ArtistInfo

Dry & Heavy

Band, *1991 JP
Reggae
A.k.a. Shigemoto "Dry" Nanao & Takeshi "Heavy" Akimoto

Dry & Heavy is a Japanese dub and Japanese reggae band, formed in 1991 by drummer Shigemoto Nanao (Dry) and bass player Takeshi Akimoto (Heavy). Their names come from the Burning Spear album of the same name. The line-up which recorded the album Dry & Heavy came together in 1995, with Naoki Uchida on dub controls, Mitsuhiro Toike on keyboards, Kei Horiguchi on guitar, and the vocal duo of Likkle Mai and Ao Inoue.They were influenced by the 1970s Jamaican dub sound of King Tubby, Lee Perry and others.No new music has been recorded since 2002's New Creation, although the band continues to tour.

Members

	Naoyuki Uchida
	Mitsuhiro Toike key
	Likkle Mai voc JP
	Shigemoto Nanao dr JP
	Ao Inoue voc
	Takeshi Akimoto b JP
	Keiichi Rikitake g
	Kei Horiguchi g
	Keiji Hatano