The Aggrovators

The Aggrovators
Origin Jamaica
Genres Dub, Reggae
Past members Lennox Brown
Tony Chin
Ansel Collins
Carlton "Santa" Davis
Bobby Ellis
Vin Gordon
Bernard "Touter" Harvey
Tommy McCook
Robbie Shakespeare
Earl "Chinna" Smith
George "Fully" Fullwood
Winston "Bo Beep" Bowen
Sly Dunbar
Carlton Barrett
Aston "Family Man" Barrett
Lloyd Parks
Ossie Hibbert
Keith Sterling
Errol "Tarzan" Nelson
Winston Wright
Ansel Collins
Barnabus
Noel "Scully" Simms

The Aggrovators were a dub/reggae backing band in the 1970s and 1980s, and one of the main session bands of producer Bunny Lee. The line-up varied, with Lee using the name for whichever set of musicians he was using at any time.[1][2] The band's name derived from the record shop that Lee had run in the late 1960s, Agro Sounds.[1] Alumni of the band included many musicians who later went on to make names for themselves in reggae music. Legends such as Jackie Mittoo, Sly and Robbie, Tommy McCook, and Aston Barrett were all involved with the band at one point or another. Other regular members included Carlton "Santa" Davis, Earl "Chinna" Smith, George "Fully" Fullwood, Ansel Collins, Bernard "Touter" Harvey, Tony Chin, Bobby Ellis, and Vin Gordon.[1] The band recorded Lee's most popular output from the 1970s, with the instrumental B-sides of Lee's single releases on the Jackpot and Justice labels generally credited to The Aggrovators and mixed by King Tubby.[1]

Discography

Albums

Compilations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, p.7
  2. ↑ Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p. 6

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