Louis Alphonso

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■ Co-founder and co-author of the Londoner Ska[/ tag] group BAD MANNERS with whom he toured the world for twenty years. Seven albums later and numerous collaborations with major musicians from the Reggae, such as Lee "Scratch" Perry. He moved to Paris to play in a rock and roll Monkey Tennis group. A few years later, he returned to Great Britain to participate in the super group SKAVILLE UK with Nick Welsh (The Selecter), Rhoda Dakar (The Specials AKA), Jenny (The belle stars) and Martin Stewart (BAD MANNERS) with whom he toured for three years and released three albums. Back in Paris, he wrote and recorded his first solo album with FRENCH FRIES PUBLISHING "A Noir" with Nick Buxton and more others musicians. In this album, there are 3 titles that already stand out as hits such as "Give To The Rich" [/ b], or "Who Put Bella Down The Wych Elm" [/ b] and "700 Tears" [/ b]. Currently on stage, he performs either as an acoustic duo accompanied by a flutist-saxophonist Elena Jegalina (The Virgin Mary's) or alternatively in electric with The Poison Hearts, with Nick Buxton (Jacks De L' Or) on bass and Kriss Anthème (Simili Skaï) on drums. Youtube video: Give to the rich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdK5bFg55Ik Who put Bella down the wych elm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UuowtSk_lQ 700 larmes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j0q46egA9s The CD "A Noir" on Bandcamp: https://louisalphonso.bandcamp.com/ User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA

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Give to the rich / 700 larmes

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Who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm / Somewhere

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