British reggae artist Eddy Grant hails from Plaisance, Guyana. He immigrated to Kentish Town, London, as a young boy with his family and began his passionate relationship with music. Grant had his first number one hit with ‘Baby Come Back’ in 1968 when he was the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the multiracial band The Equals. This same song was later resurrected and topped the UK singles chart for a second time when covered by Pato Banton. Other hits by The Equals include ‘Viva Bobby Joe’.

1971 saw Grant return to his native Guyana following a collapsed lung and heart infection, which put him out of action at the beginning of that year. He promptly left The Equals to pursue his solo career.

In 1972 he set up the first black owned recording studio in Europe, called Coach House and began recording his own music on his own label, Ice Records.

Eddy’s 1979 hit ‘Living On The Frontline’ saw Columbia Records snap him up straight away, buying all the masters to all of his recordings with The Equals and set up a record pressing plant.

In 1981 Grant moved to Barbados and built his Blue Wave studio complex where he recorded his next release ‘Killer on the Rampage’, which was a massive hit and spawned the singles ‘I Don’t Wanna Dance’ and ‘Electric Avenue’. Blue Wave clients have also included Sting, Elvis Costello and Mick Jagger, it is also where The Rolling Stones prepared for their Garangutan ‘Steel Wheels’ tour.

Eddy Grant will be performing live at Manchester Academy 2 on Wednesday 9th July as part of his first UK tour in over twenty years! Don’t miss out!