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About Me

Silver Dollar is a collective of like minded musicians with one purpose.....To bring a little traditional Jamaican Ska and Reggae to the Tri-State area.
Originally, the idea was tossed about by Jimbo and Skooch to put together a Ska band that simply covered the Skatalites and other favorites. In time things started to fall into place and the lineup was established once Django, John and Tim joined the band. After initially rehearsing a set of covers, the core of the band decided to start writing some original material and low and behold.....it worked. In June of 2007, Johnny B joined the band on Trumpet to balance out the horn section and add even more of the traditional Jamaican sound that the band thrives on. In July of 2007, Mr P.C. joined us on Alto Saxophone to fully round out the horns and bring his background in Jazz.
With a foundation in the many styles of Jamaican music, Silver Dollar has added some of their other influences liberally to the mix. Ska, Reggae, Rocksteady, Latin Jazz, Bop, Soul, Blues and even Surf have all come together to form what is now the Silver Dollar sound.
The band's members have played with Inspecter 7, Skinnerbox, Stereo Freeze, The Hub City Stompers, Stubborn All Stars, The Brimstones, Lime Red, The Boilers, The Cosmic Brotherhood of Ra and more.

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Member Since: 1/29/2007
Band Website: This one
Band Members:
Influences: Skatalites, Prince Buster, Laurel Aitken, Monty Morris, Ken Boothe, Desmond Dekker, Stranger Cole, Lee Scratch perry, The Upsetters, Jackie Opel, Jimmy Cliff, The Heptones, Bob Marley, Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook, Lester Sterling, Don Drummond and every other Jamaican musician that gave us this special music. Madness, The Specials, The English Beat, The Selecter and the rest of the Two Tone movement. Punk, Oi, Mod, Jazz in it's many forms, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz, Northern Soul, Gospel, Motown, Stax, Lou Rawls, Hall and Oates, King Curtis and more.

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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Silver Dollar News - November 2007

Sorry for the lack of updates in October but we have been pulled in different directions with various personal pursuits and the like. As you have likely heard, the benefit show never happened on Novem...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:35:00 PST

Congrats to our own John Cosmic!

Please join me in saying congrats to John Cosmic on his recent engagement to his girlfriend Shannon! And where did this take place? Why in Jamaica of course..... Where else? All the best to ...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:14:00 PST

Silver Dollar News - September 2007

Check out the Silver Dollar interview posted here http://musicaloccupation.blogspot.com/ Other than that, September is a quiet month during which we hope to continue writing some new material, adding ...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:55:00 PST

RIP - Jah Jerry

Pioneer Jamaican musician, Jerome Hines, better known as 'Jah Jerry', died on Monday in hospital after a short illness. He was 80. Jah Jerry (born Jerome Hinds) was one of the first members of th...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:34:00 PST

Silver Dollar News - August 2007

So welcome to August in New Jersey.... 90 degree temps, high humidity, too many SUVs, all the things that make New Jersey what it is I suppose. And then there is Silver Dollar. August marks our first ...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:05:00 PST

Silver Dollar News - July 2007

Silver Dollar welcomes Mr P.C. to the family on Saxophone! This brings us up to a seven piece now that sounds beyond anything that I had ever imagined! Check out the show listings for ...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:47:00 PST

Silver Dollar News - June 2007

Plenty on the horizon! First let us welcome Johnny B to the family on Trumpet! Johnny played in Inspecter 7 and brings to Silver Dollar the much needed touch of trad in the horn section. It has a...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:15:00 PST

Silver Dollar News - May 2007

So things are moving along nicely now with our first live show in less than a month and more show offers rolling in. Silver Dollar has accepted the invite to play at the SoleRunners Scooter Club Rally...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:22:00 PST

Silver Dollar News - April 2007

Things are moving along nicely now and we are actually more involved in writing original material than doing covers now. As it stands, the band is staying as a quintet until the day comes when we are ...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:07:00 PST

Silver Dollar News - February 2007

Things are moving along nicely and we should be playing out by the Spring. It feels great to be playing the music that is such a huge part of our lives and it will feel even greater to start writing s...
Posted by Silver Dollar on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:44:00 PST