Event: GBMC Present; Ska Legends POTATO 5 (Limited Early Bird Tickets £12.50)
Date: Sat 9 Dec 2023
Doors: Doors 7pm/ Band 8.30pm/10pm – DJs Playing Ska/Reggae/Soul till late with late bar!
Venue: OLBY’s 3-5 King St, Margate CT9 1DD
Tickets: £12.50
*Kitchen Opens 5pm serving delicious Soul & Jamaican food from 5pm (Book Table)
The Potato Five were one of the few ska bands active during the mid-80’s in the UK. Originally an instrumental band, they were later joined by vocalists Floyd Lloyd, and then the Godfather of ska, Laurel Aitken. They made a number of recordings on Gazs Rockin Records including the original version of Sally Brown, Mad About You and the instrumental Western Special. In 1986 the band performed a live set on Radio One’s Janice Long show introducing them to a wider audience. They were then signed by Stiff Records, who unfortunately went bust, but the second studio album True Fact had been recorded just in the nick of time and was released on Rackit Records in 1987. The band played throughout the 80’s, touring UK, Europe, USA and Japan, with Spider Johnson taking over the vocals. The band called it a day in 1990 but reformed in 2022 to perform at the London International ska festival and Freedom Sounds festival in Germany.