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Dean Frazer
12+ albums
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INTERVIEW DEAN FRASER VK 11/2004 Dean, you've been at it for so long already that it's hard for people to remember your roots. Could you tell us how you got started in the music business? Dean Fraser: "I started to play in what you call a top-ten-band. We played dance-music and it was something like a hotel-band. So we used to play hotels and we used to do weekend-dances for private functions or private clubs. The band was called The Sonny Bradshaw Seven, a very popular band in Jamaica at that time." What time are we talking about then? Dean Fraser: "That was 1972. It was quite an experience and we played a lot of good arrangements because our bandleader came from a big band, an old-time jazz band. We used to show of and do a lot of special arrangements. So that's how I started, doing a lot of top ten music." And what was the first recording you were featured on? Dean Fraser: "There were a lot of 'first recordings'. The first time I ever went into a studio was with that same band to do an album for what was known as a cabaret-act at the time. This guy was working the different hotels in Jamaica and he wanted an album to sell after his show. It consisted only of cover songs. The next time I went into a studio was at Channel 1, where I recorded with Revolutionaires: Sly and Robbie, Bobby Ellis, Vin Gordon, Herman Marquis etc. I played on a song called 'Death In The Arena'. I also remember going into the studio with Boris Gardiner to do a song called 'Every Nigger Is A St
