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Nick Welsh has written, played and produced with artists like Bad Manners, Busters Allstars, The Selecter, Selecter Acoustic, Prince Buster, Dave Barker, King Hammond, Laurel Aitken, Judge Dread, Rhoda Dakar, Skaville UK, Big 5 & Rico Rodriguez.He collabarated with Jennie Matthias (Belle Stars) in the band Big 5 who released 3 CD's In the 90's & with Longsy D on the hit single "This is ska" in 1989. He has written music that has been used for T.V. ( Peep Show, The Osbournes, Malcolm in the Middle,Cash in the attic, Flog it!,High school date,LA Ink, Date My Mom, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Pimp My Ride), Computer games (Smackdown versus Raw 2006, Day of Reckoning 2) and the Big screen (Domino, The Magic Roundabout). In 2002 Nick won a Grammy award for his work on the Lee "Scratch" Perry album "Jamaican ET" and was on the follow up "Alien Starman". He was also the MD (musical director) on the live DVD "The Ultimate Alien". 2008 saw Nick release "The Soho Sessions". The CD is a mixture of new songs and re-workings of some of his older material stripped down with most of the tracks featuring just Voice & Guitar. Nick is no stranger to the acoustic world having recorded albums with Selecter Acoustic ("Unplugged for the Rudeboy generation" & "Requiem for a Black soul") Rhoda Dakar ("Cleaning in another womans kitchen") & 3 men & Black ("Acoustic") who featured J.J Burnel (The Stranglers), Jake Burns (S.L.F), Bruce Foxton (The Jam) & Pauline Black (The Selecter). 2010 will see Nick revive his King Hammond persona releasing his first album in over 20 years "The King & I".
