21 and over
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Dinners in the Back Bar Area (Standing room only in the Stage Room). All tables reserved for dinner. Call (805) 962-7776 for reservations.

Reggae rock steady revival, tribute to all legends featuring: The Melodians, Annicia Banks, Errol Dunkley,

The Melodians
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The Melodians are one of Jamaica’s greatest Rocksteady groups, cutting a series of classic singles during the late ’60s and early ’70s that included the internationally famed “Rivers of Babylon” and “Sweet Sensation.” In 1966, when driving rhythms of ska were abandoned in favor of the slower, more soulful Rocksteady, Jamaican performers discovered a freedom of expression they had previously been denied. In overcoming the limitations of ska the dawn of the Rocksteady age begun. A few groups rose to notoriety with none more popular than The Melodians.

Annica Banks
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Annicia was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica…..down on Tavern Drive in the Parish of St Andrew. At age 7 she was singing at local talent shows in the Papine, Half Way Tree and other quarters of the Kingston area. By her early teens she was a regular in local competitions across the island of Jamaica.

Singing came natural to Annicia who is the cousin of the Honorary Judy Mowatt of The I-Threes from Bob Marley & The Wailers. At the of 17, Annicia was invited to join the vocal group—Light of Love that was formed by Judy Mowatt.  This led to an appearance in the movie Heartland Reggae.

By the age of 19, Annicia was recording with various artists as a background vocalist in studios across Kingston of which included Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong Records. She accompanied the likes of Fredlocks, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley, Junior Delgado, Dennis Brown, Freddie McGregor and the list can go on.

Over the years Annicia has toured internationaly performing background vocals for Judy Mowatt, Bunny Wailer, Dennis Brown, Junior Tucker, Marcia Griffiths, Sister Carol and most recently Original Wailers.

Presently Annicia is finalizing her final touches on her debut Album to be released in early 2012. In February 2012 Annicia Banks will be accompaning The Melodians, Errol Dunkley and The Yellow Wall Dub Squad on The Rock Steady Revival Tour.

Errol Dunkley
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One of reggae’s early performers, Errol Durkley bridged the roots music of Jamaica, in the 1960s, and London’s Brit-reggae scene of the ‘70s. His biggest hit, a remake of John Holt’s “OK Fred”, which barely missed the UK top ten in 1978, was re-recorded, as a duet with Queen Sister *N*, in 1996.

Eleven years old when he made his recording debut, Dunkley went on to work with many of Jamaica’s greatest producers. His debut 1964 recording, “My Queen”, was produced by Prince Buster, while Joe Gibbs oversaw the recording of his first hit, You’re Gonna Need Me”, in 1967. Although he recorded several tunes for Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s Studio One and Bunny Lee, none became a hit. He fared much better with “Three In One”, produced by Rupie Edwards, in 1969, and dancehall anthem, “Black Cinderella”, produced by Jimmy Rodway, in 1972. His first album, Presenting Errol Durkley, followed shortly afterwards.

Although he founded the African Museum label with Gregory Isaacs and scored the imprint’s first hit single, “Movie Star”, based on Delroy Wilson’s “I Don’t Know Why”, in the early-1970s, Durkley left the label and moved to London, in 1973. Signing with the Shelley Recording Company, Dunkley recorded his second album, Sit And Cry in a London studio. Durkley continued to build a following in the United Kingdom and Europe. His first British hit, “A Little Way Different”, released in 1974, was followed by such UK releases as “Betcha By Golly Wow”, “Happiness Forget” and “OK Fred.

Durkley’s debut album was reissued, as Darling Ooh, in 1991. After maintaining a low profile, as a recording artist, in the 1980s, Durkley released Continually in 2000 and Please Stop Your Lying in 2001. He has toured world wide for the last decade, packing in crowds all over.