Tom Gribbin

b. 2 January 1949, Florida, USA. Gribbin educated as an attorney but produced a music group, the Saltwater Cowboys, for weekend function. They mixed nation with rock and roll and Caribbean affects. To increase their variety, they documented the Clash’s melody ‘The Weapons Of Brixton’, but following Brixton riots in southern London, Britain, the record was regarded too delicate for UK airplay. Gribbin and his music group were amazingly well received on the Wembley Nation Music Festival, that is generally a graveyard to get more radical serves. His first record, Kid Of Lightning, was released with two distinctive addresses, one for the shops and something for Wembley. For a brief period, Gribbin looked as if he might end up being the first brand-new wave country superstar to become set up in the united kingdom, but it didn’t happen. Gribbin afterwards became an professional with Big 3 Information in St. Petersburg, Florida.