Ras Elroy Bailey - Amigo Live & Direct at #YouTube ❤️💛💚 🔊 🎶

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Ras Elroy Bailey - Amigo Live & Direct at #YouTube

Ras Elroy Black Slate International, first perform in front of a live audience at the age of four years old he performed in his
dads dance-band, the event was at The Three sisters club Downs road Hackney London. This early beginning happened
because the drummer of his dad’s band had his wedding reception at The Three Sisters club. 

I was asked to however it was not on the bass guitar Ras Elroy made his first performance on stage, he was asked to play, on it was the drums for the wedding song as the drummer had to dance with his bride with the wedding song.

Ras Elroy Black Slate international was born in Hackney, London UK to parents who came to London in the Wind Rush era
and settle in London from St Vincent. W.I.

Ras Elroy attended Millfields Junior School Clapton also Brooke House Comprehensive London in his early years he was
engaged with and played Treble recorder with the Millfields school orchestra, encouraged by the Head Mistress Mrs Williams
and the music teacher Mrs Kent. Also his Dad encouraged Elroy to attend piano classes. These early experiences as well as
Most High were the foundation of Ras Elroy’s musical beginning.

Ras Elroy’s father had a great sound system called *Eric the great International* in the 60s/70s, this gave Elroy valuable
access to listen and study World also Caribbean dance/popular music at his leisure, listening to most of the Caribbean,
Jamaican, American Soul music , Jazz Classical, Folk and imported records of the time .
Ras Elroy then joined his fathers band called *Apollo Seven” at the age of 12yrs old, he played bass guitar. He played with
the *Apollo Seven dance band for 5 years,
Ras Elroy’s father Eric Bailey was asked by the late great - George Brightly founder of Sir George sound system and
Entrepreneur the first manager of Black Slate if the young Ras Elroy bassy would join the (Young Ones from Zion) which was
then changed to Black Slate and the rest is music history,

Ras Elroy Black Slate International had become the choice band for backing and supporting the Leading Jamaican Reggae
International artist who would have been touring the UK and Europe also supporting artist such as Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff,
Toots Maytals and most recently Ras Elroy has work with Jermaine Jackman winner of BBC UK Voice 2014 also Ras Elroy

Ras Elroy also toured America with the hit musical *Black Heroes in the hall of fame*performing in Detroit, Chicago,
Washington, Directed by Flip Frazier, Junior Douglas /MD- Karim currently with vocal group Kwest.
The audience in America included celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey , Jesse Jackson, Tamla Motown legends such as Martha
Reeves, The Gozier family, Rita Marley, President Obama and the First Lady also the Great Steve Wonder also Louis
Armstrong’s family and Martin Luther Kings family The late and great Frankie Gaye the great Marvin Gayes brother toured
with Black Heroes and the hall of fame on the American leg of the tour enacting the role of his brother, Also Courtney Bartley
who smash America with his enactment of the Super star Gong Bob Marley .

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