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Wednesday 27 March 2013
Bassman A Brief Bio
Bassman Gerry studied Media Technology and Production for three years at University Of Bradford, he graduated on the 18 July 2012 with a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours.
Bassman Gerry is a singer,composer, writer, and producer. He was born in the United Kingdom, but left the UK at the age of six with his parents who returned to Dominica in the West Indies. Bassman Gerry lived there for all of his school years and he feels that growing up in Dominica was a very good experience for him, Natural nature and the beauty of Dominica is one to be remembered always, but it's only after you leave spending many years in another country that you realize how wonderful the place you left is, This is one reason why he always returns to his family and friends he has back in Dominica. During his years there he lived in different parts of the countryside, such as Calibishie in the north of Dominica and Bagatelle in the South, until eventually settling in the capital Roseau.
In 1983 with fellow reggae fan and drummer Vincent McFarlane Gerry decided to form a band naming themselves Creation Roots'. Bassman Gerry was the main contact for the band taking on all the management duties alongside his role as the bass player. Creation Roots quickly became a popular band that performed at a lot of shows both locally and nationally such as carnivals and festivals where they supported various artists and reggae stars. Among the many names supported were Luciano, Aswad, Alton Ellis, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Black Slate, Johnny Orlando, Macca B, Barrington Levi, Cutty Ranks, soul diva Ruby Turner as well as the band New Model Army a rock band from Bradford. They performed live on the Out of Our Heads' music programme filmed for BBC2 and also Wax On Wheels Ruby Wax's show for channel 4 TV. His website is
Presently Bassman Gerry reggae albums are available on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and iTunes, you can also listen to his music on his website which has links to download his music http://www.bassmangerrysite.com
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