G.T. Moore

Gerald Thomas Moore (born 2 May 1949) is an English singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist with a recording career that stretches back to the early 1970s.

Moore recorded and performed with numerous musicians such as Jimmy Cliff, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Thin Lizzy, Johnny Nash, and Joan Baez,[1] and Airto Moreira covered his songs.

The first band was called The Missing Links but they quickly changed the name to The Muddy Waters and eventually stayed with the name: The Delta Sound.

In this same period Moore met Roy Apps and Tony Pook at the Dolphin folk club in Maidenhead, and with them formed the band Heron.

Heron's line-up moved around in this period and included Robert Collins, Tony Brummle Smith and Martin Hayward.

[3] Attracting both white and black fans touring with Jimmy Cliff, Betty Wright, Thin Lizzy and Dr Feelgood.

An American launch was set up and a mix of live and studio material was released in America but shortly after, in 1977, the band split up.

Henk was the former of 'Black Star Liner', a distribution company and record label with the purpose of releasing Jamaica's best producers.

Recently visiting Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Targowski had to find session players for his new Upsetters album, so he asked Moore and some of the Rhythm Tramps to audition.

The album would be recorded in Lee Perry's Black Ark Studios in Kingston so a trip to Jamaica was set up.

Musicians added to the entourage included former Rhythm Tramps keyboardist James Lascelles and saxophonist Bud Beadle, a former member of Geno Washington's Ram Jam Band.