Jerry Dammers

British musician

Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers GCOT is a British musician who was a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry-based ska band The Specials and later The Spatial AKA Orchestra.Wikipedia

Born	May 22, 1955
Hometown	Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India

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How Terry Hall defined the sound of youth and disillusionment in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain

Their line up of black and white musicians was a mission statement for a fractured nation, while Hall’s doleful vocals starkly illustrated the politics of disillusionment.

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Terry Hall, singer with the Specials, who fused punk energy with ska rhythms and politically charged lyrics to galvanising effect – obituary
The Specials lead singer Terry Hall dies aged 63

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How Terry Hall defined the sound of youth and disillusionment in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain

Terry Hall: his 10 greatest recordings with the Specials and beyond

How The Specials’ Ghost Town became the anthem of ‘a country falling apart’

Terry Hall, singer with the Specials, who fused punk energy with ska rhythms and politically charged lyrics to galvanising effect – obituary

The Specials lead singer Terry Hall dies aged 63

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