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Amethyst · 07-31-2019, 11:39 PM

For this ONE TIME ONLY, David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 are coming to Calgary from New York for TWO SHOWS at the Ironwood!!

DOUBLE BILL: Jory Kinjo/ Dave Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7
Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10 at 9pm
$25 Cover
403-269-5581 for reservations

The band features Dave Hillhard & Larry McDonald. You may recognize Dave as the sax player/leader for the Slackers. Larry is one of the most legendary percussionists on the planet, whose resume includes such artists as Gil Scott Heron, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Taj Mahal, Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer and the list goes on..

Rocksteady 7 began through the meeting of Hillyard and veteran percussionist Larry McDonald at a Skatalites concert and reflects their common love of Ska, Reggae, Jazz, and Latin music.

Hillyard is a music veteran who is credited with helping spread the gospel roots ska, reggae, and Jamaican jazz in America in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is currently the
saxophonist of NYC’s classic ska group, the Slackers and has also played with Hepcat and Rancid amongst 1000s of concerts and 100s of recordings.

McDonald, who just turned 82, is a living legend, part of the first generation of Jamaican musicians to create Ska and Reggae music in the 1950s through the 1970s. He played with Carlos Malcolm Afro-Jamaicans and played on numerous classic reggae recordings such as the conga breaks on Toots and the Maytals classic, Funky Kingston as well as tracks by Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, and Lee Perry. In the 1970s, McDonald moved to the United States and played with Taj Mahal and Gil Scott Heron. Most recently, in 2017, he has been on tour with Lee Perry.

Since their first album in 1999, Playtime (Epitaph), Rocksteady 7 has slowly built up a local and international following and over the years have received recognition in diverse music scenes. The title track of their first album was a Jazzy Nyabingi that appeared on the legendary punk compilation, Give Em The Boot. Jazziz Magazine noted "Hillyard can play." The African Beat magazine called the Rocksteady 7, "Real Musical Revolutionaries Who Cut The Competition."

Over the years, Rocksteady 7 has grown to a collective of numerous musicians based in New York City, California, and Europe and they have played 30-40 concerts a year in Europe and North America.

07-31-2019, 11:39 PM	#214
Amethyst First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Calgary Exp:	For this ONE TIME ONLY, David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 are coming to Calgary from New York for TWO SHOWS at the Ironwood!! DOUBLE BILL: Jory Kinjo/ Dave Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10 at 9pm $25 Cover 403-269-5581 for reservations The band features Dave Hillhard & Larry McDonald. You may recognize Dave as the sax player/leader for the Slackers. Larry is one of the most legendary percussionists on the planet, whose resume includes such artists as Gil Scott Heron, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Taj Mahal, Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer and the list goes on.. Rocksteady 7 began through the meeting of Hillyard and veteran percussionist Larry McDonald at a Skatalites concert and reflects their common love of Ska, Reggae, Jazz, and Latin music. Hillyard is a music veteran who is credited with helping spread the gospel roots ska, reggae, and Jamaican jazz in America in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is currently the saxophonist of NYC’s classic ska group, the Slackers and has also played with Hepcat and Rancid amongst 1000s of concerts and 100s of recordings. McDonald, who just turned 82, is a living legend, part of the first generation of Jamaican musicians to create Ska and Reggae music in the 1950s through the 1970s. He played with Carlos Malcolm Afro-Jamaicans and played on numerous classic reggae recordings such as the conga breaks on Toots and the Maytals classic, Funky Kingston as well as tracks by Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, and Lee Perry. In the 1970s, McDonald moved to the United States and played with Taj Mahal and Gil Scott Heron. Most recently, in 2017, he has been on tour with Lee Perry. Since their first album in 1999, Playtime (Epitaph), Rocksteady 7 has slowly built up a local and international following and over the years have received recognition in diverse music scenes. The title track of their first album was a Jazzy Nyabingi that appeared on the legendary punk compilation, Give Em The Boot. Jazziz Magazine noted "Hillyard can play." The African Beat magazine called the Rocksteady 7, "Real Musical Revolutionaries Who Cut The Competition." Over the years, Rocksteady 7 has grown to a collective of numerous musicians based in New York City, California, and Europe and they have played 30-40 concerts a year in Europe and North America.