1. Bankie Banx formed his first band in 1967, taking inspiration from the UK top 40 hits that a local radio station transmitted from a frigate moored off the coast of the island.
11 Facts About Bankie Banx
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Bankie Banx was featured during a live Moonsplash performance in the ground-breaking reggae documentary Cool Runnings.
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Bankie Banx returned to be with his family after the death of his younger sister.
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Bankie Banx spent the late 1980s in New York City and worked with musicians including Junior Jazz, Robert Manos, Robert Mansfield.
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Bankie Banx continued to return to Anguilla for annual performances and started the Moonsplash Music Festival in 1991, staged in the grounds of his own bar, The Dune Preserve.
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Bankie Banx has made several international television appearances, including a recurring role on the Fox sitcom Key West and a February 2011 guest concert appearance on The Bachelor, and has been featured on the soundtrack for the award-winning independent film Southie.
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Bankie Banx is often called the "Anguillan Bob Dylan", and indeed has played with Dylan himself.
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In Summer 2005, Bankie Banx started the Project Stingray music and arts education program on Anguilla.
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Bankie Banx's fall tour of the United States supported awareness and raised funds for the Stingray Program.
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In 2006, Bankie Banx released his music video promo for "Big Chief", taken from his 2003 album, Chariots of Steel.
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On 17 January 2012, Bankie Banx released his latest studio album, entitled Just Cool.