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6 Music Artist Collection: Terry Hall and The Specials: The 2Tone Story

The 2 Tone Story

Terry Hall and The Specials

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How the Specials and 2 Tone put Coventry on the musical map. First broadcast 2014.

Dave Marshall Barrett shows how The Specials and The Selecter put Coventry on the musical map. First broadcast in 2014 and repeated as a tribute to Terry Hall.

As part of an Artist Collection paying respect to the late great Terry Hall, Dave Marshall Barrett shows how The Specials and The Selecter put Coventry on the musical map. He chats to members of the 2 Tone movement, including Terry and bandmates, including Jerry Dammers, revisiting the places and the people who created a musical phenomenon.

They share stories about the early gigs, the creation of the front cover of The Selecter’s single, made up from cuttings carefully placed then knocked out of place by Jerry’s dog! They talk about how the band got their name; the good times and, heartbreakingly, the bad times.

First broadcast in 2014.

6 Music Artist Collection: Terry Hall and The Specials

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