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Blue Riddim Band

The Blue Riddim Band is a Kansas City, Missouri-based reggae band and the first US-based group to play at Jamaica’s Reggae Sunsplash festival, which they did in August 1982 and August 1983. The recording of the group’s 1982 Sunsplash performance was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1986. [a2424121] & [a1657075] went on to release material in the early nineties as [a2533044] which should not be confused with a new generation Kansas City ska & reggae band, [a3647496].

Members: Jimmy Becker, P. Alonzo Conway, Jack Blackett, Scott "Scotty" Kochak, Steve "Duck" Mclane, Andy "Drew" Meyers, Howard Yukon, Bob Zohn, Jack Lightfoot, Gary Helm, Todd Burd, Jimmy Dykes, and Todd "Bebop" Burd

Releases

• Enter The Riddim
• Voice Of The People / Nancy Reagan
• The Blue Riddim Band
• Tribute
• Ska Inferno
• Nancy Reagan Re-Election Remix
• Alive In Jamaica
• Higher And Higher
• Nancy Reagan
• Restless Spirit
• Friends & Family
• ...Push This?
• The Best Of Reggae Sunsplash
• Blackmuffin Vol.8
• Reggae Bashment !!
• Reggae Celebrates The Detroit Sound
• Death Of An American Ska-thic - Midwest Ska's Forgotten Past
• Friends & Family
• All-Time Best Of Reggae Sunsplash Music Festival (Collector's Edition)
• The Best Of Reggae Sunsplash
• Club Paradise - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Best Of Reggae Sunsplash