Tony Deady (The Don Raja of lovers rock)

HANDLE:

TONY DEADLY

LOVERS/RAGGA

BIRTHSIGN:

AQUARIUS

HATES:

GREEN VEGETABLES

LOVES:

MUSIC

INFLUENCES:

THE ROCKERS ROADSHOW

QUALIFICATIONS:

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

INTERESTS:

TENNIS SWIMMING GYM

BIRTHPLACE:

BURTON ROAD HOSPITAL DUDLEY

STARTED ON PCRL:

SUMMER 1989

BIOGRAPHY:

TOP

Tony became inspired with music when in his youth he would listen to his father playing music at parties in the cellar of the house, courtesy of the famous 'Blue Spot' radiogram. Towards the end of the 1980's Tony started to broadcast with what was then known as the Rough and Tough connection, with Dance One Hundred FM, a mainly soul station, where he was a reggae presenter (Super Tuff.)

By the 1990's he arrived at PCRL, then as now, a station with massive support from the Birmingham community and elsewhere. Tony said, during his time with the station that he has had the privilege of interviewing many great artists and DJ's including the late Dirtop Man, Tiger, John Holt, Gregory Issacs amongst others. His first interview was with Rudy Thomas on the show which was then called 'Reggae Showdown', which went out on Sunday afternoons between 4 and 6pm.

"I am presently enjoying my work and playing music is great fun, as well as hard work. The audience always matures as you do, time goes on. Younger people know what's going on and they reflect in attitudes responses which we may not be always welcomed or understand. The point is they have a right to an opinion, if that sometimes seems harsh within the music content, that's only because where else can they express what they are feeling. They have a confidence now which some older black people do not have, or never will have."

Tony recently played the West Indian Center Coventry, where his crew played remarkable revival session to the delight of all present. As one of the men from PCRL, Tony Deadly is precisely that around the turntable -

[Coventry's Limelight Magazine Issue 17]

HANDLE:	TONY DEADLY	LOVERS/RAGGA
BIRTHSIGN:	AQUARIUS
HATES:	GREEN VEGETABLES
LOVES:	MUSIC
INFLUENCES:	THE ROCKERS ROADSHOW
QUALIFICATIONS:	MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
INTERESTS:	TENNIS SWIMMING GYM
BIRTHPLACE:	BURTON ROAD HOSPITAL DUDLEY
STARTED ON PCRL:	SUMMER 1989
BIOGRAPHY: TOP	Tony became inspired with music when in his youth he would listen to his father playing music at parties in the cellar of the house, courtesy of the famous 'Blue Spot' radiogram. Towards the end of the 1980's Tony started to broadcast with what was then known as the Rough and Tough connection, with Dance One Hundred FM, a mainly soul station, where he was a reggae presenter (Super Tuff.) By the 1990's he arrived at PCRL, then as now, a station with massive support from the Birmingham community and elsewhere. Tony said, during his time with the station that he has had the privilege of interviewing many great artists and DJ's including the late Dirtop Man, Tiger, John Holt, Gregory Issacs amongst others. His first interview was with Rudy Thomas on the show which was then called 'Reggae Showdown', which went out on Sunday afternoons between 4 and 6pm. "I am presently enjoying my work and playing music is great fun, as well as hard work. The audience always matures as you do, time goes on. Younger people know what's going on and they reflect in attitudes responses which we may not be always welcomed or understand. The point is they have a right to an opinion, if that sometimes seems harsh within the music content, that's only because where else can they express what they are feeling. They have a confidence now which some older black people do not have, or never will have." Tony recently played the West Indian Center Coventry, where his crew played remarkable revival session to the delight of all present. As one of the men from PCRL, Tony Deadly is precisely that around the turntable - [Coventry's Limelight Magazine Issue 17]