Ansel Collins, the legendary musician on seemingly most of the great Jamaican music since his 1971 number one hit, Double Barrel, can now be booked through Fly on the Wall.
Ansel is available for double billing with The Gladiators.
Few artistes have contributed more to Jamaican music than Ansel Collins, as one of the musicians who have helped form the music over the last 40 years.
In 1971, with vocalist Dave Barker, he recorded "Double Barrel" for the Winston Riley Techniques label. The tune went to No 1 in the UK and young Ansel found himself, fresh from Jamaica, in the history books and on "Top of the Pops". The first ever all-male duo to top the UK Pop charts saw the follow-up "Monkey Spanner" hit the top 10.
He recorded "Stalag 17", an instrumental track which no-one outside reggae knows and yet which everyone has heard, such is its popularity as a riddim or a sample - ask the likes of Nate Dogg, R.Kelly, Sade and every Reggae artist under the sun!!!!
Collins stayed busy working as a studio musician with every reputable aggregate that Jamaica could put together. This included being a member of the Bunny Lee house band The Aggrovators, and (with a young Sly and Robbie), the keyboardist of the Channel One house band, The Revolutionaries. When Sly and Robbie set up their own Taxi label, he became part of their house band, the Taxi Gang too! He also worked with many of the most legendary producers of the 70s such as King Tubby and Lee Perry (for whom he wrote and recorded "Night Doctor").
Trojan and HeartBeat have both released albums from Ansel, who continued to release albums through the 80's and 90's and today...
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Ansel is available for double billing with The Gladiators.
Few artistes have contributed more to Jamaican music than Ansel Collins, as one of the musicians who have helped form the music over the last 40 years.
In 1971, with vocalist Dave Barker, he recorded "Double Barrel" for the Winston Riley Techniques label. The tune went to No 1 in the UK and young Ansel found himself, fresh from Jamaica, in the history books and on "Top of the Pops". The first ever all-male duo to top the UK Pop charts saw the follow-up "Monkey Spanner" hit the top 10.
He recorded "Stalag 17", an instrumental track which no-one outside reggae knows and yet which everyone has heard, such is its popularity as a riddim or a sample - ask the likes of Nate Dogg, R.Kelly, Sade and every Reggae artist under the sun!!!!
Collins stayed busy working as a studio musician with every reputable aggregate that Jamaica could put together. This included being a member of the Bunny Lee house band The Aggrovators, and (with a young Sly and Robbie), the keyboardist of the Channel One house band, The Revolutionaries. When Sly and Robbie set up their own Taxi label, he became part of their house band, the Taxi Gang too! He also worked with many of the most legendary producers of the 70s such as King Tubby and Lee Perry (for whom he wrote and recorded "Night Doctor").
Trojan and HeartBeat have both released albums from Ansel, who continued to release albums through the 80's and 90's and today...
Look for Ansel's newest album, Sounds of Reggae, and catch him on tour solo and with The Gladiators - Ansel "Double Barrel" Collins!
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