Coventry Music Wall of Fame Event on Friday 22nd March 3.30pm start
At The 2-Tone Village, The Courtyard, Rear of 74-80 Walsgrave Road, Coventry CV2 4ED.
On March 22at 3.30pm four more names will be added to Coventry’s very own Musical Wall of Fame sponsored by The Print Works, Warwick Road. Just a few of the names already gracing the Wall, based at The 2-Tone Village on Ball Hill include: Pauline Black, Hazel O’Connor, Vince Hill, Roger Lomas, Charley Anderson, Roddy Radiation Byers, Jerry Dammers, Delia
Derbyshire, Neville Staple, Frank Ifield and Horace Panter.
This is a free event, but donations to the museum fund are very welcome.
Here are the next four inductees.
Aitch Bembridge (sponsored Cliff Evans)
Not only the original drummer with the Selecter, Aitch has also been part of The Specials set-up and has drummed for the legendary Desmond Dekker. Papa Aitch is one of the finest reggae/ska drummers in the industry, but vocals, bass and keyboards are also performed with precision by this man. A true gent, an educationalist always willing to pass on his knowledge to the
next generation.
Beverley Jones (Sponsored by Craig Melia & Darren Wheldon)
Beverley was gifted with a superbly powerful singing voice.
A voice that saw her being signed to the iconic record label HMV and releasing 3 classic singles in the early 60’s and one on Parophone with The Prestons. Thus becoming the first female artist from Coventry to release a single. Our Bev passed away last year, but her legacy lives on in her family and in her superbly powerful music.
The Sorrows (Sponsored by Pete Clemons)
The first Coventry band to make a mark in the 60’s, The Sorrows played their own unique blend of R & B music, dynamic vocals meeting classy riffs resulting in the birth of Freakbeat music. Fronted by Don Fardon the band hit the charts in 1965 with the brooding “Take A Heart”. Since then many local bands have followed them into the charts, but none of them have done it
quite like The Sorrows.
Dave Swarbrick (Sponsored by Joshua James Pilling)
Folk king pin Ashley Hutchings described this man as 'the most influential fiddle player bar none', and there can be no doubting that he is a true legend of the music scene. He was a core member of Fairport Convention, A 'Gold Badge of Merit' winner awarded by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters and has even read his own obituary in The Daily Telegraph,
you can call him Swarb, Dave or David, whatever title he remains the finest folk fiddler ever to walk this earth and Coventry is proud to have him as a resident.
You can continue to nominate at www.2tonecentral.co.uk or at any of Coventry’s Libraries, Tourist Information
and Skopes Menswear, West Orchard. This event is open to the public.