SOUND TRACKS - Music Heritage Walk with Gareth Potter - Cardiff Bay

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Take a stroll through Cardiff’s historic Tiger Bay, where as a ginger headed teenager from the valleys, Gareth would dismiss the warnings of his family to venture ‘down the docks’ for reggae, rice an peas and that seet smell of collie weed.

Cardiff Bay – the birthplace of Shirley Bassey and one of the oldest multicultural communities in the UK. A community that has spawned a music scene that has touched the world.

From the tiny Welsh Chapel that turned into the legendary Cassablanca music club to the former venue where the world’s first £1,000,000 cheque was signed. From the Opera house that isn’t an Opera House, near the  statue of the ‘handsomest man in the world’ who’s legacy is the world’s most prestigeous songwriting award.

Find out about a local boy who had a number 1 disco hit in the 1970s. Have a pint where 80s icon, Steve Strange, had a pint with the local dockers and ask whether Grace Jones really has a local connection…