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Harder Than the Rock: The Cimarons Story

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James Baxter, Mark Warmington, Luke W. Moody (executive), Matt O'Casey (executive), Inuka Bacote-Capiga (executive), Mark Antonello (executive), Paul Dyson (executive), Mike O'Brien (executive), Angela Dyson (executive) for Margot Films, J6 Films
directed by Mark Warmington
starring the Cimarons (= Locksley Gichie, Franklyn Dunn, Michael Arkk, Maurice Ellis, Winston Reedy, Bobby Davis, Trevor Starr), Mykael S. Riley, General Levy, Maverick Sabre, David Katz, Cian Finn, Christian McCallum, Chilli Dixon, Diane White, Clem Bushay, Kevin Harris, Cleveland Dear, Richard Jah Richie Johnson, Tony Platt, Elvera Butler
based on the story of the Cimarons

documentary

review by
Mike Haberfelner

As an idea, the Cimarons were born in 1967 in a community center in Harelsdon, North London, by a handful of Jamaican immigrants, and they played their first concert the following year, their original lineup being Franklyn Dunn (bass), Carl Levy (keyboards), Locksley Gichie (lead guitar), Maurice Ellis (drums) and Carl Lewis (vocals), with their distinction being that they were the very first British reggae band. The concert was a smashing success, and soon enough they started recording, too, and also attracted the attention of British reggae label Trojan, also as the label's session band, and in the UK they performed as backing band for manny Jamaican artists, including one Bob Marley. They also, with new singer Winston Reedy, started recording their own albums, were the first reggae band to tour Japan, Thailand and West Africa, and in the 1970s, had a number one in Jamaica with a cover version of the Bob Marley song Talking Blues, recorded with the legendary Lee "Scratch" Perry in Jamaica, it seemed they went from strength to strength, so much so that they attracted the attention of Paul McCartney invited them into his studio to record reggae cover versions of well-known, many of them his own for the album Reggaebility, released in 1982. It seemed the Cimarons had made it - but the album bombed, and thanks to the fact that they didn't have any business representation that would grant them fair contracts and no PR people to spin the situation, this sunk the Cimarons who disbanded in 1983, with the members mostly seeing them forced to accept nine to five jobs. It's only in 2020 that the band, with new singer Michael Arkk, reformed, to play at least one comeback concert, which finally happened in 2023 ...

 

Now it sure helps to like reggae music in order to enjoy this documentary (which I admit I do), but even if not, this movie gives a fascinating insight into the musicworld with its ever changing trends, the ruthlessness of the music business, but also the love for music on the musicians' side - which gives the film its heart. And thanks to a good mix of llive performances, rehearsal footage and of course plenty of talking heads, this has become a rather engaging as well as informative documentary that well deserves a watch.

 

Harder Than the Rock will be released in UK Cinemas from 3rd October, 2024.

 

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