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Jerry Dammers

Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers[1] GCOT (born 22 May 1955) is a British musician who was a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry-based ska band the Specials (also known as the Special A.K.A.) and later the Spatial AKA Orchestra. Through his foundation of the record label Two Tone, his work blending political lyrics and punk with Jamaican music, and his incorporation of 1960s retro clothing, Dammers is a pivotal figure of the ska revival. He has also been acknowledged in his work for racial unity.

Jerry Dammers
GCOT

Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers

(1955-05-22) 22 May 1955
Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India

Coventry, England

Ska, 2 tone

Keyboardist, songwriter, DJ

Keyboards, turntables

1977–present

2 Tone Records (as per The Specials)

The South African in silver award, a national honour, for his role in the anti-apartheid movement (received In April 2014, Dammers received). "It feels fantastic. It is a real honour to be considered for this, especially when I compare what little I did to the work of those who sacrificed their lives, I am humbled," he said.[30][31]

Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo

DJ Award, for his work with 2 Tone Records and the Specials (1979)

Radio 1

Honorary doctorate from .[32] (November 2015)

Sheffield Hallam University

magazine's Q Merit Award at London's Park Lane Hotel.[33] (October 2000)

Q

Ivor Novello Inspiration Award (May 2014)

[34]

"Riot City" (8:29) – on (LP, Virgin V-2386, 1986)[35]

Absolute Beginners (Songs from the Original Motion Picture)

"Solitary Tower" (3:50) – on Monsterism Night (CD, Lo Editions LOCD-22, 2009)

[36]

"Free Nelson Mandela" (with ) – on Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (VHS/Secam, CMV Enterprises 49011, 1989)[37]

Simple Minds

Official website