There have been a few
The Specials, The Selecter, Hazel O'Connor, Kristy Gallacher in the music shere. Clive Owen the actor and Gez McGovern (design Director of JLR) also hail from the lovely Coventry.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 9 May 2012, 8:54, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Yeah, we always seem to celebrate the wrong ones ^ and overlook the real talent though:
Philip Larkin, Delia Derbyshire, The Sorrows, The Orchids, Lee Dorrian, etc.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:03, Reply)

Lee Dorrian is a splendid fellow
whose expert knowledge of obscure late 60s/early 70s British psych/rock is pretty much second to none.

And as we know, Don Fardon is certainly a superb Brit soul/rock vocalist.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:08, Reply)

It seems a bit odd that Lee Dorrian, one of the men responsible for the rise of grindcore in this country
Is an expert in such a field...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:13, Reply)

I know what you mean. It's pretty weird.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:15, Reply)

Cooks a mean steak too

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:15, Reply)

Who, Don or Lee?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:16, Reply)

The Specials and the Selecter had their hearts in the right place
but I put it to you that their actual records were shite, especially when held up against the proper Jamaican ska which inspired them.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:12, Reply)

Indeed. Their best songs were covers.
Jerry Dammers would make my list, but not the others, as he refused to join in the reunion rehashing of former glories preferring to look forward rather than backwards, with his Spatial AKA Orchestra.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:15, Reply)

Have you seen him lately?
Boy needs a dentist big time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:16, Reply)

He always did IIRC!

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:17, Reply)

It's now critical.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:20, Reply)

Sadly the fluoridation of Coventry's water supply came a little too late for our Jerry.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:18, Reply)