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Valentine Chin

Tony Chin
Birth nameAlbert Valentine Chin
OriginKingston, Jamaica
GenresReggae
Instrumentsguitar
Years active1960's to current
Associated actsSoul Syndicate

Albert Valentine "Tony" Chin is a Jamaican guitarist, who has collaborated with many reggae artists including Burning Spear and Johnny Clarke.

He started as a drummer but he switched to guitar when he teamed up with bassist George "Fully" Fullwood to form the Riddim Raiders in the late 60s playing rocksteady. It was the same band which later evolved to the Soul Syndicate, a backing band on countless reggae tracks, [1] They recorded for Keith Hudson, Niney the Observer, and Bunny Lee, and other Jamaican record producers.[2]

Quite a distinct sound to his guitar playing, Chin played a crucial part in the "flyers" sound of the mid-1970s, popularized by Bunny Lee.[1]

In the 1981 Chin moved to California, joining forces with Jack Miller and his International Reggae All Star and playing played in the band that supported Peter Tosh's son Andrew Tosh. In the 1990s.[1] Chin lived in Florida, where he joined the successful US reggae band Big Mountain. He currently lives in Los Angeles and plays with Soul Syndicate bassist George "Fully" Fullwood.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Moskowitz, David Vlado (2006). Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313331589.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (1998) "Chin, Tony", in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, p. 56

Tony Chin later played with Big Mountain and his distinct guitar sound can be heard on their hit Baby I Love Your Way


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