Eddie Grant interviewed for The Big Issue in 2021

As a fresh-faced 16-year-old, Eddy Grant saw his life change the day his friend bought him a ticket to see Chuck Berry live in London. Electrified, he would soon form The Equals and top the UK singles chart with Baby, Come Back.

The Eighties saw him go on to become one of the UK’s most beloved stars. He combined reggae, electric pop, rock and funk to produce hits in the form of Electric Avenue, I Don’t Wanna Dance and anti-apartheid song Gimme Hope Jo’Anna.

Eddy Grant joined The Big Issue on The Music That Made Me to take us on a tour of his path to Electric Avenue.

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Chapters:
00:00 Eddie Grant: The Music That Made Me
00:44 Chuck Berry Live in London 1964
03:54 Learning to Play Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's Midnight in Moscow
05:51 A Backstage Meeting with James Brown
08:18 Phoenix City by Roland Alphonso
10:22 Louis Armstrong's Performance on What a Wonderful World


Video credits

Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode (Live 1958)

Song: Midnight in Moscow
Artist: Kenny Ball
Album: Kenny Ball - Midnight in Moscow [Swing]
Licensed to YouTube by: WMG, Dance all Day (on behalf of diaries of golden times); Wise Music Group, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutor - SonyATV, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, The Royalty Network (Publishing), The Richmond Organization (TRO), LatinAutorPerf, Polaris Hub AB, Reservoir Media (Publishing), Sony ATV Publishing, and 17 Music Rights Societies

James Brown performs "Night Train" on the TAMI Show (Live)

Phoenix City by Roland Alphonso
Song: Phoenix City
Artist: Rolando Alphonso
Album: Jackpot Reggae
Licensed to YouTube by: The Orchard Music (on behalf of Orange Leisure); BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., UMPI, Concord Music Publishing, Wise Music Group, and 5 Music Rights Societies

Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World (1967)

James Brown Live Paris 1968

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