Record label Trojan Records | Albums For the Good Times | |
Members Geoffrey Chung, Augustus Pablo, Robbie Lyn, Earl Lindo, Val Douglas Similar Mikey Chung, Joe Gibbs, The Heptones, Sharon Forrester, Herman Chin Loy | ||
Now generation alone again naturally
The Now Generation Band (or NOWGEN) was a Jamaican reggae band during the late 1960s into the 1970s. Beginning as a dance band on the road, they gradually undertook more recording dates and, in 1972, quit road work to concentrate on studio work.
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The band comprised Mikey Chung and Geoffrey Chung on guitar, Val Douglas on bass, Robbie Lyn and Earl Wire Lindo on keyboards, with Martin Sinclair and Mikey "Boo" Richards on drums. They recorded with most Jamaican record producers such as Duke Reid, Joe Gibbs, Bunny Lee, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Harry J, and Harry Mudie. Songs they recorded included "Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin" and "Maga Dog" by Peter Tosh, (Joe Gibbs); "Beat Down Babylon" by Junior Byles, (Lee Perry); "Baby Don't Do it" and "Things in Life" by Dennis Brown, (Lloyd Matador); "Breakfast in Bed" by Lorna Bennett, (Harry J); "Life Is Just for Living" by Ernie Smith, "Shaft" by The Chosen Few (Derrick Harriott); plus "Y Mas Gan" by The Abyssinians.
Songs
Baby Don't Do ItFor the Good Times · 1974
Guitar Man ReggaeFor the Good Times · 1974
African Nightclub2007