Liverpool’s first reggae band, Cross Section was formed in
late 1978 by Graham Amir (later Mr. Amir): ‘[Since then] his single-minded
devotion to the idea [and the band] has been the one continuity even through
periods when equipment was sparse, rehearsals were uncertain or when simply
nothing was happening. Around Graham has accumulated a group of musicians and
as the story unfolds it’s clear how many others didn’t stay the course often
for the very obvious reasons that they couldn’t put in the time and effort to
make it work or because they weren’t committed to that special quality of local
reggae which had been the driving force of the band more commercial sounds,
some to toy with harder-line Jamaican reggae sounds.’ The line-up consisted of
Graham Amir (Graham Amir (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Julie Reid (keyboards,
vocals, saxophone), Jr. Spence (drums), Neil Innes (percussion, backing vocals,
former Pink Military) − who all joined in 1980 − Steve Welsby (percussion,
backing vocals), Llyod Masset (a.k.a. Dickie Rude, bass), Roddie Gillard (lead
guitar, who joined in 1982), and the band became the house band at the
Wharehouse. They released two tapes in 1981, the first issued in April and the
second in August (featuring ‘Psychic Hitmen’, ‘New Day’, ‘Stealin’ My
Feelings’), and in March 1982 the band also recorded a Radio One Session for
John Peel (‘Wounds Are Too Deep’, ‘The Dole’, ‘Too Many Hills’, ‘Where Is The
Love’). In July 1982 cros Section
released their first and only single:
Wake up in
the Morning (1982)
- Wake up
in the Morning
- Psychic
Hitmen
In 1983
Cross Section disbanded and Graham Amir went solo as Mr. Amir
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