The Now Generation Band (or NOWGEN) was a
Jamaica
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reggae
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band
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during the late 1960s into the 1970s. Beginning as a dance band on the road, they gradually undertook more
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dates and, in 1972, quit road work to concentrate on
studio work.
The band comprised
Mikey Chung
Michael Chung (1950 – 28 December 2021) also known as Mao Chung, was a Jamaican musician who played keyboards, guitar and percussion instruments. He was also an arranger and record producer of Jamaican music, and worked with a wide array of m ...
and
Geoffrey Chung on guitar, Val Douglas on bass,
Robbie Lyn
Robert "Robbie" Bernard Lyn is a Jamaican session musician who plays piano, keyboard and synthesiser.
Biography
Robbie Lyn is a popular Jamaican session musician, who has played with various session/backing bands including Now Generation, Soun ...
and
Earl Wire Lindo on keyboards, with Martin Sinclair and Mikey "Boo" Richards on drums. They recorded with most Jamaican
record producers
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such as
Duke Reid
Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (21 July 1915 – 1 January 1975) was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner.
He ran one of the most popular sound systems of the 1950s called Reid's Sound System, whilst Duke himself was known as The Troja ...
,
Joe Gibbs
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,
Bunny Lee
Edward O'Sullivan Lee OD (23 August 1941 – 6 October 2020), better known as Bunny "Striker" Lee, was a Jamaican record producer. He was known as a pioneer of the United Kingdom reggae market, licensing his productions to Trojan Records i ...
,
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, composer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development o ...
,
Harry J
Harry Zephaniah Johnson (6 July 1945 – 3 April 2013), known by the stage name Harry J, was a Jamaican reggae record producer.
Biography
Born in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, Johnson started to play music with the Virtues as a bass player be ...
, and
Harry Mudie
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Harry Mudie attended the St Jago High School.Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Vi ...
. Songs they recorded included "Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin" and "Maga Dog" by
Peter Tosh, (Joe Gibbs); "Beat Down Babylon" by
Junior Byles
Kenneth Byles (born 2 February 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica), also known as "Junior Byles", "Chubby", or "King Chubby", is a Jamaican reggae singer.Thompson, Dave (2002), ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books,
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The Versatiles
Nam ...
, (Lee Perry); "Baby Don't Do it" and "Things in Life" by
Dennis Brown
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, (Lloyd Matador); "Breakfast in Bed" by
Lorna Bennett, (Harry J); "Life Is Just for Living" by
Ernie Smith, "Shaft" by
The Chosen Few (Derrick Harriott); plus "Y Mas Gan" by
The Abyssinians
The Abyssinians are a Jamaican roots reggae group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics.
History
The vocal trio was originally formed in 1968 by Bernard Collins and Donald Manning. Their fir ...
.
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