Biography
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Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
Effective period / Period of releases: 1964 - 2015
Members: Ernest Ranglin, Lester Sterling, Vin Gordon, Tommy McCook, Lynn Taitt, Karl Bryan, Roland Alphonso, Gladstone Anderson, Winston Wright, Bobby Ellis, Johnny Moore, Larry McDonald, Herman Marquis, Winston Grennan, Noel "Scully" Simms, Jackie Jackson (3), Hugh Malcolm, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, Mark West, Lynford Brown, Raymond Harper, Ranford "Rannie Bop" Williams, Val Bennett, Lloyd Knibbs, Lennox Brown, George Tucker (2), Danny Simpson, Arkland Parks
Treasure Isle Studio BandThe Supersonics were formed by Tommy McCook after The Skatalites split up due to Don Drummond' murdering his girlfriend in 1965. McCook left Studio One and joined Arthur "Duke" Reids' label Treasure Isle. Members were old partners from The Skatalites times and a bunch of new musicians. They were one of Jamaica's most productive studio backing bands. Releases are credited to them or to The Supersonics. Tommy led them until they disintegrated on a trip to Montreal Canada in 1969.