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Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers GCOT (born 22 May 1955) is a British musician who was a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry-based ska band the Specials (also known as the Special A.K.A.) and later the Spatial AKA Orchestra.
The Specials' founder and keyboardist reveals the story behind their final song and their acrimonious breakup in 1981. He talks about the "devil's chord", Roddy Byers' tantrums, and the band's legacy in the latest issue of MOJO.
9 de dic. de 2013 · Jerry Dammers: how I made Free Nelson Mandela. Jerry Dammers on how a kid from Coventry who had never heard of Nelson Mandela ended up writing a global hit that became the anti-apartheid...
30 de abr. de 2021 · Jerry Dammers (founder, the Specials, 2 Tone): Neol Davies – the white member of the Selecter – and I had played with the reggae musicians that would later be in that band.
20 de mar. de 2020 · Why The Specials' Jerry Dammers was the Lennon and McCartney of ska. GQ editor Dylan Jones explains why The Specials' self-titled ska classic should be on your isolation rotation. By Dylan...
26 de mar. de 2010 · The extravagantly furtive cultural conceptualist Jerry Dammers has created a fantastic work of art by forming what is essentially a grandiose tribute act, a serio-absurd personal impression of...
Jerry Dammers interview clip 1. Jerry Dammers formed the Specials in Coventry in 1977. He was an anti-apartheid activist from his school days, and in 1986 founded Artists Against Apartheid to involve musicians in anti-apartheid campaigns and promote the cultural boycott of South Africa. He wrote the song ‘Free Nelson Mandela’, which became ...
