REGGAE LEGENDS TRADITIONS

REGGAE LEGENDS TRADITIONS

BEFFTA awards is pleased to honour Reggae legends Traditions with a special Honorary award: The BEFFTA Excellence award. The 6th BEFFTA (Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts) awards is on 24th and 25th October at The Hippodrome. Stars from US, Africa, Canada, UK the Caribbean and the rest of Europe are expected to turn up in large number. BEFFTA awards honours and celebrates talented personalities in entertainment, film, fashion, television and arts.

Tradition formed in Brent, North West London in 1976, initially as Special. The original line up comprised Chris “Buff Head” Henry(bass guitar), Paul ‘Echo’ Thompson(Keyboards, Vocals), Tony ‘Drummie’ Matthews(drums), Les Trooper Mc Neil(guitar and vocals) Paul Dawkins(Vocals). In 1977 the band signed to Venture Records and released early singles including Moving on and Summertime. They were also headline acts at Anti-Nazi League’s Rock-Against Racism tour. They won best single award from Echoes in 1978 for the song Breezin and were signed to RCA the same here. Tradition still perform today and have new material to be released shortly.