 - Maiatzak 5, Larunbata - BILBAO THE HEPTONES + THE STARLITES + BENJAMMIN Sala Santana 27 - 21:30 horas - Pol.Ind. Santa Ana - Tellería, 27 - Bolueta, 48004 Bilbao Anticipadas: 20. Taquilla: 22. Puntos de venta anticipada: Bizkaia/ Power Records, Santana 27, Massive, Brixton Denda, Street Warrior. Gasteiz/ Jamaica - Por e-mail: brixtonrecords@gmail.com History Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan and Barry Llewelyn first came together as "The Hep Ones" in 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica but they soon changed their name to "The Heptones." They recorded for the major Jamaican producers at the time, including Coxsone Dodd of Studio One fame. The Heptones had a number of Jamaican hits for Studio One, including "Pretty Looks Isn't All," "Fattie Fattie," and "I Got the Handle." They went on to record with Joe Gibbs, Harry J (Harry Johnson), Rupie Edwards and Danny Holloway. In 1977, they recorded Party Time for Lee Perry, one of Perry's finest productions, which included a version of Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released." Sibbles left the group in 1977 to start a successful solo career. He was replaced by Naggo Morris. After Sibbles left, the group's popularity waned. The original trio reunited in 1995 and released Pressure! produced by Tappa Zukie One of the definitive rocksteady vocal groups, the Heptones
were also one of the few to successfully make the transition to the reggae
era. The group was fronted by A&E: Gene Simmons Family Jewels Sundays
at 9/8c Things started to take off for the group in 1966 when they caught on at Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One, the pre-eminent hit factory of the rocksteady era. Dodd helped train the group in the art of harmony singing, and also guided budding songwriter Sibbles, who developed a sly, sarcastic sense of humor to underpin his tales of broken-hearted lovers. The Heptones had their first hit later that year with "Fattie Fattie," a ribald paean to large women that was banned from Jamaican radio but sold briskly nonetheless. They went on to record vast amounts of material for Dodd over the next five years, including their first-ever LP, On Top, in 1970. As the hits piled up, Sibbles became a staff songwriter and arranger, played bass with the Studio One house band on a multitude of recordings, and worked as an assistant producer and talent scout as well. However, by 1971, a Rastafarian social consciousness was emerging in his writing, and he had grown tired of the boundaries of working in Dodd's studio system; that sense of confinement led to an acrimonious split with Dodd. Over the next few years, Sibbles took the Heptones on a virtual tour of Jamaica's top producers, cutting material for Joe Gibbs, Harry J, Augustus Pablo, Rupie Edwards, and many others. In 1973, they moved briefly to Canada, but soon returned to Jamaica. The Heptones signed a major-label deal with Island in 1975 and released their label debut, Night Food, the following year; it was produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry and featured mostly new versions of old Studio One material. The follow-up, 1977's Party Time, followed a similar blueprint, and also included an eye-opening cover of Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released." It proved to be the group's biggest-selling album in the international market, but the 1978 follow-up, Better Days, sold disappointingly by comparison, and Sibbles departed for a solo career not long after. The remaining Heptones replaced him with Naggo Morris and soldiered on with 1979's Joseph Hoo Kim-produced Good Life. They continued to record and perform during the '80s, though without the success they had enjoyed with Sibbles out front; gradually, other members drifted through the ranks, including Glen Adams and Joseph Forester. The original trio of Sibbles, Llewellyn, and Morgan finally reunited in 1995 for the album Pressure!, produced by Tappa Zukie. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide Discography Selected Singles * "Fattie Fattie" (1966) Albums * The Heptones (aka Fattie Fattie) (1967)
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The Starlites se forman en el año 1996 en La Rioja Alavesa (EH)
con la mayoría de los miembros originales de la mítica
banda "Banana Boats" . Primero como Los fabulosos Dolby y finalmente
como The Starlites se proponen revitalizar los sonidos de la era dorada
de la música jamaicana, los sonidos que funden el soul con el
Ska jamaicano: el Rocksteady. Ya sabemos la respuesta... DISCOGRAFIA: - 1997-VVAA "ARABA EUSKARAZ" (Con el tema "Gorabidean")
FORMACIÓN: Ezequiel García: Guitarra - Bajo Santana 27 - Pol.Ind. Santa Ana - Tellería, 27 - Bolueta, 48004 Bilbao
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