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	Show Racism the Red Card - News
		The highly respected anti-racist song writer/musician and DJ Jerry Dammers was in Glasgow on Tuesday to provide a DJ set at the Madness concert in the SECC.
		Dammers stopped by the SRTRC offices to lend his support for the campaign and to ask for Scottish bands, DJs and promoters to get involved with Love Music Hate Racism by putting on anti-racist concerts in their home towns.
		Jerry Dammers was the founder and keyboard player of the Coventry-based ska band, The Specials (later changed to The Special A.K.A.).
	www.theredcardscotland.org /news/2006/december/12_dec_dammers.html (470 words)

	Jerry Dammers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jerry Dammers (born Jeremy Dammers on 22 May 1954, in Ootacamund, India) was the founder and keyboard player of the Coventry-based punk ska band, The Specials (later changed to The Special A.K.A.).
		He became a noted anti-apartheid campaigner, writing the song "Free Nelson Mandela" about the jailed South African ANC leader; plus organizing the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert, which was broadcast worldwide from London's Wembley Stadium, on June 11, 1988.
		While Dammers has fallen out of the spotlight in recent years, he still regularly DJs in English clubs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Dammers (163 words)

	THE SPECIALS BIO
		Jerry Dammers, the group's keyboardist, was its main driving force.
		Dammers thought if they were going to put across an anti-racist message it was better to look like the people whose attitudes they were trying to change than to dress like the students who were already anti-rascist.
		Dammers then turned to politics full time, setting up Artists Against Apartheid as well as Red Wedge which was going to try and evict the Tories at the '87 elections.
	www.abc.net.au /triplej/jfiles/files/specialsbackground.htm (1539 words)

	Django : Ska, Rocksteady & Reggae
		Dammers had met Roddy in a club called the Domino, and after much beer had been consumed, he talked Byers into going to London the next day to record a demo.
		As luck had it, Dammers just happened to have a flat mate who was pretty mean with the drum sticks, and so John Bradbury was invited to sit in on a temporary basis.
		Dammers liked the image, and thought the best way to eliminate the facist element would be to infiltrate their ranks, rather than preach to them from a podium.
	www.hilltop61.freeserve.co.uk /2tone/specials.html (1244 words)

	Django : Ska, Rocksteady & Reggae
		With the departure of more than half of the group, Jerry Dammers, Horace 'Gentleman' Panter and John Bradbury, were left with the dilema of how to keep the group alive.
		The new single '...Girlfriend' actually featured Jerry on lead vocals, and the video was a classic, with Dammers playing the part of an alien who comes to Earth and takes an instant attraction to some blokes girl in a bar.
		Jerry was caught in a contractual limbo that eventually strangled his career.
	www.hilltop61.freeserve.co.uk /2tone/specials4.html (1402 words)

	This Are 2 Tone Sleeve Notes
		Jerry Dammers himself was an immigrant, albeit from India; his clergyman father relocated the family to England when Jerry was two years old.
		Dammers' musical taste was veering away from punk and ska rhythms, and toward what he called "Muzak or imitation music." To their horror, The Specials saw their live sets turning into excuses for audience punch-ups.
		Dammers subsequently espoused his philosophy - "You might as well write about something thats's important rather than something that's not important" - with a benefit single for Ethiopian famine victims and an anti-apartheid rap track.
	www.btinternet.com /~robwheeler/Info/The2ToneCollection.htm (1910 words)

	2 Tone Records - Artists - The Specials
		Jerry Dammers, the bands leader and troubled political conscience, thought the hotel was too flash and expensive, the limo was just rock-star bollocks, the live show was a platform to say anything the band really wanted to say.
		Dammers had done little to endear himself to the American public by telling a press conference he "could have had more fun on a school trip to Russia".
		Dammers original idea was for the band to sail around Britain on a boat, anchor offshore and travel to the gigs by speedboat.
	2-tone.info /artists/the_specials.html (5053 words)

	2 Tone Records - Artists - The Special AKA
		Jerry Dammers wanted to continue as The Specials, but legal wrangling forced him to revert to the original moniker of The Special AKA.
		Dammers being the perfectionist he is, spent the next three years putting together an album.
		It was Dammers who was primarily behind the 1988 Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday concert at Wembley featuring Stevie Wonder, Dire Straits, Whitney Houston and Simple Minds.
	2-tone.info /artists/the_special_aka.html (243 words)

	#Skankin
		Jerry persuaded fellow Coventry kid, and more importantly, Clash roadie Steve Connolly to introduce him to their manager Bernie Rhodes.
		By this point the band had changed their name to 'The Coventry Automatics' due to the fact that another 'Automatics' were already doing the rounds, and they again changed it to 'The Special AKA The Coventry Automatics'.
		Jerry, influenced by Paul Simenon of the Clash's off stage look, drew from the looks of the West Indian rude boys and the mods, and settled on what was to become the definitive ska look.
	loveska.tripod.com /news.htm (623 words)

	This Friday Jerry Dammers (specials) - Thumped
		Just to let you know, the legendary Jerry Dammers of Specials, makes a welcome return to the recently re opened Shelter club, part of the Vicar Street venue on Thomas Street, this friday.
		Jerry was a regular guest at 100% dynamite, which also returns to the shelter in late november.
		Jerry Dammers set up 2 tone records in January 1979, to release his band the Specials first single "Gangsters".
	www.thumped.com /bbs/showthread.php?t=9639 (199 words)

	The story Of 2Tone
		When this ska music label began in 1979 by Jerry Dammers, no one expected that this label would be one of the main reasons for understanding on the club dance floors.
		Jerry Dammers, creator of the 2Tone label and member of the ska band The Specials, began signing up British ska bands, many of which were racially integrated : The English Beat, The Selecter, Bodysnatchers, etc.
		With the new record label, Dammers created a logo that is still well known today in the ska world, "Walt Jabsco".
	www.angelfire.com /nj/skagrrl/tone.html (851 words)

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	The Creeping Dead Charlies
		Jerry Dammers saw that it was time to put the musical boot in.
		By fusing the Punk DIY spirit and attitude with the unstoppable dance rhythm of Ska, the 2Tone movement was born.
		Inspite of running a reputable label, by 1985 the 2-tone label was falling apart; Dammers was broke and in debt to Chrysalis and the Dawning of a New Era ended in a Ghost Town.
	www.angelfire.com /nj/CreepingDirectory/skafaq.html (3387 words)

	Jerry Dammers - cork show - Thumped
		Jerry Dammers, the man responsible for a nations entire youth movement in the late 80's and who has blown clubs apart (with his recent appearances at some of the Soul Jazz 100% Dynamite nights) takes his big bag of records for the first time to Limerick, Cork and Galway this coming February.
		Keys player, Producer and DJ, Jerry Dammers could well be solely responsible for an entire generation’s musical education.
		After the band’s split in ’86, Dammers turned his hand to producing (for artists such as Junior Delgado), playing with his band Jazz Odyssey and recently returning to the studio as a solo artist.
	www.thumped.com /bbs/showthread.php?t=4299 (333 words)

	TALKBOX, the wheresmeculture.com forum / Jerry Dammers \| Cork show \| Easter Monday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jerry Dammers is the man responsible for a nations entire youth movement in the 80s and for creating the highly acclaimed Two Tone scene.
		Jerry Dammers could well be solely responsible for an entire generation's musical education.
		Today, Jerry Dammers is most frequently seen behind a DJ booth or mixing desk.
	www.wheresmeculture.com /bb/viewtopic.php?id=493 (396 words)

	Read Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Both of these bands were late-70s 2Tone ska bands who burned out in the early 80s who have made comebacks in the late 90's to capitalize on the 3rd wave of the ska craze.
		The Specials, Jerry Dammers in particular, is given credit for kick starting the ska thing in England in the late 70s.
		Props to Jerry for being an important ingredient in brings ska to a new point, but not his idea alone.
	www.readmag.com /Columns/specialmadness.html (897 words)

	Ghost Town by The Specials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There were clearly tensions in the band, they needed somebody to unite around and they seemed keen to work with me. Jerry was disillusioned with high tech, expensive studios and liked my homemade approach and reggae credentials.
		I got Jerry to overdub a two handed shuffle on a Hammond organ that was in the studio.
		This turned out to be very useful for the ending; by the time they got to the end of the track, “this town is coming like a ghost town” had become an hypnotic chant.
	www.localrecords.com /ghost_town.htm (618 words)

	The Jerry Dammers Interview
		I would like to thank Jerry for his co-operation, and stress that this interview appears here so people can read it as intended, not reproduced out of context on chatrooms and forum’s.
		It is not included in the book and has no connection with it.
		I would like to thank Jerry for agreeing to do this interview for Pete Chamber’s Backbeat and for the people of Coventry...good on ya Jerry!
	rocksgodiva.tripod.com /2tonetrail/id10.html (1542 words)

	The Specials, 2-tone Band Bio - Music & Musician Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While Jerry Dammers had written many of the groups original compositions up to then, the groups fourth hit in under a year.
		Dammers and Bradbury, the only remaining members of the band, recruited a new line-up which included Rhoda Dakae and two other vocalists, although Gentleman (now creditied as Horace Panter) appeared on several tracks of the group's third album, 'The Special AKA In The Studio', including the song, 'War Crimes', a typical Dammers Protest.
		The album did not appear until 1984, by which the time record buyers had devloped an interest in newer bands, and although it was a chart success, clearly the excitement of the groups 1979 breakthrough had disappeared.
	www.musicianforums.com /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90270 (717 words)

	The Bands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They were a seven piece band consisting of Neville Staples and Terry Hall singing; Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on Guitar; Jerry Dammers on Keyboard; Sir Horace Gentleman on bass; and John Bradbury on drums.
		Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, and Sir Horace grabbed some guest musicians and carryed on with the Special AKA.
		It is said that the only reason The Selector even got together is because the Specials needed a B Side to their first single.
	web.fccj.org /~ivanhoof/ska/bands.html (517 words)

	Jerry Dammers Tour Dates & Tickets
		The legendary Jerry Dammers, 2-Tone icon and mainman with ska favourites The Specials.
		Dammer has also carved out a sizeable following as a DJ, playing retro-future mood music from jazz to library, electronic to dub, and was bestowed with Q Magazine's Lifetime Merit Award.
		We can email you instantly when we add details of more events featuring Jerry Dammers.
	www.ents24.com /web/artist/7759/Jerry_Dammers.html (105 words)

	Drowned in Sound - Listings - Artists - The Specials
		The 2-Tone image and ethos was primarily concocted by Jerry Dammers who, drawing influence from original Jamaican Rude boys such as Walt Jabsco, created the familiar 2-Tone check and look which accompanied a lot of their releases and indeed a lot of similarly influenced bands since then.
		By this point the cracks in the Specials were beginning to show, the pressures of constant worldwide touring were taking their toll, coupled with Jerry Dammers insistence on a certain style and attitude to the band members conduct forced the band into a six month break to revitalise and write songs.
		Remaining at Number 1 for three weeks it became the anthem and backdrop to the nationwide riots that blighted the summer of 1981, with Jerry Dammers proclaiming it the “culmination of all that the Specials stood for”.
	www.drownedinsound.com /artist/view/7209 (382 words)

	The Specials
		Although the single went to #1, it was banned from the BBC.
		Keyboardist Jerry Dammers and drummer John Bradbury reformed as the Special AKA with a new lineup.
		It was this version of the group that recorded Nelson Mandela, a #9 U.K. hit in '84.
	members.tripod.com /rant58/id322.htm (321 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The release, titled 'A Statement from The Specials,' was sent to the Evening Telegraph by Jody Dunleavy, PR to 2-Tone founder Jerry Dammers.
		At the bottom are the names of the band's original members - Dammer, Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, John Bradbury, Horace Panter and Roddy Byers.
		The announcement could scupper the plans of city centre managers CV One, who were hoping to hold a 25th anniversary concert featuring The 2-Tone Collective.
	www.smoe.org /lists/seven-seas/v03.n389 (497 words)

	this friday JERRY DAMMERS (SPECIALS) [Archive] - Thumped
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		Just to let you know, the legendary Jerry Dammers of Specials, makes a welcome return to the recently re opened Shelter club, part of the Vicar Street venue on Thomas Street.
		Within a year the label was at the forefront of the British 2 tone scene, with a roster of bands including Madness, the Selecter and the Beat.
	www.thumped.com /bbs/archive/index.php/t-9644.html (215 words)

	UK jerry dammers Websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jerry Osei-Tutu use’s a unique inspiration for each one of his seasonal collections.
		Target BNP - announced in due course and live music from Billy Bragg, JerryDammers from the Specials who wrote the song free Nelson Mandela It is not unusual for the likes of Billy Bragg and JerryDammers to attract large crowds.
		LUSU - Lancaster University Students' Union - Contacts From Dekker to Dammers and beyond: An Idiots Guide toco-written by the brilliant, eloquent JerryDammers.
	www.splut.co.uk /sub/j/jerry-dammers.html (743 words)

	Event Guide - SMOOTH, LIKE MURPHY'S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jerry Dammers is the man responsible for a nations entire youth movement in the 80s.
		Having grown up in the 60's listening to the ska and heady reggae-infused pop of Toots, Buster and Drummond, Dammers and friends fell quite comfortably into setting the tempo themselves — forming Special AKA in ’77.
		After the band split, Dammers turned his hand to producing (for artists such as Junior Delgado), playing with his band Jazz Odyssey and recently returning to the studio as a solo artist.
	www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com /eventguide/details.php?detailsID=1058 (148 words)

	WireImage: Listings
		Hard-Fi in Concert with Jerry Dammers of The Specials at The Scala in London - September 15, 2005
		Jerry Dammers of The Specials on stage with Richard Archer of Hard-Fi
		Neville Staples and Jerry Dammers of The Specials on stage with Richard Archer of Hard-Fi
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