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          <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#000033"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1"><b><font color="#FFCC00">Bars 
            & Music - Music News 2001 - <font size="1"> E: </font></font><a href="mailto:mo@myvillage.co.uk">mo@myvillage.co.uk</a> 
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          <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#000033"><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b><font color="#FFCC00"><a name="gregg"></a>Interview:</font> 
            Gregg Brown Interview-08/06/01</b></font></td>
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            <p><font size="1">It was a sunny Sunday afternoon; my girlfriends 
              and I were strolling down Portobello Road when I came over all shy 
              (unlike me!!). I had spotted someone with a video camera trying 
              to get us on film. Once he put his camera down, I started chatting 
              to him. Nosy as I am, I wanted to find out who he was and why he 
              was filming. Anyway, he turned out to be Gregg Brown - TV producer, 
              journalist, musician, (gosh you never know who you'll bump into!). 
              <br>
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              I found out that Gregg was in Notting Hill that day recording a 
              track in the Sarm West studio in Basing Street. But this was no 
              ordinary song, it was the Damilola Taylor tribute song which has 
              vocals and music by Gabrielle, Des'ree, Damage, Courtney Pine, Roachford 
              and Craig David's band. The single is called 'Wake Up The Morning'. 
              When he told me this I was intrigued and even nosier, so we exchanged 
              business cards (yes I do have them!!) and made plans to meet later. 
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              When I met Gregg a few days later for coffee at the Med Bar on Kensington 
              Park Road, I had already done some research. I had discovered that 
              Gregg Brown was more than I described above. He is the lead singer 
              of Osibisa and he has shared a stage with the likes of Stevie Wonder 
              and The Sounds Of Blackness as well as having worked for Isaac Hayes, 
              Finlay Quaye, Chaka Demus & Pliers. <br>
              <br>
              In 1997 Gregg was invited by David Sonenberg (producer of Academy 
              Award Winner "When We Were Kings"), to document Lauren Hill's (the 
              Fugees) fact-finding mission in East Africa. That documentary was 
              made to highlight the problems of refugees; they travelled to Kenya, 
              Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. And if that wasn't enough he has publishing 
              contracts with MCA Universal & Warner Brothers as well as doing 
              production work for CBS Sony & Island Records. <br>
              <br>
              I ordered hot chocolate, he had a coffee and we sat down to talk 
              about his latest project 'Wake Up The Morning'. It is a song that 
              Gregg wrote in 1984 which reflected the in reflection of the riots 
              that were occurring throughout the early 80s. After the tragic death 
              of schoolboy Damilola Taylor last year, Gregg Brown, a father of 
              two, called the Voice newspaper and enquired whether someone was 
              recording a tribute song. When he was told that no one was, he thought 
              no more of it. He did however, do a documentary on the life and 
              death of Damilola Taylor and attended the funeral - which not surprisingly 
              changed his mind about recording a song. <br>
              <br>
              The relevant calls were made and before he knew it the stars had 
              gathered to record his song 'Wake Up The Morning'. At Caf� Med that 
              afternoon, he handed the waiter a CD and asked if he could play 
              it so that I could hear it. Honestly, this song has No 1 written 
              all over it, the vocals are amazing and it's very powerful. All 
              the money from the record will go to the Damilola Taylor Trust, 
              which was set up by Damilola's parents. Gregg is hoping that the 
              single will be out within the next six weeks.<br>
              <br>
              You heard it hear first, the single is completed, the video is under 
              way, a whole host of stars are performing on this track and I'm 
              sure it will be a massive hit. <br>
              <i>Nadia</i></font></p>
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